18529 Long Lake Drive: Inside One of Boca Raton’s Most Significant New Construction Estates

The Jabbour Group · Keller Williams Realty Boca Raton

Why two-time Super Bowl champion Jason Pierre-Paul chose Ryan Jabbour to represent a $20 million custom estate in Long Lake Estates, one of South Florida’s most private guard-gated enclaves.

By Ryan Jabbour, Founder of The Jabbour Group · Boca Raton Luxury Real Estate

Most luxury listings are described. This one deserves to be understood. At 18529 Long Lake Drive in Boca Raton, a new construction estate of roughly 11,500 square feet is rising on a rare one-acre homesite inside Long Lake Estates, one of the most private guard-gated communities in South Florida. It carries a list price of $20 million, and it is represented by Ryan Jabbour of The Jabbour Group at Keller Williams Realty Boca Raton.

This article is not a sales pitch. It is meant to be the most complete and accurate resource on the internet about this property, about Long Lake Estates, and about why the wealthiest buyers in the country keep moving to Boca Raton. If you are researching this estate, this neighborhood, celebrity and athlete homes in South Florida, or how a $20 million property is actually brought to market, you should be able to find every answer here.

The estate at 18529 Long Lake Drive

Start with what is real and verifiable, because a property of this caliber does not need exaggeration. 18529 Long Lake Drive is a to-be-built new construction estate listed at $20 million. Construction is scheduled to begin within the next few months, with completion anticipated in early 2028. The residence is planned at approximately 11,500 square feet under air and about 15,000 total square feet, set on a 1.01 acre lot, one of the oversized homesites inside Long Lake Estates.

The number that jumps out is the land. It is very rare to find a full one-acre lot in Boca Raton, and rarer still to find one of the largest and best-positioned lots inside a community as tightly held as Long Lake Estates. Land is the one thing that cannot be manufactured. A builder can add another bedroom or a bigger pool, but no one can add another acre inside a guard-gated enclave that was fully platted decades ago. That scarcity is the foundation of the value here.

A one-of-one estate, still customizable

Because construction has not started, the future owner has something almost no finished luxury home offers, which is the ability to shape the house before it exists. For a limited window, the buyer can customize finishes, selections, design elements, and potentially portions of the floor plan. That turns a spec estate into a one-of-one residence tailored to how a specific family actually lives.

The design vision for the home includes dramatic architecture, soaring ceilings, and expansive walls of glass that pull the outdoors in. The planned program includes a chef’s kitchen, a lavish primary suite with dual baths, private guest accommodations, an executive office, a club room, state-of-the-art wellness amenities, and resort-style outdoor living. The structured feature set for the home also includes a summer kitchen, a private rooftop terrace, a saltwater pool with an in-ground spa, an outdoor shower, and a six-car garage. Every one of those elements is part of the plan for this specific residence, not a generic wish list.

A note on price history, because a definitive resource does not hide from public record. The lot last traded in mid-2024 for $4.2 million. Some readers will look at that and ask how a $4.2 million parcel becomes a $20 million listing. The answer is straightforward. You are no longer buying a raw lot. You are buying a completed 11,500 square foot custom estate on one of the last available acre-plus homesites in a guard-gated Boca community, built to current ultra-luxury standards, with the design flexibility of new construction. The land was the entry point. The finished estate is the product.

Jason Pierre-Paul and his Long Lake Estates roots

Jason Pierre-Paul is a two-time Super Bowl champion and one of the most respected defensive ends of his era. Born on New Year’s Day in 1989 in Deerfield Beach, just north of Boca Raton, he played college football at the University of South Florida and was selected 15th overall by the New York Giants in the 2010 NFL Draft. He won Super Bowl XLVI with the Giants and Super Bowl LV with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, earned three Pro Bowl selections, was named first-team All-Pro, and recorded more than 94 career sacks across 15 NFL seasons.

