The homes at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach, top floors included, as the developer publishes them: 30 residences over 15 storeys, one to five bedrooms, including two duplex penthouses with private rooftop terraces, pools and kitchens; sales launched February 2025; delivery planned 2027. A penthouse earns its name only where the plan, the ceiling and the outdoor space change at the top. Here is how to tell, and what the top floors ask of an owner.
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In Miami a penthouse is whatever the developer calls one. Sometimes it is a separate collection on the last floors, with its own plans, taller ceilings and private pools; sometimes it is the top floor of a standard line under a grander name. The test is the plan, not the label: a layout of its own, a higher ceiling, outdoor space you can live on, and an elevator arrival that is yours alone. Ask the developer of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach which homes carry the name and what they get that the floors beneath do not.
What the developer of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach says about the homes: Private elevator with direct entry in most residences; wrap around terraces with glass railings; ten foot ceilings; floor to ceiling windows with Miami-Dade NOA rated systems; Gaggenau appliances; Bianco Rhino marble kitchens; Covelano Silver Gold marble primary baths.
Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison.
The highest floors usually gain height, deeper terraces where the tower steps back, and sometimes roof space or a private pool. They also gain things to ask about: the machinery on the roof, the window-cleaning rig, the wind on a terrace at height, and who maintains the roof membrane over the home. A rooftop terrace is often a limited common element: the owner uses it, the association owns it, and the declaration says who repairs it.
The view from the top depends on where the tower stands. The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach: 1671 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, oceanfront in South Beach proper, adjacent to the Lincoln Road corridor.
A penthouse is usually sold on terms of its own. Ask for the plan with dimensions, the finish schedule for that home, any rights to roof space written into the declaration, and how its share of common expenses is set. In many Florida condominiums the share follows size or value, so the largest homes carry the largest slice of the budget and of any special assessment. Deposits and delivery follow the same contract as the floors below.
A penthouse owner still shares the rest of the building with every other owner. At The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach: More than 50,000 square feet: a private double height lobby, 24 hour doorman, concierge and valet, a Level 7 amenity floor with a private lap pool and four semi private cabanas, a Technogym fitness centre, a residents’ beach club with cabana service; restaurant and beach club programming by Jose Andres; à la carte in residence dining, personal chef, trainer, spa, childcare and pet care.
The top floors suit a buyer who will live on the terrace, wants the fewest neighbours above and around, and means to hold long enough for the view to matter. They ask for patience in return: fewer homes trade at that height, so there are fewer recent sales to price against, and a resale can take longer to meet the right buyer. A lower floor on the same line often keeps most of the view on the same plan.
The developer: Sobe Sky Development LLC with Flag Luxury Group; sales and marketing by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing. The architect: Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design. The desk holds the top-floor plans and the current release for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach, and reads them with you against the lines below and the top floors of two neighbours.
Buy the top floor for the plan and the terrace. The name comes free.
Developer materials for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach as carried on the live dossier, verified September 2026. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.
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