Archive for the ‘South Beach/SoFi’ Category

Miami Beach Real Estate Statistics: South Beach YTD Condo Market Index- September 2007

Monday, September 10th, 2007

This is the first installment of Miami Beach/South Beach condo market statistics. The data was based on information from the Southeast Florida Regional (SEFR) MLS or from the associations participating in the SEFR for the period 1/1/07 through 9/3/2007. This analysis covers the luxury high-rise condos South of Fifth Street (SoFi) in South Beach; ICON South Beach, Murano […]

Apogee South Beach Luxury Condo- Update-August 28, 2007

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

I hear that Apogee is to be delivered before the end of the year. I know a lot of readers have been asking me about construction updates so here it is! What was even more fun was that I went out to check out the $12M penthouse at Murano at Portofino for a client and […]

BREAKING NEWS: Two more condos bite the dust!

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Rumor has it that Vitri South Beach – just north of the “SoFi” neighborhood (ICON, Murano Grande, Apogee) is returning deposits and considering a change of use to a hotel. From what I know the units on the lower end of the price range sold well, but the penthouses, which were priced @ $1100 p.s.f., […]

Danny DeVito’s Restaurant Opens for SoBe ‘A’ listers

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Tonight I went to Danny DeVito’s VIP opening of his new restaurant in South Beach on Ocean Drive. The paparazzi were out in full-force, it was a scene! DeVito South Beach is in the old Joia Restaurant space that was owned by Chris Paciello & Ingrid Casares adjacent to the Century Hotel in the trendy […]

Buyers Beware: Buying ‘sight unseen’ has it’s downside!

Sunday, May 27th, 2007

Stopped over at Apogee South Beach the other day to see how the building was coming along.  I overheard a buyer compaining to their agent that they didn’t like their unit, and wished they had picked a corner unit. Uh…DUH!  Of course the corner unit is better than the flow-through unit. Flow through units have been […]

Miami Beach Penthouse Report, May 2007

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Lots to report on Miami Beach real estate, so I will get right to it! Surprisingly, there has been an abundance of real estate activity in ultra-high-end Miami Beach condos and Fisher Island this year. I was a bit surprised to see how many of the $5M+ condo sales this year were on Fisher Island. […]