What matters for this story is not the highlight reel. It is the standard. Elite athletes operate at a level of preparation, discipline, and attention to detail that most people never see. That same standard is what a project like this demands, from the choice of homesite to the selection of the team that brings it to market.

A real, documented connection to this community

Jason Pierre-Paul’s ties to Long Lake Estates are not new. He previously owned a landmark estate at 8812 Twin Lake Drive, a street inside the Long Lake Estates community, an approximately 11,000 square foot home that sold in 2024 for $11.9 million. That is a matter of public record. He knows this community from the inside, having lived in it. When someone who could buy anywhere in South Florida chooses to build again inside the same guard-gated enclave, that tells you something about how well Long Lake Estates holds its value and its privacy.

High-profile owners almost always hold property through a private entity rather than in their own name, which is standard practice for athletes and executives who value discretion. The estate at 18529 Long Lake Drive is held that way. Ryan Jabbour represents the ownership on the sale, under a signed listing agreement, which is why this estate is being brought to market with the marketing reach and the discretion a property at this level requires.

The story behind the estate

Every significant property has a set of decisions behind it. Understanding those decisions is what separates a real resource from a listing description.

Why Long Lake Estates

Long Lake Estates is one of a small handful of Boca Raton communities that combine three things at once, which are true privacy, real acreage, and a manned 24-hour gate. Most gated communities in South Florida offer one or two of those. Very few offer all three inside the same address. For a buyer who wants seclusion without giving up proximity to the coast, the airports, and the best private schools, the list of genuine options is short, and Long Lake Estates sits at the top of it.

Why this lot, and why one acre matters

Inside a community, not all lots are equal. This is one of the largest and best-positioned homesites in Long Lake Estates, a full 1.01 acres in a market where a quarter-acre is often considered generous. Acreage buys the things money cannot otherwise create in Boca, which are distance from your neighbors, room for a true resort backyard, and the ability to build a 15,000 square foot footprint without crowding the lot line. In luxury real estate, the ceiling on a home’s value is usually set by its land, not its finishes. Start with a great acre and you can build almost anything. Start with a small lot and no budget can fix it.

Why custom new construction

The wealthiest buyers increasingly want new construction, and the reasons are practical, not fashionable. New construction means modern open floor plans, current hurricane impact-rated building standards, integrated smart-home systems, the newest wellness and energy features, and zero deferred maintenance. Buying before completion adds one more advantage, which is control. The future owner of 18529 Long Lake Drive can still influence the finishes and portions of the layout, so the home is delivered the way they want to live in it rather than the way a previous owner did.

Long Lake Estates, one of Boca’s hidden gems

If you do not already live in west Boca Raton, there is a good chance you have never heard of Long Lake Estates. That is by design. It is one of the quietest concentrations of serious wealth in Palm Beach County, and it stays that way on purpose.

The community is made up of approximately 117 custom residences, all on one-acre-plus homesites, wrapped in winding tree-lined streets and a series of lakes. There is a single 24-hour manned gate. There is no mandatory country club membership attached to the home, which is a meaningful difference from communities like St Andrews or Woodfield, where a large initiation fee and ongoing dues come with the address. Long Lake Estates buyers get the guarded privacy and the acreage without being required to buy into a club they may not use.

Why inventory is almost nonexistent

Long Lake Estates is a finished community. There are no new lots being created, the total number of homes is fixed at roughly 117, and the overwhelming majority of residents are long-term, year-round owners who hold for a long time. When you combine a fixed supply with owners who rarely sell, you get an enclave where only a handful of homes are available at any given moment. Scarcity is not a marketing line here. It is the structural reality of a built-out, acre-lot, guard-gated community. That is exactly why a new construction estate on one of its best lots is a genuinely significant event rather than just another listing.

For context on the ceiling, the community’s headline resale in recent years was an estate on Twin Lake Drive that closed at $8 million in 2023. A completed new construction estate at 18529 Long Lake Drive, delivered to current standards on a full acre, is positioned in a tier of its own within the neighborhood.

