Premier Estate Properties has been featured in The Wall Street Journal’s examination of “landmaxxing” — the practice among the nation’s most acquisitive buyers of assembling adjacent parcels into singular private compounds. The article, written by E.B. Solomont and published July 13, 2026, was syndicated internationally, reaching an audience in excess of five hundred million readers across MSN, El Mundo, and additional outlets.
Margit Brandt, Estate Agent with Premier Estate Properties, was cited on the economics driving the trend. Buyers, she observed, are willing to pay a premium for multiple adjacent lots — particularly when land is scarce. She referenced a recent Manalapan land sale of $105 million: WeatherTech founder David MacNeil, having previously assembled two adjacent parcels for a combined $93.5 million in 2024 and 2025, has since acquired further adjacent properties and is in contract on a third contiguous lot, bringing his estate to 5.5 acres. “It is almost impossible to recreate,” Ms. Brandt said of the assemblage.
That observation captures the essence of the market Premier has served since 1993. The Journal’s reporting documents a decisive shift at the apex of luxury real estate: the trophy asset is no longer the largest residence, but the irreplaceable position. Coldwell Banker’s midyear report found that United States luxury-property searches doubled over the first five months of 2026 against the same period in 2025, while searches for buildable land rose 97 percent year over year. In South Florida, that appetite has been expressed in assemblages of remarkable scale — the Manalapan compound Ms. Brandt cites, and, further north, Ken Griffin’s contiguous Palm Beach acreage.
Counsel of this nature cannot be improvised. Advising an esteemed clientele on which parcels to assemble — and on what a configuration will be worth once it can never be duplicated — requires an advisor who has observed every market cycle since 1993 and who transacts exclusively at one million dollars and above. Premier Estate Properties remains an independent, privately held boutique brokerage, not a franchise, and the counsel it offers is measured in decades of judgment rather than in transactions.
For guidance on estate-site assemblage in Palm Beach, Manalapan, and Florida’s premier coastal enclaves, Premier’s Estate Agents welcome your confidential inquiry.
Read the full Wall Street Journal article: The Superrich Aren’t Just Buying Mansions—They Want the Entire Block
Margit Brandt, Estate Agent
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