Pelican Bay isn’t a single subdivision. It’s a master-planned community of 95 separate residential associations, each with its own architectural character, interior permit path, demo-hour restrictions, and contractor registration requirements. Every one of them matters for how we plan your project — and it’s the reason most non-local remodeling companies quote wrong the first time.

Coral Ridge Properties, a Westinghouse subsidiary, purchased 2,330 acres from the Barron Collier family in 1972 with a specific mandate: preserve the mangrove estuary, protect the three miles of Gulf beachfront, and build a luxury master-planned community that worked with the environment instead of fighting it. The first home was completed in 1979 in Pelican Bay Woods. The last original-era single-family homes were finished around 2005. Since 2016, an accelerating teardown-and-rebuild cycle has reshaped the luxury inventory — but the 1980s and 90s single-family stock still represents the majority of the community.

Original Pelican Bay kitchens share three signatures: oak or maple raised-panel cabinets, a dropped soffit running the cabinet perimeter, and appliance cutouts sized for 1990s-era Sub-Zero 36-inch side-by-sides with framed plywood surrounds. All three read “dated” to the 2026 Pelican Bay buyer — and the comp data proves it.