Sean Hannity of Fox News is combining his two next-door townhouses with the blessing of Palm Beach officials.

After paying $20.5 million for two side-by-side beachfront townhouses in Palm Beach, Fox News host Sean Hannity has finalized plans to combine them into one residence and rework their separate pool patios into a single outdoor space.

The town’s Architectural Commission on Sept. 25 signed off on the plan to combine the two patios into one by removing a swimming pool, modifying the remaining pool, reworking the hardscape and installing a summer kitchen and outdoor shower.

The Palm Beach Daily News is the first media outlet to report Hannity’s plans to merge the townhouses.

The property is part of the Residences of Sloan’s Curve, a gated enclave built in the early 1980s with 15 townhomes and seven houses on the town’s South End. The development is about 3 miles south of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club, where Hannity has been a frequent visitor over the years.

Hannity paid a recorded $5.6 million for his first townhouse, a three-bedroom residence at 9 Sloan’s Curve Drive, in April 2021. He later homesteaded that property as his primary residence in the Palm Beach County tax rolls.

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In January of this year, Hannity bought the two-bedroom townhouse immediately to the south at 10 Sloans Curve for $14.9 million, according to Palm Beach County courthouse records.

The town has signed off on Hannity’s request for a “unity of title” to merge the two townhouse properties, a courthouse filing shows. The new combined residence is known as 9 Sloan’s Curve. Drive.

Hannity “wishes to connect and improve” the properties “and make them one residential unit,” according to the unity of title notice recorded May 21.

Directly facing the beachfront, the combined residence would have more than 11,200 square feet of living space, inside and out, records show. The lots together measure about four-tenths of an acre.

In July, First Florida Construction in Stuart filed a notice with the county to signal the start of an interior renovation of the property.

Then at its Sept. 25 meeting, the Architectural Commission unanimously — and with no discussion — approved the plans for the outdoor project. The renovation includes the relocation of a wall that divides the two patios as well as moving pool and generator equipment.

The outdoor project was designed by Environment Design Group.

The Architectural Commission has twice before greenlighted remodeling-and-expansion projects planned by Hannity for the townhouses. In April, the design board signed off on a plan to add a guest-room addition to the townhome at No. 10. A similar project was approved by the board for No. 9 in November 2022. The Town Council also signed off on those projects.

Each of the contemporary-style, two-story townhouses was designed with a two-car garage and glass doors on the ground floor that open onto a patio with a private pool facing the ocean.

Hannity hosts his own show, “Hannity,” on Fox News as well as a nationally syndicated talk- radio program, “The Sean Hannity Show.” He also has authored a number of best-selling books.

He made headlines in early January 2024 when he said on his iHeart Radio show that he had moved his broadcasting operations from New York and begun broadcasting from “the free state of Florida.” He said the policies of the Sunshine State’s conservative political leadership were more in line with his values than those of liberal-leaning “blue” states such as New York.

The Sloan’s Curve development is best known for its four multi-story condominium buildings at 2000 and 2100 S. Ocean Blvd. Less well known is the enclave — just north of the condo buildings — where Hannity bought his townhouses. The Residences at Sloan’s Curve is immediately south of casino-and-resort magnate Steve Wynn’s oceanfront estate.

The overall Sloan’s Curve development was built in the early 1980s with amenities that include gatehouses with 24-hour staff, community pools, a gym, a party room and clay tennis courts.

Hannity is a prolific real estate investor, according to published reports. In November 2024, he reportedly used an ownership company to buy — for a recorded $23.5 million — an ocean-to-lake estate south of Palm Beach at 1840 S. Ocean Blvd. in Manalapan. That property was later advertised as a rental.

In June 2024, Hannity sold his New York estate on Long Island for about $12.69 million, the price reported in multiple listing service.

Hannity’s fiancee, “Fox & Friends” co-host and author Ainsley Earhardt, has told the Daily Mail that she regularly commutes from New York to spend weekends at Hannity’s home in Palm Beach.