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Can you choose the finishes at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District? Upgrades, decorator ready and the cutoff

At Kempinski Residences Miami Design District the home comes the way the contract says, not the way the rendering looks. A new Miami tower is sold finished, with the floors, kitchen and bathrooms in; decorator ready, which means you finish the home after closing; or furnished. Before the cutoff date the developer’s option list lets you choose some of it, at the developer’s price, and after it the choice is gone. Here is what can be chosen, when, and what each choice costs later.

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Three Ways A New Home Is Delivered

Finished, decorator ready, furnished.

Finished means the floors, kitchen, bathrooms, closets and lighting are in when you close, chosen by the developer’s designer. Decorator ready means the kitchen and bathrooms are in and the floors, closets, some lighting and the window treatments are not, so you spend months with a contractor before you sleep there. Furnished means a furniture package by the brand or its designer, sold under a separate bill of sale with an inventory. Each is a different amount of money and a different number of months at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District. What Kempinski Residences Miami Design District promises in writing: 2 to 4 bedrooms, each with a den · ~2,100 to ~3,100 SF interior · up to ~3,700 SF total · ten foot terraces · private elevator lobbies. The homes it applies to: ~132 across two 23 story towers, 64 per tower · six townhomes · 18 guest suites sold to residents only.

The Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier holds the developer’s published record. Read it against The Perigon dossier for the nearest comparison.

The Option List And The Cutoff

Palettes, upgrades, the price and the date.

The developer of Kempinski Residences Miami Design District opens a selection window tied to the construction schedule: floor colour, cabinet finish, stone, appliance package, sometimes a wine column or a closet system. The window closes floor by floor as the trades climb, and a buyer who contracts late finds half the list decided. Upgrades are priced by the developer and paid when chosen; the contract says whether that money sits in escrow with the deposits or goes to the developer, and whether it comes back if the contract ends. The rendering of Kempinski Residences Miami Design District is not a specification: Florida contracts let the developer substitute materials of equal or better quality, and the finish schedule exhibit is the only promise. Ask which finishes in the model residence are standard and which are upgrades, and where the model sits against the real address: 3801 and 3883 Biscayne Boulevard, at the gateway to the Design District · bay and skyline views to the east · the site is not waterfront. The designers whose palette you are choosing from: Arquitectonica. The brand standards, where a brand sets them: Kempinski, under licence · daily management by Kempinski Group · no hotel on the site.

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Bigger Changes

Combining homes, moving walls, the systems you may not touch.

Two homes at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District can become one if the request comes before the slab is poured and the developer agrees, at a price for the design work and the lost sale. A wall can move inside a home where it is not structural and carries no riser; a kitchen or a bathroom rarely moves, because the drains run through the slab in fixed places. Anything that reaches the building’s systems, the facade, the glass or a shared wall is the association’s, not yours. The developer’s warranty on a new home covers the home as the developer built it; a change made by your own contractor after closing sits outside it and can narrow a claim on what it touched. The spaces outside your door, which no option list reaches: Fourth floor amenity bridge linking the towers · resort pool, lap pool and beach entry pool · spa with cold plunge and saunas · padel court · golf and Formula 1 simulators · Sunrise Café with daily breakfast · house cars. Who you are negotiating with: DaGrosa Capital Development Partners · sales by ISG World.

What Each Choice Costs Later, And The Trade-off

Months, the appraisal, resale, and the questions to ask.

A finished home at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District closes and is lived in the same month. A decorator ready home adds a contractor, a permit where the work needs one, the building’s alteration approval, and months before the first night. Upgrades rarely appraise at their price, so a buyer with a loan pays for them in cash at closing. At resale the next buyer at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District pays for your taste only if it is theirs. Ask for the finish schedule as an exhibit, the option list with prices and dates, the substitution clause, what is excluded, and whether upgrade money is refundable. The homes the schedule describes: ~132 across two 23 story towers, 64 per tower · six townhomes · 18 guest suites sold to residents only. The money that comes first: The deposit schedule is held by the desk and read with you before contract.

The trade-off is time against ownership. The developer’s finish is faster, warranted and anonymous; your own is slower, dearer and yours. The desk reads the finish schedule, the option list and the model residence at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District with you before the cutoff.

The rendering is a promise about taste. The finish schedule is a promise about the home.

Sources

What this note rests on.

Developer materials for Kempinski Residences Miami Design District as carried on the live dossier, verified 1 Oct 2026. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.

The Shift

What the desk holds on Kempinski Residences Miami Design District

Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the documents behind this note, read one to one with you and your advisers.

The plans by line, and which lines are left. The developer’s current release, not the brochure’s.
The deposit schedule. Proportions, trigger dates, and where the money sits.
What the sales gallery will not volunteer. The view lines that close, the floors that trade first, the association budget.
Where we would not proceed. Sometimes the answer is a different building. Sometimes it is not yet.

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Common Questions

What the buyer who wants the home to look like theirs asks

Is Kempinski Residences Miami Design District delivered finished or decorator ready?
The contract’s finish schedule exhibit says, and the first section of this page carries what the developer has published. Finished means floors, kitchen, bathrooms, closets and lighting are in at closing; decorator ready means floors, closets and some lighting are yours to add after. The desk reads the exhibit with you.
Can you customise a pre-construction condo at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District?
Within the option list, before the cutoff date for your floor, at the developer’s price: finishes, palettes and some fixtures. Combining two homes or moving walls needs the developer’s agreement early. Everything in the building’s systems and the facade is outside your reach.
Are upgrade payments protected like the deposit?
Not always. Florida’s escrow rules protect the purchase deposits; the contract says whether money paid for upgrades sits in that escrow or goes to the developer, and whether it comes back if the contract ends. That clause is a question for counsel before you sign.
Who is the developer of Kempinski Residences Miami Design District?
DaGrosa Capital Development Partners · sales by ISG World.
Where is Kempinski Residences Miami Design District?
3801 and 3883 Biscayne Boulevard, at the gateway to the Design District · bay and skyline views to the east · the site is not waterfront.
How many residences does Kempinski Residences Miami Design District have?
~132 across two 23 story towers, 64 per tower · six townhomes · 18 guest suites sold to residents only.
Who designed Kempinski Residences Miami Design District?
Arquitectonica, as published in the developer’s own materials and carried on the dossier.
Who runs Kempinski Residences Miami Design District once it opens?
Kempinski, under licence · daily management by Kempinski Group · no hotel on the site.
What amenities does Kempinski Residences Miami Design District have?
Fourth floor amenity bridge linking the towers · resort pool, lap pool and beach entry pool · spa with cold plunge and saunas · padel court · golf and Formula 1 simulators · Sunrise Café with daily breakfast · house cars.
What is the entry price at Kempinski Residences Miami Design District?
From $3,700,000 as published by the developer; current pricing and availability are discussed one to one.
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