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August 5, 2025

Olson Kundig lands Palm Beach whale

By BRIAN MILLER
Real Estate Editor

Rendering by Stoev Design Group [enlarge]
One house is now underway, with more to follow on the 27 acres of beachfront property.

Olson Kundig is a distinguished local architecture shop with an increasingly national client base.

One example, as The New York Times and others have reported, is a 50,000-square-foot mansion now under construction in Palm Beach, Florida. The client? Billionaire Ken Griffin, whose Citadel hedge-fund business is based in Miami.

On nearly 8 acres of oceanfront property, the initial OK-designed house at 60 Blossom Way is for Griffin's mother, a spokesman told the Times. It's the first of several structures planned for the 27 acres of beachfront property Griffin has amassed over a decade for about $500 million, per The Palm Beach Daily News. One of the purchases, for nearly $100 million, was for a mansion Griffin subsequently demolished.

The city approved the first house in 2022; more are to follow. For the initial structure, the News reports that Olson Kundig is collaborating with local architect of record Smith and Moore Architects.


 

Brian Miller can be reached by email at brian.miller@djc.com or by phone at (206) 219-6517.




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