Why billionaires and professional athletes buy in Boca Raton

To understand why an estate like this exists, you have to understand the buyer. South Florida, and Boca Raton in particular, has become one of the most concentrated landing spots for wealth in the United States. This is the single biggest force behind the luxury market here, and it is worth walking through in detail.

No state income tax, and real asset protection

Florida has no state personal income tax and no state estate or inheritance tax. For a high earner whose income is heavily weighted toward bonuses, equity, or investment gains, moving a primary residence to Florida can change the math on their entire financial life. Beyond income tax, Florida’s constitutional homestead protection shields a primary residence from most creditor claims with no dollar cap, which is a genuine asset-protection advantage that very few states offer. For athletes, founders, and executives, the combination of tax efficiency and asset protection is often the first reason they look south.

Privacy and security

Boca Raton has an unusually deep bench of 24-hour guard-gated communities, from Long Lake Estates and Le Lac to The Sanctuary and Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club. For someone whose face is recognizable, the ability to live behind a manned gate on a private acre, with the home held in a discreet ownership entity, is not a luxury. It is a requirement. This is why so many recognizable owners cluster in a small number of specific enclaves.

Private aviation

Access to jets is a practical part of how this buyer lives. Boca Raton Airport handles private aircraft directly in the city, with full-service operators on site. Palm Beach International, a short drive north, accommodates larger and international aircraft, and Fort Lauderdale Executive to the south is a major dedicated general-aviation field. A homeowner in Boca can be wheels-up in a private jet within twenty to thirty minutes of the front gate.

Water, golf, and clubs

South Florida is built for the way affluent families spend their time. The Intracoastal Waterway and deep-water ocean access support serious yachting, with private docks and community marinas in waterfront enclaves. The concentration of championship private golf and country clubs is among the highest in the nation, including Arnold Palmer signature courses and clubs with nine-figure real estate around them. For many buyers, the lifestyle is the product and the house is simply where it is based.

Schools and healthcare

Families relocating at this level ask about two things almost immediately, which are schools and medical care. Boca Raton is home to nationally ranked private schools, including Saint Andrew’s School and the Boca Raton campus of Pine Crest School, and demand has pushed several of them to multi-year waitlists as in-migration continues. On healthcare, the region is anchored by Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital and by the nearby Cleveland Clinic in Weston, consistently rated among the top hospitals in the state.

Wall Street South

The most important recent shift is the arrival of the financial industry. Palm Beach County has been nicknamed Wall Street South, with thousands of financial-services firms and tens of thousands of finance jobs now based in the area. Major names including Goldman Sachs, Point72, and Elliott Management have established a significant presence, and a large share of the firms that relocated came from the New York City area. That migration brought decision-makers, not just money, and those decision-makers buy homes. The single-family luxury market in Boca is downstream of that shift.

Location at the center of it all

Boca Raton sits in the middle of what locals call the wealth corridor. It is roughly 25 miles to Palm Beach and West Palm Beach, immediately adjacent to Delray Beach, about 30 miles to Fort Lauderdale, and about 45 miles to Miami. A buyer in Boca is close to everything that matters in South Florida without being in the middle of the noise. That central position is a quiet part of why the city keeps winning relocation decisions.

The new era of ultra-luxury construction

The definition of a trophy home has changed. Twenty years ago, luxury meant square footage, columns, and gold. Today’s ultra-luxury buyer wants something different, and 18529 Long Lake Drive is being designed around that modern definition.

Architecture and light

Contemporary estate design is about light and volume. Soaring ceilings, expansive walls of glass, and clean architectural lines replace the heavy, compartmentalized layouts of the past. The goal is a home that feels open and connected to its landscape, where the line between the interior living spaces and the resort backyard nearly disappears. On a private acre with lake and garden views, that indoor-outdoor flow is the whole point.

