Ryan and Samantha Garvey recently held the grand opening for their flower shop, French Florist, in Boca Raton. The couple plans to personally hand-deliver many orders. Photo provided
By Christine Davis
French Florist, 5601 N. Federal Highway, Suite 9, Boca Raton, celebrated its grand opening in May. Owned and operated by Boca Raton residents Samantha and Ryan Garvey, the 1,000-square-foot boutique offers handcrafted arrangements, gifts and white-glove delivery service with the Garveys planning to personally hand-deliver many orders themselves.
“Flowers played a huge role in our relationship,” said Ryan Garvey, 38. “When we were long-distance, sending flowers was how I showed up for Samantha. Before she moved to Florida (joining him in 2022), I realized how hard it was to find arrangements that felt thoughtful and special. French Florist was everything we felt was missing in our community.”
Samantha Garvey, 34, has family roots related to a greenhouse in Dallas, where she worked in the IT industry. Ryan, who currently works both at French Florist and at Main Street Home Loans in Delray Beach, brings a personal tie to floristry as well.
His grandfather worked in a floral shop in Baltimore and later helped manage the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
Now, the couple is excited to channel their combined experiences into their new venture.
French Florist provides same-day flower delivery in Boca Raton and the surrounding areas. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday. For more info, visit frenchflorist.com/local/fl/boca-raton or call 561-493-3134.
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Dr. Robert Fishel, through a trust in his name, sold his newly constructed home at 102 Basin Drive, Delray Beach, for $20.25 million in an off-market deal. The new owners are Randy and Dawn Lebowitz.
Fishel acquired the property for $1.91 million in 1998, demolished it in 2023 and hired Azure Development to build a new home. Designed by Randall Stofft, the five-bedroom residence, sited on 0.52 of an acre bordering the Intracoastal Waterway, spans 11,861 square feet. It features a club room, theater room, a service kitchen, an office, an elevator, a saltwater pool and a 90-foot dock.
Fishel is founder and president of Florida Electrophysiology Associates. The Lebowitzes own automotive and aviation companies.
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A company managed by billionaire Stefan Soloviev sold a 7,512-square-foot residence along the Intracoastal Waterway at 963 Eve St., Delray Beach, for $15 million, along with a neighboring 3,543-square-foot home at 964 Eve St. for $5.5 million.
Soloviev is chairman of Soloviev Group. The buyers were John and Ana Davie. John Davie is the CEO and owner of Boston-based Buyers Edge Platform and CollectivIQ.ai.
Coldwell Banker Realty agent Jonathan Postma represented the seller in both deals, while Holly Meyer Lucas and Roxanne Chirico of Compass Florida worked with the buyers.
The larger home last traded for $4.99 million in 2020. Soloviev picked up the smaller home for $3.75 million in 2023.
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Jeff Norman, a general contractor and head of JH Norman Construction Co., sold the 0.41-acre lot at 2408 E. Maya Palm Drive in Boca Raton’s Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club for $15.5 million.
The new owner is 2408 East Maya Palm Road Land Trust, with Steven R. Dingle as trustee. Dingle is the head of Boca Raton-based SRD Building.
Norman paid $23.5 million in 2023 for a 0.83-acre lot and split it in two. He sold the first lot for $13.5 million in 2024 and now he’s sold the second lot for $15.5 million, amounting to $29 million altogether.
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The Seaside Deli property on State Road A1A south of Briny Breezes sold May 22 for $1.45 million. The 0.09-acre site with a 2,131-square-foot building at 4635 N. Ocean Blvd., Boynton Beach, was owned by Leonora and Rafael Belliard’s Ocean Blvd 14 LLC.
The buyers are KMG Holdings (with a 10.19% undivided interest) and Goyhberg Investments (with an 89.81% undivided interest). Both are Florida limited liability companies, with an address at 1311 E. Atlantic Blvd., Pompano Beach, and managed by Mikhail Vesselov.
The Coastal Star has followed the saga of this property and Seaside Deli, a business that was once owned by Randy McCormick.
Seaside Deli had been a 20-year local favorite, but a dispute between the Belliards and McCormick resulted in the latter’s January 2023 eviction. The deli reopened under new management the following month. That operation continued until the deli’s closing this April.
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RealTrends Verified, a real estate performance platform, has published its lists of top agents from 2025, with agents and teams from south Palm Beach County recognized.
Nationally for volume, David Roberts, of Royal Palm Properties, Boca Raton, ranked No. 22. Among Florida agents, he ranked No. 7 with $408 million in volume.
Other south Palm Beach County agents who ranked in the top 50 for volume in Florida include: No. 13, Rochelle LeCavalier, Douglas Elliman, Boca Raton, with $206 million; No. 22, Michael Ledwitz, Engel & VÖlkers, Boca Raton, $161 million; No. 28, Alejandro Salazar, Douglas Elliman, Boca Raton, $136 million; No. 37, Kathy Koch Pitlake, Douglas Elliman, Boca Raton, $116 million; and No. 44, Larry Mastropieri, The Mastropieri Group, Boca Raton, $105 million.
