51 S Federal Hwy
Ownership and recorded sale history
What has actually traded in Downtown Boca / Palmetto Park
Recorded transactions for retail properties in downtown Boca along Palmetto Park Road and the Federal Highway pairs, narrowed to the buildings closest to this one in size and age.
Reading this against the corridor
The county assesses this building at $493/SF. Recorded sales of retail properties in Downtown Boca / Palmetto Park since 2021 have a median of $789/SF, across a range of $240/SF to $1,537/SF.
Across those 8 recorded sales, the median sale price came in at 1.45× the county assessed value. Assessed values are set for taxation and are reset on their own schedule, so they routinely sit apart from transaction prices — in either direction.
At 10,291 SF this building is materially larger than the 6,674 SF median for retail properties trading in this corridor, which narrows the pool of directly comparable transactions.
Built in 1948, it is older than the 1965 median vintage of what has been trading nearby — typically a repositioning, capital-expenditure or redevelopment conversation rather than a straight comparison.
By footprint it sits in roughly the 85th percentile of retail properties that have traded in this corridor — 2 of the 13 recorded sales were of larger buildings.
The assessment works out 38% below the median price per square foot of the comparable sales shown below. That is an arithmetic comparison of a tax figure against transaction prices, not a statement about what this building would sell for.
What this means for this building depends on what no public record contains — the leases, the condition, the rent roll.
Recorded sales of comparable size and vintage
| Property | Size | Built | Sold | Price | Per SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
100 NE 1ST Ave | 8,188 | 1948 | 2026 | $10,000,000 | $1,221 |
641 S Federal Hwy | 4,879 | 1999 | 2024 | $7,500,000 | $1,537 |
14 SE 4TH St | 10,970 | 1963 | 2023 | $9,360,750 | $853 |
405 S Federal Hwy | 1,769 | 1968 | 2023 | $2,566,650 | $1,451 |
281 N Federal Hwy | 3,448 | 1975 | 2023 | $2,500,000 | $725 |
101 E Palmetto Park Rd | 8,190 | 1939 | 2022 | $2,500,000 | $305 |
272 S Dixie Hwy | 6,986 | 1955 | 2021 | $4,400,000 | $630 |
170 NW 20TH St | 6,363 | 1968 | 2021 | $1,530,000 | $240 |
Important Disclosures
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