{"id":233293,"date":"2026-04-15T21:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233293\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:26:14","slug":"vacant-lot-sells-for-105m-in-a-florida-enclave-home-to-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233293\/","title":{"rendered":"Vacant lot sells for $105M in a Florida enclave home to billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Land prices in this sunny, billionaire-friendly spot are out of control.<\/p>\n<p>A piece of dirt in Florida has sold for a cool $105 million, The Post has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The land \u2014 owned by a Florida billionaire \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/08\/real-estate\/david-macneil-wants-125m-for-manalapan-lots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">was asking $125 million last December<\/a>. It\u2019s comprised of two adjacent lake-to-ocean lots in Manalapan, at 1120 South Ocean Blvd. \u2014 with 342 feet on the ocean.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39098269\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/real-estate-weathertech-founder-david-116992942.jpg\" alt=\"The pricey land deal is for a coveted lake-to-ocean double parcel\" class=\"wp-image-39098269\"  \/>The pricey land deal is for a coveted lake-to-ocean double parcel. Ryan Walblay of Global Video Pros<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a land deal, and the buyer is totally cloaked up,\u201d a source said. \u201cThey walked the property once, privately, one day, and that was it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Car mat mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/10\/real-estate\/weathertech-founder-fetches-34m-for-south-florida-mansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David MacNeil<\/a>, the president and CEO of WeatherTech and his wife Melissa, had planned on building a dream house on the vacant lots before they found something they liked more: a $75 million turn-key mansion that is also nearby, in Manalapan.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The MacNeils bought the two adjacent parcels separately, paying a total of $94 million for the land. They spent\u00a0$55.5 million for 1.5 acres last May and $38.5 million for two additional, adjacent acres in April 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77777778;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39098268\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/real-estate-weathertech-founder-david-116992851.jpg\" alt=\"It's the second largest parcel in Manalapan -- and ready for the next dream house \" class=\"wp-image-39098268\"  \/>It\u2019s the second largest parcel in Manalapan \u2014 and ready for the next dream house.  Ryan Walblay of Global Video Pros<\/p>\n<p>Now, the new buyer will be building a dream house. Currently, the new owner can\u00a0build a mansion that is up to 60,000 square feet\u00a0 \u2014 subject to town approval.<\/p>\n<p>Manalapan is in between Del Ray and Palm Beach, where lake-to-ocean lots are so rarely there\u2019s only one: Mar-a-Lago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the second largest property in Manalapan after billionaire Larry Ellison, who paid $173 million for 22 acres there in 2022. That property includes an 85,000-square-foot home with 33 bedrooms, as well as an art gallery, a bird sanctuary\u00a0and a PGA-level golf course on the ocean. (Ellison also owns a hotel in Manalapan.)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Land prices in this sunny, billionaire-friendly spot are out of control. 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