5-million teardown: Billionaire W. Lauder razing Rush Limbaugh's old Palm Beach estate
After paying $155 million in March for the Palm Beach, Florida, oceanfront estate of the late conservative firebrand Rush Limbaugh, cosmetics billi...
After paying $155 million in March for the Palm Beach, Florida, oceanfront estate of the late conservative firebrand Rush Limbaugh, cosmetics billionaire William P. Lauder is tearing it down. Crews have been at work this week demolishing the estate at 1495 N. Ocean Blvd., which Lauder bought through an ownership company from Limbaugh's widow, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, in an off-market deal. This isn't the first uber-pricey teardown Lauder has acquired in Palm Beach. Last year, he demolished a six-year-old beachfront mansion down the street after buying it in late 2021 for more than $110 million — a price cited by several people familiar with the private sale.