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A buyer’s guide to deposits, delivery, carrying costs and resale at Alba Palm Beach

Four questions come up in every first conversation about Alba Palm Beach. Here they are in order, with what the record says and what the record does not.

This page is a framework. Whether the building suits you is a separate conversation. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current position on any building we cover.

Who This Is For

Written for the first-time Miami buyer.

Alba Palm Beach is at 4714 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407; west bank of the Intracoastal Waterway, no fixed bridges to the Atlantic, direct east views of Palm Beach Island. Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison. This page is the first-time Miami buyer’s reading of it, as a framework to verify, never as a finding.

The record, in the developer’s words: Development: BGI Companies (developer) with Blue Road (co-developer). Architecture: Spina O’Rourke + Partners (architecture and interior design); Schmidt Nichols (landscape architect). Position: 4714 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407; west bank of the Intracoastal Waterway, no fixed bridges to the Atlantic, direct east views of Palm Beach Island. Residences: 55 residences: two-, three- and four-bedroom condominiums plus two- and three-storey townhomes, 1,778 to more than 4,500 square feet; limited residences per floor, private elevators and vestibules, private gated entry.

Compare as you read: Banyan Tree Residences and Edgeworth answer the same questions differently, and the desk holds the documents for all three.

Deposits

How the money moves before the building exists.

The developer’s deposit schedule for Alba Palm Beach is a contract exhibit held by the desk and read with you before signing; it is not published. Florida law requires deposits to sit in escrow, and lets a developer use amounts above ten percent for construction with the right disclosures; the question is which account, which conditions, and what the contract says if delivery is late.

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Delivery

The date, and what the date is made of.

55 residences: two-, three- and four-bedroom condominiums plus two- and three-storey townhomes, 1,778 to more than 4,500 square feet; limited residences per floor, private elevators and vestibules, private gated entry. A delivery date in a brochure is an estimate; the outside date is in the purchase agreement, and the difference between the two is where buyers get surprised. Ask for the outside date, the milestone the developer has reached today, and the penalty if the outside date passes.

Carrying Costs

What owning costs after closing.

Sunrise pool overlooking the Intracoastal plus a sunset pool; luxury spa with sauna, steam and treatment room; Technogym fitness with yoga and Pilates; screening room; private dining room with climate-controlled wine storage and catering kitchen; owners’ great room, library and lounge; bocce court and lawn chess; pet spa; private dock with boat-slip access for owners; EV-ready covered garage; summer kitchens on all terraces. Every amenity has a line in the first budget: staffing, insurance, reserves, and any brand or management fee. Ask for the estimated first budget by line and for the reserve schedule; the law now watches the reserves.

Resale

Who buys second, and when.

The homes are as the dossier records. The second buyer is the same kind of person as the first, arriving three to five years later into a building where every neighbour closed at once. The lines that hold value are the ones the first buyers fought over. Ask which lines went first in the current release.

Four questions, one sitting, one desk.

Sources

What this note rests on.

Developer materials for Alba Palm Beach as carried on the live dossier, verified September 2026. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.

The Shift

What the desk holds on Alba Palm Beach

Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the documents behind every line here, read one to one with you and your first-time Miami buyer.

The plans by line, and which lines are left. The developer’s current release, not the brochure’s.
The deposit schedule. Proportions, trigger dates, and where the money sits.
What the sales gallery will not volunteer. The view lines that close, the floors that trade first, the association budget.
Where we would not proceed. Sometimes the answer is a different building. Sometimes it is not yet.

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Common Questions

What the first-time Miami buyer asks

What is the deposits, delivery, costs, resale for?
A framework of what to verify and where the answers sit, for one reader in the buyer’s circle; never a finding.
Is this a finding about Alba Palm Beach?
No. It is a diligence framework: the questions to ask and where the answers sit. The developer’s documents and your own advisers give the answers.
Which buildings compare with Alba Palm Beach on these questions?
Banyan Tree Residences, Edgeworth answer the same questions in their own documents; the desk compares them one to one.
Where do the answers sit for Alba Palm Beach?
In the purchase agreement, the offering documents, the association budget and the developer’s published materials; the desk reads them with buyers before contract.
Is this legal, tax or insurance advice?
No. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.
Can the desk walk this file for Alba Palm Beach with my adviser?
Yes, one to one, with the documents on the table.
Who is the developer of Alba Palm Beach?
BGI Companies (developer) with Blue Road (co-developer).
Where is Alba Palm Beach?
4714 N. Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407; west bank of the Intracoastal Waterway, no fixed bridges to the Atlantic, direct east views of Palm Beach Island.
How many residences does Alba Palm Beach have?
55 residences: two-, three- and four-bedroom condominiums plus two- and three-storey townhomes, 1,778 to more than 4,500 square feet; limited residences per floor, private elevators and vestibules, private gated entry.
Who designed Alba Palm Beach?
Spina O’Rourke + Partners (architecture and interior design); Schmidt Nichols (landscape architect).
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Before You Act On Any Of This

Before you act on any of this

We hold no listings and we are not the developer. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier and we will tell you what applies to your situation, what does not, and where we would not proceed. For a first conversation that means the four questions before the rendering. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.

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Who answers this page

Samuel Strauch is the owner of Metrik Real Estate. His team of agents represents buyers in Miami pre-construction.

A person replies within 24 hours, usually much sooner. On weekends, back on Monday morning.

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