In Florida the deed is public the day it records. At Ocean Terrace, here is what a trust or a company keeps private, and the two places privacy stops.
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The county records the deed, the documentary stamps (from which anyone can compute the price), and the name of the grantee. Property-record sites republish it within days. A buyer who signs in their own name is searchable by address and by name for as long as they own.
Ocean Terrace: ~52 boutique residences in a 20 story tower · ~24 resort residences, furnished by RAMSA · two duplex penthouses in each tower with private rooftops and lap pools.
The Ocean Terrace dossier holds the developer’s published record. Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison.
A revocable trust puts the trustee’s name on the deed, which can be the buyer, a family member or a professional. A Florida or Delaware LLC puts the company’s name there; the state’s own filing then lists a registered agent and, for a Florida LLC, its managers. The price still shows through the stamps; what changes is whether a name search finds the home.
Federal reporting: entity buyers of residential property in Miami-Dade have for years been subject to beneficial-ownership reporting on all-cash purchases above a threshold, and the Corporate Transparency Act regime adds company-level reporting; counsel states the current rules on the day you sign. The building: the association, the developer and the lender all know who you are; privacy is from the public, not from the parties.
Ocean Terrace: No brand or operator is recorded for this building.
Which form of ownership gives the privacy I want without losing homestead or the lender, and does this contract allow it? The first half is counsel’s; the second the desk answers from the purchase agreement.
Privacy is a choice made at contract. Afterwards it is a new deed.
Developer materials for Ocean Terrace 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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Samuel Strauch is the owner of Metrik Real Estate. His team of agents represents buyers in Miami pre-construction.
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