For the family with school-age children who likes the idea of living where the galleries and restaurants are, and wants to know which of the three buildings is built for a family at all.
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Only one of the three is drawn for a family. Kempinski Residences Miami Design District publishes two to four bedroom homes, each with a den, about 2,100 to 3,100 square feet inside, six townhomes and 18 guest suites sold to residents only, with a padel court and a beach entry pool on the amenity bridge, From $3,700,000. Fouquet's Hotel and Residences publishes 143 homes of one to four bedrooms with a hotel operating in the building, pricing on request. NoMad Residences Wynwood publishes 329 furnished homes from studios to two bedrooms, short-term-rental friendly, with nine left on the August 2026 list, From $815,900. A family tours Kempinski for the plan, Fouquet's for the hotel question, and NoMad to understand why a furnished studio building is not its answer.
The same five questions, from the developers' published material:
Kempinski Residences Miami Design District. Price point: From $3,700,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: about 132 residences across two 23 story towers, 64 per tower, two to four bedrooms each with a den, about 2,100 to 3,100 square feet interior and up to about 3,700 total, with ten foot terraces and private elevator lobbies; six townhomes; 18 guest suites sold to residents only. Position: 3801 and 3883 Biscayne Boulevard at the gateway to the Design District, bay and skyline views east, not waterfront. Operator or brand: Kempinski under licence, daily management by Kempinski Group, no hotel on the site; DaGrosa Capital Development Partners, Arquitectonica, Rockwell Group, Enea.
Fouquet's Hotel and Residences Miami. Price point: released on request. Delivery: no date on file. 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, in the Design District, on nearly two acres. Operator or brand: Fouquet's, of the Barrière Group, operates the hotel with owner access to hotel services; David Chipperfield Architects, RDAI, Perry Guillot; developed by Raycliff Capital, Fort Partners, Miami Design District Associates and Constellation Hotels Holding.
NoMad Residences Wynwood. Price point: From $815,900 on the developer price list of 7 August 2026. Delivery: opened May 2026. Unit mix: 329 residences, studio to two bedrooms, each with a private balcony, fully furnished; nine units left on the list, 528 to 931 square feet, approximately 90 percent sold. Position: 2700 NW 2nd Avenue, Wynwood, just south of the Design District. Operator or brand: NoMad by Sydell Group, the brand's first residences; Related Group with Tricap; Arquitectonica, DesignAgency.
The best new condos in the Design District and Wynwood compares the three for the general buyer; Kempinski vs Fouquet's runs the Design District pair alone.
A family reads a plan for bedrooms on one side and a room with a door for the rest. Kempinski's typical plans carry a den in every line; the four bedroom line runs about 3,102 square feet inside with the great room across the width of the terrace, and the three bedroom North Tower line, the one our plan notes call the family plan, puts three bedrooms on one side with the den off the great room. Fouquet's publishes dens in many of its one to four bedroom homes, without a plan on our file to measure. NoMad's largest home is a two bedroom of up to 931 square feet, furnished by DesignAgency, which is a pied-a-terre and not a family home. Read floor plans and unit mix at Kempinski and how to read a Miami floor plan.
This is the question a family should ask before any amenity. Kempinski has no hotel on the site; the 18 guest suites are sold to residents for their own visitors, so the lobby belongs to the people who live there. Fouquet's has a hotel operated by Fouquet's in the same tower, with two restaurants, a bar and a patisserie, and about 15,300 square feet of resident-only outdoor space set apart from a shared hotel terrace. NoMad is furnished and short-term-rental friendly by design, with a rooftop restaurant and bar reached by a separate elevator, so the neighbours change by the week. Ask each developer how residents' elevators are separated from guests', what the rental rules in the declaration allow, and how the building registers a visitor. Read children and family life at Kempinski and at Fouquet's.
Kempinski publishes a padel court, a resort pool, a lap pool and a beach entry pool, golf and Formula 1 simulators and a Sunrise Café with daily breakfast on the fourth floor bridge between the towers, plus house cars. Fouquet's publishes more than 40,000 square feet indoor and outdoor with a 70 foot rooftop pool and men's and women's spas. NoMad publishes a rooftop pool, a fitness lawn, a library and co-working. None of the three publishes a children's club or a playroom on our file, which is worth knowing before a tour that opens with the pool. Read what the amenities are at Kempinski.
The Design District is a square mile of galleries and flagships, and Kempinski's developer is honest that the site at Biscayne Boulevard and 38th Street is the bay and the walk into the district, not the ocean. Fouquet's sits inside the district on nearly two acres, which is the walk to dinner with a stroller. Wynwood grew around murals and galleries, and NoMad treats the neighbourhood as the amenity, with Casa Tua Cucina at ground level. Schools, paediatricians and a grocery run are the family's own walk to make before contract; none of the three developers publishes them, and a family should not take them from a brochure. Read the Miami Design District zone page and relocating to Miami with a family.
Kempinski suits the family that wants a real family plan, a den, a lobby without hotel guests and a padel court the children will use. You give up the ocean and a hotel's room service. Read the Kempinski dossier and Kempinski: what to know before you buy.
Fouquet's suits the family that wants the district at the door and a hotel's kitchens downstairs, and can live with a hotel's traffic. You give up a published plan to measure and a lobby that is only yours. Read Fouquet's: what to know before you buy.
NoMad suits the family that wants a furnished second apartment near the galleries for weekends, not a home for the school year. You give up bedrooms and a quiet corridor. Read is NoMad worth it.
For the part-time version of the same question, read living part-time in the Design District or Wynwood; for the family in a bigger building, buying a condo in Miami for a family. The desk walks a family through the plans by line and the rental rules of each building before the first tour.
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