In the latest roundup of South Florida luxury residential deals, a commercial real estate financier and a cheese importer bought homes in the region.
Deals spanned Coral Gables to Tequesta and ranged in price from $8.1 million to $8.8 million.
Coral Gables
In Coral Gables, a real estate finance boss bought a Coral Gables home for $8.8 million.
Records show Christopher and Rosalia Kallivokas bought the house at 1221 Mariola Court from Rogelio Tovar.
Christopher Kallivokas founded RER Financial, a commercial real estate financing firm based in Coral Gables.
Tovar bought the half-acre Mariola Court property for $1.2 million in 2003, records show. He built the home in 2008. It spans 5,500 square feet, with six bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half-bathrooms and a pool, according to property records.
It hit the market for $10.8 million in 2023, Zillow shows.
Judy and Nathan Zeder with the Jills Zeder Group at Coldwell Banker Realty had the listing, and Mauricio Barba with Compass brought the buyer.
Boca Raton
In Boca Raton, a businesswoman sold her home in the gated Royal Palm Yacht & Country Club for $8.2 million.
Records show Lisa Rose sold her house at 384 Royal Palm Way to Jared Cohen.
Rose owns R&R Holdings of Florida, according to LinkedIn. She bought the Royal Palm Way house for $4.5 million in 2020, property records show. It was built in 2002 on 0.6 acres, and spans 5,800 square feet, with seven bedrooms, six bathrooms, two half-bathrooms and a pool, according to records.
She listed it for $10.2 million in 2023, according to Zillow.
David Roberts with Royal Palm Properties had the listing, and Marcela Mastrangelo with Compass brought the buyer.
Tequesta
In Tequesta, the family of a late financier sold his waterfront home to a cheesemonger for $8.1 million.
Records show the family of James R. Fitzgerald sold his house at 10 Yacht Club Place to Pierluigi and Gloria Sini.
Pierluigi Sini is the founder of Forever Cheese, a brand that imports a variety of cheeses, cured meats, crackers, nuts, sauces and olive oil –– essentially everything that would or could go on a charcuterie board.
Fitzgerald was a longtime executive with Chase Bank, working mostly on commercial real estate financing, according to his obituary. He bought the home for $2.7 million in 2005, property records show. The nearly 5,100-square-foot home was built in 1977 on half an acre, and has five bedrooms, five bathrooms, two half-bathrooms, a pool and 193 feet of waterfront, according to the listing.
It hit the market for $10.5 million in December, Zillow shows.
Linda Blackwell with Keller Williams Realty had the listing, and Jeremy Browne with Compass brought the buyer.
