Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island — Site of Disputed Fees Litigation
A long-running dispute over fees at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa has returned to court, with the condominium association alleging that the resort’s commercial operator imposed duplicative charges totaling tens of millions of dollars. The claims center on a roughly $45-per-occupied-day administrative fee collected in addition to regular quarterly assessments; a trial is scheduled for early next year.
The 239-unit resort at 3800 North Ocean Drive was built in 2007 by Florida developer WCI Communities, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August 2008 after the South Florida housing market collapsed, according to The Real Deal. WCI was later restructured and purchased by Lennar in 2017. In 2009, during that period of financial distress, Urgo bought the building’s commercial lot and resort operations from WCI Communities for $7.1 million, or less than $30,000 per key. Urgo later added a Marriott flag and renamed the resort…