Luxury Custom Home Builder in South Florida

A luxury custom home builder designs and constructs a one-of-a-kind residence around your lifestyle, site, and budget. Kass Construction & Development manages the full journey: architectural collaboration, engineering, permitting, ground-up construction, and finishing, delivering luxury custom homes and waterfront estates across Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties.

We are based in East Fort Lauderdale at 1610 Coral Ridge Drive and build throughout Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties. Our team specializes in South Florida conditions, coastal construction requirements, hurricane-rated concrete block structural systems, and flood zone compliance and elevation strategy.

Expect 14–26 months total: 4–8+ months for design and permitting, and 10–18+ months for construction. Permitting is the most variable phase, and waterfront lots with seawall or dock work can extend the range. Kass manages every permit application, revision, and inspection as part of the job.

Costs are driven by location, structural requirements, design complexity, and finish level. Waterfront properties and reinforced concrete systems command higher investment. Kass provides detailed, transparent pricing during pre-construction, so you know your numbers before ground breaks.

We build luxury custom homes in four phases: feasibility and strategy (property evaluation, zoning review, budget modeling), design and pre-construction (engineering, permitting, value engineering), construction (foundation through finishes with quality-control inspections), and completion and delivery (final inspections, certificate of occupancy, close-out, and warranty coordination).

Our team combines state-licensed general contractors and Kass Construction & Development is a State Certified General Contractor (License #CGC1529472, verifiable through the Florida DBPR) with licensed real estate attorneys and licensed real estate professionals in one firm. That integrated model lets us manage construction quality, legal structure, and real estate strategy as a unified system, controlling budget overruns, permit delays, contractor performance, and legal exposure from day one. It is a level of accountability few luxury home builders in Fort Lauderdale can match.

The firm is led by founder and president Mitch Kass, a Florida Certified General Contractor since 2006 and a member of The Florida Bar.

Yes. Waterfront construction is our specialty. South Florida homes must be engineered for 150+ mph wind loads, elevated above base flood elevation, and built with materials that resist salt air — in Miami-Dade, that includes High-Velocity Hurricane Zone product approvals. We handle seawalls, docks, flood zone documentation, and coastal permitting from day one.

Yes. Permitting and project management are core services. We handle permit acquisition and expediting, code compliance and regulatory management, and inspector coordination, including South Florida’s coastal codes, zoning overlays, and hurricane-resistant building standards, so your project keeps moving without avoidable delays.

Involve the builder early — ideally alongside your architect. Early collaboration ensures the design is feasible, code-compliant, and budget-realistic, preventing expensive redesigns. Kass collaborates with leading South Florida firms including Tuthill Architecture, Bruce Celenski Architecture & Planning, and Stofft Cooney Architects.

Yes. For clients already working with another luxury custom home builder or design team, we provide independent owner’s representation to protect your investment, contract review and risk analysis, contractor performance monitoring, draw request auditing, construction quality verification, and code compliance oversight. Call 954-607-4335 to discuss your project.

Call 954-607-4335 to discuss your project.