The restoration process was accepted and approved by the Albanian lands commission, following all the legal procedures without contest.

The Palace was a gift given by the Durrës business community as a sign of prosperity to King Zog.

The villa is set on the Durrës hill, 98 m (322 ft)98 m above the sea level.

By the time that Sotiri was designing the building, he had vast experience that included that of being the architect of the Court of Queen Elisabeth of Wied of Romania.

The building was finished in 1937, a few months before King Zog married Queen Géraldine Apponyi de Nagyappony.