Southwest Ranches

One of South Florida's best-kept secrets is under the spotlight thanks to a recent swath of big-ticket home sales to celebrity buyers and record-breaking real estate activity.
The Town of Southwest Ranches, a low-density, quaint equestrian community in Broward County — just 22 miles outside Miami and 15 miles from Fort Lauderdale — has long been an alternative to Wellington and a favorite hideaway for sophisticated, in-the-know estate-level property hunters.

Now, sales in Southwest Ranches are heating up as the area gains traction with high-net-worth buyers looking for privacy, value, acreage, and world-class estates inside the region's remaining farmland. Homes, custom-made to order, rarely hit the market in the town, shielding prices from the public. But recently, a custom-made estate 11 acres, built by Landmark Custom Homes, hit the market there at $54 million, demonstrating the area's unprecedented price growth.

Landmark Custom Homes, the area's leading luxury home builder, is behind most of these prominent estates and offers turn-key building services via bespoke architectural designs from world-class firms including Affiniti Architects of Palm Beach, Choeff Levy Fischman and CMA Design Studios in Miami. The builder is also the visionary developer behind Landmark Ranch Estates, the only gated community that has been allowed in the town, and the main catalyst in igniting interest in the area.