With home in Palm Beach, Sylvester Stallone says he, wife will move to Florida 'permanently'

Hollywood icon Sylvester Stallone and his wife have decided the next chapter of their lives will be spent in Florida rather than California, the “Rocky” star announced last week during an episode of “The Family Stallone” reality television series.

Stallone and his wife, former model Jennifer Flavin Stallone, have owned a vacation home in Palm Beach since December 2020, when they bought their estate through a trust for a recorded $35.38 million. They have since remodeled the gated lakefront property , which has a main residence and two outbuildings, at 1480 N. Ocean Blvd. on the North End.

Sylvester Stallone told his daughters — Scarlet, Sistine and Sophia — about the decision to relocate “permanently” to Florida on a Feb. 21 episode of the television series. The episode kicked off the show’s second season.

“After long, hard consideration, your mother and I have decided (it’s) time to move on and leave the state of California permanently,” he said. “And, we're going to Florida.”

He added: “We already have a place (in Florida). It's a done deal.”

Stallone also said he and his wife were going to sell their California house.

The Stallones are now empty-nesters, and that apparently influenced their decision to make Florida their permanent home. Two of their daughters are living in New York City and the other is enrolled at the University of Miami.

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“I raised all three of our daughters in California,” Jennifer Stallone said during the Feb. 21 episode. "Everything's a memory to me, memories of them not being there anymore. So, I needed a big change, and Sly went along with it.”

On Friday, Florida first lady Casey DeSantis — in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter —expressed her pleasure that the Stallones would be permanent residents of the Sunshine State.

"Welcome to the Free State of Florida," DeSantis wrote.

The decision to relocate from Los Angeles was difficult, Sylvester Stallone said during the program. “We have a lot of roots in California, so it's not an easy transition to Florida," he said. "But Jennifer really had her heart set on it. I gave in.”

Born in New York, Stallone built his career in California, where he and his family have lived for many years. He also once owned a vacation home in Miami.

“The Family Stallone” premiered on Paramount+ in May 2023 and was then renewed for a second season.

The Stallones’ Carribean-style estate in Palm Beach encompasses 1½-acres with otudoor loggias, a swimming pool, a whirlpool spa and a sandy beach, all facing 254 feet of frontage on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Sylvester Stallone had already declared himself a resident of Palm Beach County via a courthouse document recorded in January 2021. But the Stallones do not have their Palm Beach estate listed as their primary home in the latest Palm Beach County tax rolls.

In 2022, the Palm Beach estate made headlines when Jennifer Stallone filed for divorce. But the couple soon reconciled and ended the divorce action.

The Oscar-nominated star of the “Rocky” and “Rambo” movie franchises has strong ties to Florida.

Sly Stallone is a University of Miami Hurricane, with a BFA

During his student years, Stallone took classes at Miami Dade College before enrolling in the University of Miami’s acting school, where he received his bachelor’s of fine arts degree.

The celebrity’s Miami connection

In the 1990s, Sylvester Stallone owned a waterfront home on Miami’s Biscayne Bay, joining the likes, at the time, of pop superstar Madonna, singer Julio Iglesias, the Bee Gees’ Barry Gibb and Oprah Winfrey. Stallone sold the estate near Coconut Grove for a recorded $16.2 million in 1999.

Stallone's family ties to Palm Beach County

His late father and polo enthusiast, Frank Stallone Sr., had a longtime home in the equestrian village of Wellington, about 30 miles west of Palm Beach.

Who are Stallone's celebrity neighbors in Palm Beach?

Stallone is only one of a constellation of celebrities who own homes in Palm Beach. That list includes rockers Jon Bon Jovi and Rod Stewart, television host and radio shock jock Howard Stern; celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz; and conservative firebrand Sean Hannity.

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Portions of this story previous appeared on PalmBeachDailyNews.com.

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Darrell Hofheinz is a USA TODAY Network of Florida journalist who writes about Palm Beach real estate in his weekly “Beyond the Hedges” column. He welcomes tips about real estate news on the island. Email dhofheinz@pbdailynews.com, call 561-820-3831 or tweet @PBDN_Hofheinz.

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