Did Billy Joel buy in Boca Raton?

Records suggest singer purchased $29M home

Superstar singer and songwriter Billy Joel has apparently purchased a waterfront home in Boca Raton’s exclusive Sanctuary development while trying to sell his expansive estates in Manalapan and Long Island.

State business records and a deed filed Wednesday reflecting a $29 million sale that closed Jan. 31 in the gated and guarded community off Spanish River Boulevard point to a purchase by the legendary crooner, who jokingly quipped at a New Year’s Eve concert that he would be spending more time in Florida like “old Jewish guys from Long Island do.”

The 15,000-square-foot home in The Sanctuary is on a unique corner lot with more than an acre of land and 560 feet of water frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway. The listing calls The Sanctuary Boca Raton’s “internationally acclaimed yachting enclave,” and notes that security is a priority with a 24-hour guard gate and roving patrols on the roads and waterways.

Joseph Liguori of Premier Estate Properties represented the seller in the deal but declined comment when asked about the buyer. Broker Christian Angle of Christian Angle Real Estate handled the buyer’s side. Angle did not respond to a request for comment.

Angle has represented Joel in other real estate transactions, including the purchase of a townhouse in the Town of Palm Beach. He is also the listing agent on the sale of Joel’s Manalapan home at 1110 S. Ocean Blvd., which was put back on the market last month for $54.9 million. It had been listed in 2022 for $64.9 million but the listing was removed in August 2023.

Joel, who released his first single in 17 years on Feb. 1, also has a 26-acre Long Island estate for sale. The waterfront home on the North Shore hit the market last year for $49 million. A Realtor listing the home told The Wall Street Journal in May that Joel and his wife, Alexis