Owners at Bentley Residences run the building through a board they elect once the developer hands over control. Each home carries a vote, and the bylaws say who casts it, how meetings are called and whether votes may be cast online. Florida law gives every owner the right to read the association’s records. Here is how each of these works for an owner who is often abroad.
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Until enough homes are sold, the developer appoints the board. Florida law then hands control over in steps. Owners other than the developer elect at least a third of the board once they own fifteen percent of the homes, and a majority at the earliest of several events, one of them three months after ninety percent are sold. From then on the owners decide the budget, the rules and the contracts, including any management or brand agreement the developer signed.
How many homes share the vote at Bentley Residences: ~216 oceanfront residences across 63 stories. The developer who holds the board until then: Dezer Development. The design the owners will one day maintain: Bentley Motors, interior and exterior design · Sieger Suarez Architects.
The Bentley Residences dossier holds the developer’s published record. Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison.
The board meets on notice posted in the building, and Florida law gives owners the right to attend and to speak on items on the agenda, under reasonable rules the board adopts. The annual meeting and the election of directors run on a calendar set by the bylaws and the statute, starting about two months before the vote. Directors are elected by ballot, not by proxy. Ask whether the board lets owners follow its meetings by video, and whether meetings held that way are recorded and kept with the official records.
The shared spaces the board at Bentley Residences will budget for: Over ~20,000 SF across three levels furnished by Bentley Home: a three story lobby with ocean views, lobby restaurant under 33 foot glass, whiskey bar, 16 seat private dining room, 14 seat theatre, cigar lounge, spa and pet spa, beauty salon, simulator game room, oceanfront pool and 10 cabanas. Where the owners will meet: The position is as the dossier records.
An owner who cannot attend may usually vote by limited proxy on the questions the proxy lists. Florida law also lets an association hold votes online, if the board adopts the procedure and the owner consents to it in writing; ask whether Bentley Residences intends to. Where a home is held by a couple, a trust or a company, the bylaws usually ask for a voting certificate naming the one person who casts its vote. File it with the association at closing and update it when the people change, or the vote may go unused on the day it matters.
The operator whose agreement the owners’ board will one day oversee: No brand or operator is recorded for this building.
The association must keep official records: the recorded documents, the minutes, the budgets and financial reports, the contracts, the insurance policies, the inspection reports and more. Any owner may ask in writing to inspect them, and Florida law sets a short deadline for making them available, with consequences for an association that does not. Larger associations must now post many of these records on a website or an app that owners log into. An owner abroad can name counsel or a manager in writing to ask and inspect on their behalf. The homes at Bentley Residences: Private 3 or 4 car garages, private heated pools with raised sundecks, summer kitchens with Gaggenau, 10 foot ceilings, sauna in the primary bath.
The trade-off sits in the size of the building. A small association gives each vote more weight and more of the work; a large one spreads both. The desk reads the bylaws and the voting articles for Bentley Residences with you and your counsel before contract, beside those of two neighbours.
A vote that cannot reach the meeting does not count. Set it up at closing.
Developer materials for Bentley Residences as carried on the live dossier, verified 2026-09-19. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.
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