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Get to know Boca Raton

While many South Florida cities came to be via resourceful real estate developers, Boca Raton had the extra fortune of being founded by architect Addison Mizner. Mizner had established a reputation with New York society and carried it to Palm Beach before setting his eyes on unincorporated farmland to the south that would grow today’s beloved city. Though Mizner’s complete vision was left unrealized, his aesthetic mindset has shaped Boca ever since with a preponderance of timeless Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. Nearly a hundred years later, Boca is more brochure-worthy than Mizner could have imagined. Today, Boca Raton is a vibrant community obsessed with golf and tennis, Intracoastal Waterway boating, and its two-mile stretch of world-class white sand beaches. The unobstructed sunset views don’t hurt, either.

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Boca Raton Commerce & Culture

This thriving little city — the birthplace of IBM’s first personal computer — more than deserves its international reputation. The weather is breezy, sunny perfection, and the downtown is neat as a pin. Residential and commercial buildings have a cohesive feel, and the streets, green spaces, and infrastructure are in top condition. Shopping in Boca reveals a Rodeo Drive’s worth of luxury as hundreds of upscale retailers and irresistible boutiques in Mizner Park and other tony districts. After a day of burning calories on the court, links, and ocean, locals delight in a restaurant scene rivaling cities 10 times its size and a refined, if subdued, nightlife. In the unlikely event you get bored of Boca, its location is convenient for everything happening between the Keys and the Treasure Coast.