Area agents who ranked in the top 50 in the sides category for Florida include: No. 4, Larry Mastropieri, The Mastropieri Group, Boca Raton, with 219 sides; No. 14, Michael Ledwitz, Engel & VÖlkers, Boca Raton, with 104 sides; No. 28, Rochelle LeCavalier, Douglas Elliman, Boca Raton, with 83 sides; and No. 46, Dylan Lamb, Compass, Delray Beach, with 73 sides.
Area small teams category winners for volume include: The Senada Adzem Team, Douglas Elliman, Boca Raton, placed No. 10 nationally and No. 3 in Florida with $444 million.
The Matt and Nick Team, Serhant, Delray Beach, placed 26th nationally and No. 5 in Florida with $324 million. The Candace Friis Team, Corcoran, Delray Beach, ranked No. 30 nationally and No. 6 among Florida agents, with $315 million. The Pascal Liguori Estate Group, Premier Estate Properties, Delray Beach, ranked No. 33 nationally and No. 8 in Florida with $308 million. The D’Angelo/Liguori Team, Premier Estate Properties, Boca Raton, ranked No. 37 nationally and No. 10 in Florida, with $272 million.
Additionally, Ina Bloom, Compass, Boca Raton, placed No. 39 in Florida with $99 million. Susan Demerer, Compass, Boca Raton, placed No. 49 in Florida with $86 million.
Small teams category rankings in Florida for sides include: No. 16, The Matt and Nick Team, Serhant, Delray Beach, with 118 sides; and Luxury Collective, Coldwell Banker Realty, Delray Beach, 95 sides.
Medium team for volume honorees include: The Exclusive Group, Douglas Elliman, Delray Beach, with $732 million, ranked No. 4 nationally and No. 1 in Florida. Others in the top 50 for Florida are No. 12, Jennifer Kilpatrick Team, Corcoran, Delray Beach, $156 million; No. 34, The Buchbinder Group, Compass, Boca Raton, $95 million; No. 35 The Megann Lucaj Group, Compass, Boca Raton, $95 million; and No. 46, Bonnie Heatzig Luxury Group, Compass, $77 million.
Medium teams for sides rankings in Florida include: No. 19, The Exclusive Group, Douglas Elliman, Delray Beach, 132 sides; No. 24, The Julian Soffer Team, Keller Williams, Boca Raton, 119 sides; No. 45, Homes by Cusi Team, Keller Williams, Boca Raton, 97 sides.
Large teams by volume rankings in Florida: No. 8, The Jonathan Postma Group, Coldwell Banker Realty, $179 million; No. 23, The Modern Group, One Sotheby’s International Realty, Boca Raton, $117 million.
Large teams by sides in Florida include No. 33, The Karp Group, Keller Williams, Boca Raton, 136 sides.
Mega teams by volume include: No. 28 nationally and No. 4 in Florida, The Koolik Group, Compass, Boca Raton, $342 million; No. 31 nationally and No. 5 in Florida, The Premier Group, Compass, Delray Beach, with $331 million; and No. 20 in Florida, The Saperstein Group, eXp Realty, Delray Beach, $138 million.
Mega teams by sides in Florida: No. 11, The Saperstein Group, eXp Realty, Delray Beach, 353 sides. No. 15, The Premier Group, Compass, Delray Beach, 295 sides; and No. 26, The Koolik Group, Compass, Boca Raton, 234 sides.
For enterprise teams: Champagne & Parisi, Boca Raton, ranked No. 84 nationally and No. 9 for volume with $255 million. This team also ranked No. 16 in Florida for sides with 321.
The rankings were open to real estate professionals who chose to participate in the project, based on their reported sales volume and other criteria.
Under the rules of the survey, agents and brokers who handled both sides of a transaction — representing the buyer and the seller — were allowed to double the final dollar figure when they calculated their total volume for the sale.
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Two years after Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison paid $277 million for the 310-room Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, he’s getting ready to give it a makeover.
If all goes as planned, in September work will begin to transform the guest rooms, hotel general manager Tim Nardi told the Town Commission on June 23.
The face-lift, which will take about two years to complete, will be done in phases, he said. Work will begin in the south tower, move to the north tower and then to the center tower.
Nardi declined to offer specifics or reveal how much the renovations would cost. The rooms will be modernized with the addition of state-of-the art sound-proofing and lighting and transformed with the use of teak and oak wood furnishings. A second “mini” presidential suite is planned. “It’s going to be really beautiful,” he said.
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The Eau Spa at Eau Resort & Spa is offering two new treatments sure to please spa visitors. Photo provided
The newly updated Eau Spa at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa is offering two new treatments: the Psammo Quartz Ritual, which combines quartz immersion, inversion therapy and sound healing, and the Coastal Contour body treatment that includes a toning scrub and massage. Visit eauresortandspa.com/spa.
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Premier Estate Properties and Saunders & Associates recently partnered to connect two luxury coastal destinations. Premier Estate Properties, owned and operated by Gerard P. Liguori, Carmen N. D’Angelo Jr., and Joseph G. Liguori, has 50 agents across offices in Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Delray Beach, Vero Beach and Fort Lauderdale.
Led by founder and president Andrew Saunders, Saunders & Associates operates in The Hamptons with 200 agents.
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Boca Helping Hands’ board of directors recently named Andrew Hagen as chief executive officer. Hagen, a Boca Raton resident, previously served as the nonprofit’s executive director and as a longtime volunteer.
Jane Musgrave contributed to this column.
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