The island, the site, the two towers, the residences, the hotel and the numbers behind The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier from the developer's published material and the public record.
Written by the desk at Miami Dossier from the developer's published material and the public construction record, for readers who want the facts of the building rather than the adjectives. Figures are given in ranges where sources differ. The desk works in English, Spanish and Portuguese. All notes from the desk.
This is the reference note. It is the building described plainly, from the ground up, with the figures we can attribute to the developer's published material and the public record, given in ranges where sources differ. The desk at Miami Dossier keeps it current as the release changes. A companion note on the practical decisions is linked at the end.
Brickell Key is a private island of roughly 44 acres off the mouth of the Miami River, connected to Brickell Avenue by a single bridge. It carries a ring of residential towers, a walking path around its shore, a market, restaurants and, until 2026, the original Mandarin Oriental hotel. The island is a few minutes on foot from Brickell City Centre and the financial district, with a shuttle to the Brickell Metrorail and Metromover station.
The southern tip of the island, the last waterfront site on Brickell Key, formerly the Mandarin Oriental, Miami hotel and its parking structure. Both were demolished by controlled implosion in April 2026. Debris removal was expected to take up to six months before groundbreaking.
Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. The South Tower: 66 storeys, reported around 800 feet, residential only, roughly 228 homes with interiors by Tristan Auer. The North Tower: reported at 33 to 34 storeys, with roughly 70 private residences with interiors by Laura Gonzalez, 28 turnkey Hotel Collection residences, and a new Mandarin Oriental hotel of roughly 121 keys. The towers share a landscaped podium.
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South Tower plans from two to five bedrooms, reported between roughly 1,600 and 4,700 square feet, plus two duplex penthouses reported above 7,000 square feet with private pools. Ceilings of roughly 11 feet, full-height doors, natural stone floors, Molteni kitchens with Gaggenau appliances, Dornbracht fittings, laundry rooms, and en-suite staff quarters in select homes. Allocated self-parking for every residence.
A 24-hour dedicated residential team trained by Mandarin Oriental. Amenity on the shared podium reported between roughly 80,000 and 100,000 square feet across the sources, with the hotel's spa and dining as part of the platform, a waterfront arrival and landscaped grounds by SHMA of Bangkok.
Swire Properties, Hong Kong, the developer of Brickell City Centre, which bought out its partner's stake in the site in 2025. Sales by Fortune International Group. Completion targeted for 2030, which the developer may revise.
The southern tip of Brickell Key. Two towers by KPF. South Tower 66 storeys, roughly 228 homes, two to five bedrooms, roughly 1,600 to 4,700 square feet, two duplex penthouses. North Tower roughly 70 residences, 28 Hotel Collection residences, a hotel of roughly 121 keys. Ceilings of roughly 11 feet. Podium amenity roughly 80,000 to 100,000 square feet. Site cleared April 2026. Target 2030. Figures are from the developer's published material and the public record and are approximate; confirm anything material against the current release.
This note is compiled from the developer's published material for The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, the public construction record and the reporting around it, cross-referenced so that no figure rests on a single source. Where sources differ the note gives a range rather than a number. The desk at Miami Dossier obtains the current floor plans, release and deposit schedule directly on request and reads them with buyers; anything material should be confirmed against the developer's own documents. We do not represent the developer and we hold no position in the building.
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Most of the people who ask the desk at Miami Dossier about The Residences at Mandarin Oriental 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 Residences at Mandarin Oriental Miami fits the move, or whether another building fits it better.
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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.