Nearly three decades after neighbor feuds, court fights and stalled permits turned a prime Beverly Farms lot into a local legend, a brand-new oceanfront house is finally rising at 63 West St. The shingle-style estate, now under construction, sits on roughly 1.83 acres with more than 200 feet of private beach and nearly 12,000 square feet of living space. Crews are on site, and agents are quietly floating a price tag just shy of $18 million.
The Marrocco Group at Coldwell Banker is listing the property with an asking price of $17,999,000 and an 11,975-square-foot footprint, according to Coldwell Banker. Marketing materials spotlight expansive indoor and outdoor entertaining areas, a three-stop elevator, an in-ground pool, a full bar with wine storage, and an amenity lineup that reads like a luxury resort: theater, professional-grade gym with sauna, golf simulator, and a deep-water mooring.
Decades-Long Litigation
The road to this construction site has been anything but straightforward. Evan Wile bought the parcel at auction in 1992 for $335,000, and his attempts to build triggered years of legal challenges and nearly two dozen court actions, according to The Boston Globe. A land court judge finally ruled the lot buildable in January 2020, removing a major obstacle that had kept the property stuck in legal limbo for decades.
Sale, Developer And Permitting
Public records show Wile sold the parcel in October 2024 for $4,787,500 to an entity called 63 West Street LLC, according to property records compiled by Homes.com. Local permitting minutes list the owner as 63 West Street LLC c/o Michael Melanson, and Beverly conservation commission records show Bryan Melanson of Melanson Development submitting revised plans in October 2025, per the city’s meeting minutes.
The listing and MLS materials describe the house as a 2026 build and note that construction is ongoing; renderings and timeline notes are posted with the marketing package on Coldwell Banker.
Agent's Pitch And Market
“It has a warm, inviting feel yet offers an incredible sense of scale,” listing agent Gina Marrocco told Boston.com. Agents and local brokers say that chances to market brand-new, large-scale oceanfront construction in Beverly Farms are rare, which helps explain the full-court press to showcase a finished product by this summer.
Why Neighbors Will Watch
After a dispute history that once featured porta-potties placed near a neighbor’s pool and helicopter landings that ended up in court records, residents and officials are unlikely to look away now. Local real-estate coverage notes this project is an uncommon new-build on the North Shore and predicts heightened scrutiny as final inspections and conservation reviews play out, according to Northshore Magazine.
Legal Implications
Past court opinions and orders show how central litigation has been to what could and could not happen on this site, with nuisance findings, injunctions and damages all part of earlier rulings. Those precedents now help define what neighbors and officials can challenge as the project wraps up. For legal background on those rulings, see the state court record summarized on Justia and coverage of the 2020 land court decision in The Boston Globe.
For Beverly Farms, the new house effectively closes a long-running chapter of local drama, but the lot itself will stay in the spotlight as finishing work, permits and shoreline protections are finalized in the months ahead. Neighbors, conservation staff and would-be buyers will be watching closely to see whether the finished estate matches the glossy renderings and the long legal saga that made it possible.
