The COVID pandemic fueled a 21st-century great migration of people and wealth that is reshaping the Palm Beaches. That influx of money is transforming the style, landscape, and fortunes of our area, with some communities more and more resembling the tony town of Palm Beach. The migration will bring ever-lasting changes and tremendous challenges. The Palm Beach Post tackles this amazing time in history in a multi-part series titled The Palm Beaching Project.
Palm Beach Post covers the migration of wealth to our county: A boon for some, a bust for others
The Palm Beaches have always been an attractive destination to work, play, and visit — and a magnet luring legions of new residents. Now, the post-pandemic era has opened the floodgates to a 21st-century great migration to Palm Beach County.
More and more people who felt trapped in cities and stifled by high taxes in other states have opted for more attractive living options in this patch of Sunshine State paradise, with its stunning open spaces, and culinary and cultural choices.
Read full story here: ‘Palm Beaching:’ How our county is changing with wealth migration
An influx of wealth, CEOs and financial firms is changing the shape and style of West Palm
Bessemer Trust, a venerable private banking firm in Palm Beach, is planning to move a mile west into a new office tower planned along the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach.
Had the longtime wealth management company moved to the mainland a decade ago, it might have risked losing a slice of its monied clients who never would deign to cross the Royal Park Bridge to bank.
But times have changed, and so has the well-heeled look of Palm Beach County’s biggest and best-known city.
Read full story here: Downtown office boom makes West Palm look more like Palm Beach
Pandemic migration to Florida brought private school surge. The result? Years-long waitlists
Cooper Knowland was just a week old when his parents started calling around to get him into a private school in Palm Beach County.
His parents, who lived together in New York City for 10 years before moving to Atlanta and then to South Florida, knew to start early when it came to getting their son a private education once he was ready to start Pre-K.
Read full story here: Pandemic migration creates private school boom, long waitlists in PBC
Downtown West Palm Beach office buildings offering perks once seen only in hotels
A number of new office buildings in downtown West Palm Beach are rethinking what an office space should be.
They are offering perks in the form of hospitality amenities once reserved only for luxury hotels or residences.
Read full story here: Can you believe these perks downtown West Palm offices are offering?
Where are Palm Beach County’s 145 private schools? Here’s what to know about each one
Palm Beach County has more than 140 private schools of varying sizes and religious affiliations.
While some schools serve students of all grade levels, others are highly specialized in which students they accept and how much tuition they charge.
Read full story here: Where are private schools in Palm Beach County? What to know
Out-of-state medical providers reap major donations. This time, it’s invested here
For years, out-of-state hospitals, such as the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute of Boston, tapped the coffers of generous Palm Beach County residents for medical services provided in the healthcare giant’s New England hub.
Increasingly, however, medical donations are staying here in Palm Beach County as providers based outside the area establish offices in the Palm Beaches. At the behest of donors, these out-of-state providers are starting to invest the millions they receive from grateful patients and other philanthropists into local operations.
Read full story here: Out-of-state health centers reap big donations … and invest it here
Palm Beach County cultural gems plot expansion, growth with transplants’ generosity
For decades, Palm Beach cultural institutions like the Society of the Four Arts and the Flagler Museum have enjoyed enviable charitable largesse. But now gems across the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach are reaping some of that generosity, too.
Read full story here: The county’s cultural gems are seeing a big bounce in charity giving
As money flows to PBC, top-flight medical providers follow and locals amp up their services
The money has flowed south, and the healthcare industry has followed.
That includes a cluster of New York-based medical providers that is expanding throughout the county, chasing patients who made a permanent move to the countyin the years since the pandemic and now want the top-flight care they received back home.
Read full story here: Influx of wealth to PBC changing health care industry as well
West Palm Beach feels growing pains amid wealth influx as neighborhoods navigate change
Sudden and brutal and beautiful came the change for West Palm Beach’s stately historic communities where post-pandemic affluence rampaged like a wrecking ball or waved like a magic wand.
