The Palm Aire area of Pompano Beach was first developed in the 1950s when George Palmer and Harold Brolliar purchased 440 acres of pasture-land west of town and constructed a golf course, club house and motel.

In the 1960s, the development was purchased by the Orleans Construction Company (later renamed FPA Corporation) which purchased a large amount of additional acreage, much of it from McArthur Dairy, and built over 5,000 residential units as well as four additional golf courses.

Palm Aire was annexed into Pompano Beach in 1971.