For the collector who wants the galleries, the flagships and the December fair week on foot, and a home that can hold a collection rather than a few pieces.
This page explains. Whether the building suits you is a separate conversation. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current position on any building we cover.
Kempinski Residences Miami Design District is the collector's home among the three: two to four bedroom residences of about 2,100 to 3,100 square feet, each with a den, a private elevator lobby and a ten foot terrace, in two 23 story towers with no hotel, From $3,700,000. Fouquet's Hotel & Residences is the district's own address, a David Chipperfield tower of 143 homes on NE 39th Street with hurricane rated floor to ceiling windows and a hotel below; pricing is on request. NoMad Residences Wynwood is the finished, furnished pied-à-terre of 528 to 931 square feet, From $815,900, for the collector who visits for the fairs rather than lives with the work. The trade-off is glass: the district's best rooms are walls of window, and a collection wants wall.
The same five questions, from the developers' published material:
Kempinski Residences Miami Design District. Price point: From $3,700,000. Delivery: no date on file. Unit mix: about 132 residences across two 23 story towers, 64 per tower, six townhomes and 18 guest suites sold to residents only; two to four bedrooms, each with a den, about 2,100 to 3,100 square feet interior and up to about 3,700 square feet total. Position: 3801 and 3883 Biscayne Boulevard at the gateway to the district, bay and skyline views to the east, not waterfront. Operator: Kempinski under licence, daily management by Kempinski Group, no hotel on the site; Arquitectonica on architecture, Rockwell Group on interiors.
Fouquet's Hotel & Residences Miami. Price point: no published entry price; pricing on request. Delivery: pre-construction; the deposit structure is staged across contract, groundbreaking and top off with the majority at closing. Unit mix: 143 residences of one to four bedrooms with private terraces, many with dens, in a 25 storey tower. Position: 39 NE 39th Street, nearly two acres inside the district; the 70 foot rooftop pool overlooks the Intracoastal and South Beach. Operator: Fouquet's, the Barrière Group brand, operating the hotel with owner access to its services; David Chipperfield Architects, RDAI on interiors.
NoMad Residences Wynwood. Price point: From $815,900, per the developer price list of 7 August 2026. Delivery: opened May 2026. Unit mix: 329 residences, studio to two bedrooms, every one furnished and curated by DesignAgency; nine units left on the developer list at 528 to 931 square feet. Position: 2700 NW 2nd Avenue, Wynwood, just south of the district. Operator: NoMad by Sydell Group, the brand's first residences; Related Group with Tricap as developers; a rooftop NoMad restaurant and bar with its own elevator.
The question a collector asks before the view. Kempinski's plans give the most to work with: the South Tower Line 01 runs about 3,102 square feet interior with a great room the width of the terrace, and every line carries a den, which is the room a collector turns into a study or a small gallery. The developer publishes ten foot terraces and private elevator lobbies; ask for the plan of your line with the solid walls marked, because a corner of glass is a view, not a wall. Read the floor plans and unit mix at Kempinski.
Fouquet's publishes private terraces on every home, many with dens, and hurricane rated floor to ceiling windows. Chipperfield's buildings are known for their restraint, but the filed materials carry no wall lengths; ask for the plans by line and the ceiling heights before deciding which stack. Read Fouquet's: living with art.
NoMad's homes are 528 to 931 square feet, furnished and curated; a collector hangs a few pieces around the developer's furniture rather than building a collection here. Read NoMad: living with art.
Miami light is the enemy of works on paper and textiles, and every building on this page sells its light. Ask each developer for the glass specification by line, whether UV filtering is standard or an upgrade, and what the rules say about window film and exterior shading. Ask who controls the humidity in a closed home in August; a collector who travels needs the air conditioning and the humidity held while away, and a leak found the day it starts. Our building notes on the glass at Kempinski and the glass at Fouquet's collect the published lines and the questions that remain.
Through the service lift, on a schedule the building sets. Kempinski publishes private elevator lobbies and house cars; Fouquet's publishes below grade valet and self parking, a 28 foot lobby and a 24 hour concierge; NoMad publishes 24 hour concierge, security and valet, and a separate elevator for the rooftop restaurant. None of the three publishes a dedicated art-handling entrance, so ask: which lift carries a crate, what its door and cab dimensions are, what hours deliveries run, and whether the hotel at Fouquet's shares the loading dock. Read elevators and vertical logistics at Kempinski for the questions in order.
Insurance follows the same path. A collection in a condominium is insured by the owner, not the association; ask your broker what the building's master policy excludes and what a fine art floater needs from the building, such as a sprinkler and alarm certificate. Read Miami condo insurance.
Kempinski suits the collector who lives with the work: the largest homes, a den in every line, private lifts and no hotel guests in the building, with the district's galleries a walk away. You give up the water; the site is not waterfront, and you give up a published date. See the Kempinski dossier and Kempinski and its neighbours in the Design District.
Fouquet's suits the collector who wants to live inside the district itself, at the address its owners built, with a hotel's service and two restaurants below. You give up a residents-only building and a published price, and you wait through construction. See what the Fouquet's brand does.
NoMad suits the collector who comes for the fairs and the galleries and wants a furnished home ready now, with a rental allowance for the months away. You give up wall, square footage and a home of your own design. See what the NoMad brand does and NoMad: is it worth it.
The Design District zone page maps the district. For the wider list, read which new Miami condos suit an art collector, which reads Villa Miami, Four Seasons Coconut Grove and the Brickell towers for the same buyer; for the district on other terms, which new condos in the Design District and Wynwood are best and which Design District or Wynwood condo suits a part-time owner. The desk asks each developer for the plans with solid walls marked and the glass specification by line, in writing, before you visit.
Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current plans, pricing and availability as the developer releases them, discussed one to one.
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