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Built originally in 1983 as the home of Hubert 

Norton, the unit’s very specific touches could easily 

have kept it from being the right home for a buyer 

in this area. More befitting of a more metropolitan 

city accustomed to such high-end and avant garde 

finishes, the magnificent spaces at 802-B Grand 

Mariner are certainly nothing short of mind-

boggling, with walls completely clad in mirror, wall 

to wall marble flooring, and prismatic partitions that 

bend and bounce light with every facet. But it was 

those very details that captured the Bowen’s hearts 

and imaginations—though those sweeping views of 

the treasures awaiting them just outside certainly 

offered an irresistible allure all of their own.

Though the Bowen’s have put their own marks 

on the home by incorporating their own furnishings 

and creating a gallery-like space in the foyer for their 

favorite pieces by local artist Justin Gaffrey, much 

of the condo’s original details remain untouched, so 

special are they to the space. Capturing focus from 

the point of entry, the foyer runs the width of the 

condo to offer unobstructed Gulf views, with pride 

of place commanded by a floor-to-ceiling chandelier 

made of hundreds of pieces of hand-blown glass that 

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