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The Seaway at the Surf Club penthouse: the Miami-Dade record

Every conversation about Miami penthouse pricing should start here, because this is the only figure at this level that is a recorded transaction rather than a report.

This page describes the residence. Whether it is available, and on what terms, changes without notice. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current position on any building we cover.

The Residence

What sits at the top of the building.

PH11 at Seaway, part of the Surf Club estate in Surfside, closed at $86 million in November 2025.

The residence sits within one of the most established luxury addresses in South Florida, on a site whose history as a private club long predates the current residential market.

This is the reference point. Everything else in this register is measured against it.

What The Public Record Says

Figures, and what kind of figure each one is.

Closed. $86 million. November 2025. Recorded. This is the strongest form of price evidence available in this market and there is very little of it at this level.

It reset a Miami-Dade condominium record that had stood since 2015, when a Faena House residence sold at $60 million. A decade between records is itself informative about how thin this tier is.

Set it against what else circulates. The Shore Club contract at a reported $120 million and higher has not closed. The Raleigh figure of $150 million is an asking price. The Mandarin Oriental pair at roughly $49.9 million each are presale contracts on a building not yet built. Only the Seaway number is a completed, recorded trade.

When a source lists these together in one table, it is comparing four different categories of fact.

The Building Underneath

A penthouse is only as good as the building it crowns.

The Surf Club estate combines a restored 1930s club building with newer residential structures, under Four Seasons operation on the hotel side.

Established, delivered and occupied, which distinguishes it from most of this register. There is no delivery risk here and no question about whether the finished product matches the rendering, because it is finished.

That maturity is part of why the record was set here rather than at a preconstruction address. A buyer at this level was able to walk the building.

What The Drawing Does Not Tell You

The part a sales gallery does not lead with.

A recorded consideration is not the same as the full economics of a deal. Recorded price excludes furniture, finish allowances and side arrangements, and the recorded figure can differ from what the parties exchanged in total.

One trade is not a market. An $86 million sale establishes that one buyer paid that for one residence at one address on one date. It does not establish a price level for anything else, and it certainly does not establish one for a preconstruction residence delivering in 2030.

The most common misuse of this number is as a floor. It is not a floor. It is a single high water mark in an extremely thin tier.

The Shift

Learn the difference between closed, contracted and asked. It is most of the skill.

Four figures circulate in this market at above $80 million and only one of them is a recorded sale. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier and we will tell you, for any building you are weighing, which category each number you have been shown actually belongs to.

Current availability at the top of the building. Whether the residence described here is spoken for, and what else sits on the upper floors.
The rooftop instrument. Whether private outdoor space is deeded, a limited common element, or licensed, which decides what you own and who repairs it.
Floor plan analysis. What the drawing gives you once column placement, ceiling drops and usable outdoor area are read properly.
Where we would not proceed. Sometimes the answer is another building. Sometimes it is not now.

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Common Questions

What buyers ask about this residence

What is the most expensive condo ever sold in Miami?
By closed public record, PH11 at Seaway at the Surf Club, at $86 million in November 2025. Higher figures circulate but they are contracts or asking prices rather than completed sales.
What was the previous record?
A Faena House sale at $60 million in 2015. The record stood for roughly a decade, which tells you how few transactions occur at this level.
Are the $120 million and $150 million figures real?
They are real reports of a contract and an asking price respectively. Neither is a completed sale. A contract can change before closing and an asking price may never be met.
Does this set the price for other Miami penthouses?
No. A single trade at one address on one date does not establish a level for anything else, particularly not for preconstruction residences delivering years later.
Is the recorded price the whole deal?
Not necessarily. Recorded consideration can exclude furnishings, finish allowances and other arrangements between the parties. It is the best evidence available, not a complete account.
Before You Act On Any Of This

One recorded sale is worth four reported ones.

We hold no listings and we are not the developer. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier and we will tell you what is actually available at the top of this building, what the last comparable trade was, and where we would not proceed. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.

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