The practical questions on the St. Regis in Brickell that the brochure does not answer: which line and which floor, how a St. Regis service platform works without a hotel, what the deposit schedule looks like, what the carrying cost will be, and what to read with your attorney. From the desk at Miami Dossier.
Written by the desk at Miami Dossier for buyers who are past the brochure and into the decision. The desk works in English, Spanish and Portuguese and does not represent the developer. All notes from the desk.
The reasons to like the St. Regis are covered in a companion note. This one is about the decisions, in the order a buyer meets them. The desk at Miami Dossier walks buyers through every one of these on Brickell towers every week, and the answers change from person to person, which is why the note asks questions more than it gives instructions.
Two to seven bedrooms is a wide range and the lines are not simply sizes of one home. The typical two and three bedroom lines sit in the 2,300 to 3,500 square foot band; the Sky Villas and Penthouses are a different scale of living. Every home has a private elevator and foyer, so the question is exposure, terrace and plan rather than arrival. Ask the desk at Miami Dossier for the current plans by line.
On a 50-storey bayfront tower in South Brickell the view opens over the bay and Key Biscayne to the east and the skyline to the north, and it changes steadily with height. The useful question is where it stops changing materially for you, because altitude is paid for at contract and again in assessments that scale with position. The 31st-floor Sky Lounge is a fixed point in the section worth noting.
Butler service, in-residence dining and housekeeping are usually staffed from a hotel next door. Here there is no hotel, so the platform is funded and staffed by the residences themselves. The questions the desk at Miami Dossier asks are how it is staffed, how it is paid for in the budget, what is included and what is a la carte, and what the licence with the brand covers and for how long. The answers are in the condominium documents.
Your situation is specific. Tell the desk in one message and we will say what applies to you, what does not, and who to speak with.
The St. Regis, like every Miami preconstruction building, has a staged deposit schedule set by the developer, and public reporting suggests it is at the fuller end of the Brickell range. The desk at Miami Dossier obtains the current one on request. Read it alongside our general note on what a normal deposit schedule looks like, and read the escrow clause with your attorney.
Roughly 150 owners carry 40,000 square feet of amenity, a marina, two restaurants and a butler platform. Monthly assessments will be meaningful and they scale with the home. The desk at Miami Dossier obtains the current estimates and shares them on request rather than publishing numbers that change.
A residence-only branded tower in South Brickell will have leasing rules in the condominium documents: minimum terms, frequency, and any owner-occupancy expectation. If income is part of the plan, confirm the rules before you commit.
Public reporting has described a second, west tower on the site with a larger count of smaller homes. Whether and when it proceeds, and what it shares with the bayfront tower, affects the view corridors, the amenity load and the character of the enclave. Ask, and read what the condominium documents say about it.
Related Group has delivered more towers in South Florida than any other developer, and the desk at Miami Dossier holds the delivery history: what was announced, when it was estimated, when it delivered. The tower has been under construction since November 2024 with completion guided for 2027. Read the estimated completion date, the extension rights and any outside date with your attorney, and read our note on what happens if a developer delivers late.
Whether to hold a residence in your own name or through an entity turns on privacy, liability and, for a foreign buyer, U.S. estate tax exposure. It is decided at contract and it is expensive to unwind. It belongs with your attorney and CPA, and the desk at Miami Dossier can introduce both.
The purchase agreement in full: the deposit and escrow clause, the estimated completion date and extension rights, any outside date, the assignment clause. The condominium documents on leasing, assessments, the funding of the service platform and the brand licence, and anything on the second tower. The desk at Miami Dossier is not a law firm and does not give legal advice; we make sure you have the documents and a good lawyer to read them.
Sometimes the answer is another building. A buyer who wants the walkable centre of Brickell rather than its quiet southern end, or a hotel operation in the building, or a smaller assessment load, may be better served elsewhere, and the desk at Miami Dossier will say so. The St. Regis suits the buyer who wants a RAMSA tower on the bay with no hotel guests and a full service platform, in the most established residential stretch of Brickell. If that is you, the next step is a conversation, not a contract.
Your situation is specific. Tell the desk in one message and we will say what applies to you, what does not, and who to speak with.
Most of the people who ask the desk at Miami Dossier about The St. Regis Residences Miami are not only choosing a building. They are moving to Miami from New York, California, London, Bogotá, Mexico City or São Paulo, or adding a Miami position to a portfolio held elsewhere, and the building question sits inside a larger one: how to buy new construction in Miami, how to hold it, and what changes when you do.
The desk keeps short notes on the parts that come up every week: how buying preconstruction in Miami actually works, what a normal deposit schedule looks like, whether you need to be in Miami to buy, whether a foreign buyer can get a mortgage, what taxes a foreign buyer pays on a Miami condo, and the Florida state income tax question for anyone relocating from a high-tax state. For buyers arriving from a specific market there are notes for Bogotá, Mexico City and London, and a broader one on why so many wealthy families are moving to Miami.
Read the ones that apply, then bring the rest to the desk at Miami Dossier. It usually takes one conversation to see how The St. Regis Residences Miami fits the move, or whether another building fits it better.
This note is general information for people considering Miami, written by a real estate desk, not by a law or accounting firm. Nothing here is legal, tax, immigration or investment advice, and it is not a substitute for advice on your own circumstances. Rules change, treaties differ by country, and the right answer for one family is the wrong answer for another.
Speak with your own attorney and CPA before you commit to anything. If you do not have one who works with international buyers in Florida, the desk is glad to recommend an attorney, a CPA or an adviser suited to your situation, and to sit in the first conversation so that nothing is lost in translation.
Structure, financing, currency, timing, the right building and the right line: the desk works through these questions with international buyers every week, and the answer is nearly always that it can be done, in order, without surprises. If Miami is on your mind, as a home or as an allocation, we would be glad to share what we are seeing, privately, and to start with the question this note did not answer.