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Currents December 2019 3 A Brief history of Palm Aire P alm Aire had its start in 1959 as home to the Palms Golf Course founded by George Palmer and Harold Broiler. Simultaneously, Marvin Orleans attended flight school in the Florida during World War II and returned to Fort Lauderdale post war. So, in the same year that the Palms Golf Course was founded, Marvin Orleans formed Florida Palm Aire Corporation. At its inception, Palm Aire was a country club featuring golf, but in a matter of years it was trans- formed into a master-planned community featuring five golf courses and numerous condo- minium developments, golf courses, tennis courts and other recreational facilities. Later builders added several smaller communities such as Misty Oaks, Vizcaya, Fairview Pointe, Fairview Townhomes, the Oasis, Palm Aire Gardens, and Royal Point. With more development near Vizcaya. In partnership with his father Alfred Orleans, a Philadelphia land developer, Marvin Orleans went on to purchase controlling interest in the Palm Aire Spa and Country Club in 1965. In 1969 he reincorporated Florida Palm Aire Corporation (FPA) in Delaware and took it public. To expand its holdings, more land was acquired in 1970 and in 1971, Palm Aire was annexed with Pompano Beach nearly dou- bling Pompano's population. To give form to the dream of an upscale resort development, architect Thor Amlie was hired by FPA to draw up a master plan and, by the mid-1970s, the cor- poration was well on its way to developing The World of Palm Aire, a 1,500-acre, 3,000-unit lux- ury residential complex; the largest sports and leisure-ori- ented residential community in the state. The complex featured five 18-hole golf courses with pro shops, 37 tennis courts, 20 large swimming pools, 2 country clubs, 4 restaurants and an internation- ally renowned spa and hotel. Amlie would rise to become cor- porate president. Over the course of 25 years, Marvin Orleans went on to build 25,000 housing units in Florida. FPA's developments include Boca Aire Country Club, Palm Aire Country Club in Sarasota, Boca Golf and Tennis Club, Oak- land Forest Club in Oakland Park, The Gardens at Palm Aire, Del-Aire Golf Club in Delray Beach, Delray Oaks West and St. Lucie Falls. In September of 1986 Marvin Orleans died in Philadelphia at continued on page 5 > s tOP Y OuR W inDOW L eAk P ROBLeMs Be hu Prepa re rr Fi x you icane d for t r W sea he nO indow son W! Lea ks Dried out gaskets and window stripping will cause window leaks. I have the proper window stripping to repair all types of windows. I also do Screening, Wrol-up Repair and Sliding Glass Doors. e FRe Ates M i est C ALL P AtRiCk Cell no. 954-829-4348 [email protected] FPL independent Participating Contractor 3621 Washington street • hollywood, FL 33021