Wellness at home

Wellness has moved from an amenity to a design principle. Buyers now expect spa facilities, fitness space, and the kind of state-of-the-art wellness amenities planned for this estate, so that recovery and health are built into daily life rather than requiring a trip somewhere. For an athlete especially, a home that supports training and recovery is not a nice-to-have.

Indoor-outdoor living and the resort backyard

In South Florida, the backyard is a second home. The plan for 18529 Long Lake Drive includes resort-style outdoor living with a saltwater pool and in-ground spa, a summer kitchen, a private rooftop terrace, and covered outdoor rooms designed for the climate. On a full acre, there is room to do this without compromise, which is exactly what a smaller lot cannot offer.

Technology, comfort, and the flexible program

Modern estates are wired for how people actually live. That means integrated smart-home systems, security and camera infrastructure, energy efficiency, and rooms designed for specific purposes rather than generic space. The planned program here includes a chef’s kitchen, a club room, an executive office, and private guest accommodations, the kind of purpose-built rooms that let a large home function for both everyday life and large-scale entertaining. And because the buyer can still customize portions of the design, the specific mix of these spaces can be tuned to the owner.

Why selling a $20 million estate requires a different agent

Here is something most people do not realize. Selling a $20 million estate has almost nothing in common with selling a typical home. The property is different, the buyer is different, and the process is different. That means the representation has to be different too. This is educational, not a boast, because understanding it protects any seller at this level.

The buyer pool is tiny and global

Only a small number of people on earth can purchase a $20 million home, and they are not scrolling a public search portal on a Sunday afternoon. They are found through relationships, through private networks of luxury agents, wealth advisors, and family offices, and through targeted international exposure. Marketing a trophy estate is less about mass advertising and more about reaching the right few hundred people in the world, many of whom will never see the listing publicly.

Off-market and quiet marketing matter

At this level, a large share of transactions happen quietly, sometimes entirely off-market. Discretion is often a seller’s requirement, especially for a recognizable owner. The right agent knows how to create demand without creating a spectacle, and how to protect a client’s privacy while still reaching qualified buyers around the world.

Presentation has to be cinematic and global

A property like this is sold through story and imagery, not a data sheet. That means cinematic video, architectural and lifestyle photography, drone work, and a presentation packaged for a global audience across the channels affluent buyers actually use. It also means syndication through international luxury networks so the estate reaches buyers well beyond Florida. The Jabbour Group’s marketing is built to reach qualified buyers around the world through Keller Williams’ global network, which spans more than 100 countries.

Coordination and negotiation are the real job

A new construction estate at this level is not a simple transaction. It can involve the builder, architects, attorneys, private wealth advisors, and luxury agents on the buyer side, sometimes across time zones. The listing agent is the person who keeps all of that moving, protects the seller’s position, and negotiates a number that reflects the true value of a one-of-one property. That is strategy, not paperwork.

Why Jason Pierre-Paul chose Ryan Jabbour

When you are representing a property of this caliber, a seller is not simply hiring someone to place a home in the MLS. They are choosing a strategist capable of creating worldwide exposure, attracting qualified buyers, and coordinating with architects, builders, attorneys, private wealth advisors, and luxury agents across the globe, all while protecting the client’s privacy. That is a different job than selling a typical home, and it calls for a different kind of representation.

Ryan Jabbour built The Jabbour Group around exactly this kind of work. His approach pairs traditional relationship-driven luxury real estate with an AI-driven marketing strategy and cinematic, globally syndicated presentation. His background is unusual and it matters here. Before real estate, Ryan spent more than fifteen years in the luxury diamond and jewelry business, where the entire job was understanding discerning buyers, presenting high-value assets, and earning trust on large purchases. He has also personally built custom homes, so he understands new construction from the inside, from the lot to the finishes.