Read full story here: West Palm’s in a building boom not seen in 70 years, and it came fast
Private clubs offer a place for business, fun as wealth migration alters social networking
When West Palm Beach business executives or wealthy residents want to gather with friends and family, where can they find a posh place to visit with like-minded people? Soon, they could be convening at private members-only clubs planned for downtown.
Read full story here: A look at the cozy, upscale private social clubs sprouting in PBC
How north county is growing: Wealthy newcomers, luxury homes changing family-friendly area
PALM BEACH GARDENS — Northern Palm Beach County is changing from a patchwork of middle-class suburbs along Interstate 95 to a place that looks more like a city that carries big-city prices, often paid by wealthy new residents to South Florida.
Read full story here: Wealthy newcomers, luxury homes changing family-friendly north county
How west county is growing: Luxury developments bring ‘Palm Beach’ to once-rural region
WELLINGTON — Why is a big-city development company like Related Urban eager to build apartments at the K-Park site in Wellington? The logic is simple — and telling — as western Palm Beach County becomes a more expensive place to call home.
Read full story here: Luxury homes bring taste of ‘Palm Beach’ to once-rural west suburbs
In wealthy Boca and Delray, the rich are getting richer – where does that leave the rest?
June 17 was supposed to be a routine Monday for suburban Boca Raton resident Dora Ferreira and her family of four.
Then she received a call from her landlord telling her the townhouse her family had rented for eight years had been listed for sale.
Read full story here: Money flows in wealthy Boca Raton and Delray, but many are scrambling
Why Riviera Beach could be a gem of a place to live in the future despite past struggles
RIVIERA BEACH — Growth was once a wish in Riviera Beach, a city known as much for its vast potential as its relentless political squabbling.
There’s still plenty of squabbling; City Council meetings that start at dinnertime frequently last deep into the night. But the growth that was dreamed of in the past is happening today.
Read full story here: Despite its struggles, Riviera Beach could be a gem in the near future
Bottlenecked: Palm Beach County road projects lag behind massive population growth
The hordes of people who migrated to Palm Beach County since the pandemic — many from the congested Northeast — may feel like they’ve reached paradise. But they could soon find they can’t avoid traffic issues, especially in high-impact corridors.
Read full story here: As population booms, county struggles to keep up with road projects
‘Everyone in my generation is struggling’: Housing costs squeeze young adults, families
Growing up in Palm Beach Gardens, Jilian Munguia imagined making a life for herself in her hometown, near her parents, sisters and high school friends.
She gave it a go when she moved out of her family’s house at 20, living in apartments with roommates and her boyfriend while working full-time as a hairdresser.
But it grew more difficult every year, as rents skyrocketed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read full story here: Housing costs squeeze young adults, working-class families
Big name chefs, restaurant groups remake Palm Beach County dining scene post pandemic
The next time you dine out in Palm Beach County, where will you go? Will it be a fancy steakhouse that hails from Manhattan? A Chicago favorite for rosé wine? A new restaurant from a big-name chef with Michelin pedigree? Or perhaps a local hidden gem that only the locals seem to frequent?
For decades, and possibly with the exception of the town of Palm Beach, fine dining options across Palm Beach County were slim. Casual dining spots were limited to cookie-cutter concepts like Chilis and TGIFridays, with only a handful of local options.
Although chains once dominated the South Florida dining landscape, the last 15 years have yielded the slow and steady growth of a local food scene. It was a movement largely propelled by operators and a short list of talented chefs, some of whom even caught the attention of the James Beard Foundation.
Read full story here: Post-pandemic surge has dramatically altered our food and dining scene
What are Palm Beach County’s most congested intersections and roadway stretches?
If you have been stuck in traffic in Palm Beach County, you have a lot of company.
It is no secret that Palm Beach County has been struggling to accommodate all the new residents who have moved here. The number of county residents has more than doubled to 1.5 million people since 1990. The result: traffic congestion from Boca Raton to Jupiter.
Read full story here: What are Palm Beach County’s most congested intersections and roads?
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach County’s transformation: How wealth migration impacts our area
Reporting by Antonio Fins, Palm Beach Post / Palm Beach Post
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