1351 Cocoanut Road sits on one of the most sought-after streets in Golden Harbour, the guard-gated waterfront enclave that anchors East Boca Raton's downtown-adjacent luxury market. Delivered by Marc Elkman and Empire Development, the residence is a working case study in the firm's core discipline: architect-led design, resolved down to the trim.
Siting for the water
The lot was purchased for the water, not the price per square foot. The house is oriented so that the primary living spaces, the primary suite, and the loggia all frame the canal. Deep-water dockage runs the length of the seawall, ready for a large sport-fisher without an inch of wasted frontage.
Rooms that work, not just photograph
Ceilings are held tall in the great room and kitchen, then quieted in the bedrooms. Circulation is short — the pantry is where you would want it to be at 6:30 a.m., not where a floor plan committee would put it. Finishes lean warm and durable: honed stone, natural oak, unlacquered brass. Nothing that will look dated in five years.
Where it fits in the Empire Collection
1351 Cocoanut sits alongside sister residences at 1148 Cocoanut, 541, 561, and 651 Golden Harbour Drive, and 839 Orchid Drive in the current Empire Collection. Together they read as one portfolio — because they were built by one firm, to one standard.
Why it matters
Golden Harbour's supply is fixed. Empire Development's holdings on Cocoanut are the tightest, best-executed cluster on the street. Residences like 1351 are why Marc Elkman's name is now shorthand, in Boca, for a certain kind of quiet, durable luxury.