That combination, which is luxury specialization, new construction knowledge, modern marketing reach, and a track record of discretion, is why an owner would trust The Jabbour Group with a property as significant as 18529 Long Lake Drive.

Luxury neighborhoods of Boca Raton

18529 Long Lake Drive does not exist in a vacuum. It sits within one of the richest collections of luxury communities in the country. If you are trying to understand where this estate fits, it helps to know the neighborhoods it competes with and complements. Here is a straight, factual guide to the enclaves that define luxury Boca Raton.

Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club

Founded in 1959, Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club is widely considered Boca Raton’s most prestigious waterfront address. Roughly 680 homes sit on the Intracoastal and its canals, with a community marina that can handle large yachts and a nomination-only club. Estates here trade from a few million dollars to well above $30 million, with an average sale price around $11 million. This is the deep-water yachting standard for the city.

The Sanctuary

The Sanctuary is a boutique guard-gated waterfront enclave of about 97 estates, roughly 60 of them directly on the Intracoastal or canals, with private docks and a community marina. It has appeared on national lists of the most exclusive gated communities, and its homes range from around $4 million to more than $20 million. It is one of the few places in Boca that combines true waterfront, boating, and a manned gate.

Long Lake Estates

Covered in depth above, Long Lake Estates is the acre-lot, guard-gated enclave where 18529 Long Lake Drive is located. Its differentiator is land and privacy, roughly 117 custom estates on one-acre-plus homesites with a 24-hour manned gate and no mandatory club membership. It is the quiet-wealth counterpart to the yachting communities on the coast.

Le Lac

Le Lac is one of the most private enclaves in all of Florida, with only 32 homesteads spread across roughly 200 acres, and lots that run from one to twelve acres. It is deliberately amenity-free, favoring seclusion over clubhouses, and has appeared on Forbes lists of the best gated communities. Land here is valued around a million dollars an acre, and homes have listed as high as the high-$20 million range. If Long Lake Estates is private, Le Lac is nearly invisible.

St Andrews Country Club

Established in 1982, St Andrews Country Club is a full-service golf community of roughly 740 custom estates, with two 18-hole courses including an Arnold Palmer signature design, a large clubhouse, tennis, and a spa. It carries mandatory membership with a significant initiation fee and annual dues. Homes generally range from about $2 million to well over $10 million. This is the country club counterpart to Long Lake Estates, for buyers who want the club lifestyle built in.

The Oaks at Boca Raton

The Oaks is a guard-gated community of about 450 luxury homes built largely in the 2000s, with a clubhouse, tennis, spa, and restaurant, and no equity requirement. Homes typically run from the mid-$2 million range to around $5 million. It is a strong option for buyers who want a modern gated community with amenities at a more accessible luxury price point.

Stone Creek Ranch

Just over the line in Delray Beach, Stone Creek Ranch is one of the priciest per-home enclaves in the county, with only 37 estates on roughly 2.5-acre lots. Recent listings have ranged from the mid-tens of millions upward. It is often grouped with Boca’s ultra-luxury market and represents the estate-acreage tier at its most extreme.

New construction communities: Boca Bridges, Lotus, and Royal Palm Polo

For buyers focused on brand-new construction, three names lead the conversation. Boca Bridges by GL Homes offers about 504 homes behind a landmark gated entry with a large resort clubhouse, generally from the high-$2 million range to around $7.5 million. Lotus, also by GL Homes, is a larger master-planned community popular with families, typically from the low-$1 million range to around $3 million. Royal Palm Polo by Toll Brothers offers contemporary impact-glass estates, generally in the high-$2 million to high-$4 million range. These communities show how strong the appetite for new construction has become, which is exactly the demand a custom estate like 18529 Long Lake Drive speaks to at the very top of the market.

The South Florida luxury market

Zoom out from Boca and the picture gets even clearer. South Florida is in the middle of a durable luxury boom, and the strength at the top of the market has been remarkable even in periods when the broader market cooled.

