Navigating ARCOM and Landmarks Review as a Luxury Home Builder in Palm Beach
The single biggest difference between building a luxury home in Palm Beach and building one almost anywhere else is the review process. ARCOM evaluates the scale and massing of new construction and exterior renovations, along with the materials, and it has the authority to reject designs that do not meet the island's standards, even ones not visible from the street. Landmarked estates go before the Landmarks Preservation Commission instead, which issues a Certificate of Appropriateness before work can proceed. A custom home builder who knows what these boards expect prepares a submission that anticipates their concerns, while one learning the process discovers them at the first hearing and pays for that education in months of delay.
Cannatelli Builders coordinates ARCOM and Landmarks submissions as a core part of pre-construction on Palm Beach luxury home projects. For clients building on the island, that experience from a residential builder who has navigated the boards before is the difference between a predictable timeline and one that slips through repeated revision cycles before a permit is ever issued.