Mediavine CEO drops record $17M on waterfront Lighthouse Point estate

The co-founder and CEO of Mediavine, a digital marketing management service, dropped a record $17.3 million for a waterfront estate in Lighthouse Point.

Eric and Stephanie Hochberger bought the mansion at 2900 Northeast 31st Avenue from the trust of the late James C. Acheson, records show.

John Putzig and Susan Nelson of Re/Max First had the listing and brought the buyers.

Eric Hochberger co-founded New York City-based Mediavine in 2004. The firm provides marketing management services to more than 10,000 websites, according to LinkedIn. Stephanie Hochberger is an attorney with a real estate law practice based in Lighthouse Point.

They plan to renovate the house, Putzig confirmed. 

The late Acheson was the grandson of inventor Dr. Edward G. Acheson, a protégé of Thomas Edison who founded Acheson Colloids Company in the early 20th century. The elder Acheson discovered and patented Carborundum, a chemical compound used in diamond cutting. James C. Acheson led his family’s company, Acheson Industries, until the German chemical company Henkel Adhesives acquired the firm in 2008, according to published reports. Following the sale, James C. Acheson founded Acheson Ventures, a Port Huron, Michigan-based real estate developer. He died in 2023. 

Acheson’s estate listed his Lighthouse Point compound for $27.5 million in June of last year, Redfin shows. He had bought the property for $2 million in 1997, according to Redfin. Acheson built the 7,800-square-foot mansion on 1.7 waterfront acres in 2002, property records show. The house has five bedrooms, five bathrooms and one half-bathroom, and has 889 feet of waterfront, according to the listing. 

Acheson’s estate dropped the price three times before selling for $17.3 million earlier this month. The sale makes it the most expensive home ever sold in Lighthouse Point, a tony enclave between Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. Putzig said the community is a hidden gem whose market benefits from less seasonality than other nearby cities. Prices are starting to catch up to its neighbors, though. 

“The Lighthouse Point market has improved significantly,” he said. “It is starting to bridge the gap between what properties in Boca [Raton] are selling for and properties in Fort Lauderdale.”