The numbers at the top

The ultra-luxury tier has outperformed. In a recent quarter, sales of $10 million-plus homes in Palm Beach County jumped 44 percent year over year, driven by financial-market wealth, even as more of the everyday market slowed. Across South Florida, hundreds of homes closed above $10 million in a single year, and the vast majority of those deals closed all cash. The $20 million-plus tier increasingly trades quietly and off-market, which is a big reason representation and private networks matter so much at that level.

Boca Raton benchmarks

Within Boca specifically, the luxury single-family market has been characterized as balanced, with rising values rather than a boom-and-bust swing. Median luxury sale prices have climbed year over year, price per square foot has moved up meaningfully, and homes have generally sold close to list price within a reasonable time on market. Balanced conditions with rising values are, in many ways, the healthiest environment a seller can ask for, because they reflect real demand rather than speculation.

The corridor beyond Boca

The wealth migration is regional, not just local. Palm Beach and West Palm Beach anchor the north end with the Wall Street South story and record island sales. Delray Beach has become one of the most desirable small downtowns in the state. Highland Beach and Manalapan offer rare oceanfront and Intracoastal estates. Jupiter draws golf and boating families to the north, while Fort Lauderdale and Miami anchor the south with their own booms, and Naples holds the Gulf Coast luxury market on the other side of the state. Boca Raton sits in the center of this corridor, which is a structural advantage that is not going away.

What it means for this estate

Put the pieces together. A durable flow of wealthy buyers into South Florida, a structurally scarce supply of acre-lot guard-gated homes, and a strong appetite for turnkey new construction. A property like 18529 Long Lake Drive sits precisely where those three forces meet. That is what makes it significant, and that is why it deserves a resource like this one rather than a paragraph of listing copy.

About Ryan Jabbour

Ryan Jabbour is the founder and team lead of The Jabbour Group at Keller Williams Realty Boca Raton, and a luxury real estate specialist focused on Boca Raton and the wider South Florida market. He holds Florida real estate license SL3490105 and is a member of the Keller Williams Luxury division. He has lived in the Boca Raton area since 1998, which gives him more than 25 years of on-the-ground knowledge of the communities, the builders, and the buyers that define this market.

Before real estate, Ryan spent more than fifteen years in the luxury diamond and jewelry industry, where he owned and operated a high-end Boca Raton store. That background shaped how he works today, because selling high-value assets to discerning buyers is built on presentation, trust, and understanding what a client actually values. He has also personally built custom homes, which gives him a working understanding of new construction from the lot through the finishes, a rare advantage when representing a property like 18529 Long Lake Drive.

The Jabbour Group’s positioning is direct. Your home is not just a property, it is a luxury brand that deserves world-class representation. In practice, that means an AI-driven marketing strategy, cinematic presentation, and global exposure through Keller Williams’ international network, paired with local expertise and white-glove service. Ryan works with sellers and buyers across the luxury spectrum, with particular focus on gated communities, waterfront, and new construction, and he has represented clients including professional athletes and other high-profile owners who require discretion. He carries a 5.0 rating across more than 40 verified client reviews, and in 2025 he was invited to speak at Keller Williams’ Mega Agent Camp, one of the largest gatherings of top-producing agents in the country.

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Final thoughts

Luxury real estate is built on trust long before it is built on concrete. Being selected to represent 18529 Long Lake Drive is about more than another listing. It reflects the confidence placed in Ryan Jabbour and The Jabbour Group to bring one of South Florida’s most significant new construction estates to a global audience, with the strategy and discretion a property at this level demands.

The estate itself will not be finished until early 2028, but the story it tells is already clear. A rare acre inside a guard-gated community. A buyer pool that spans the globe. A design built for the way people actually want to live now. And a market, in Boca Raton and across South Florida, that continues to draw the most successful people in the country. Whether you are buying, selling, building, or investing here, the same commitment to strategy, discretion, and world-class marketing applies to every client.