For the buyer who wants to leave the car in the garage most days, and wants to know which end of Collins Avenue lets them, and which building does the rest.
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.
South Beach is the end you walk. The Ritz-Carlton Residences at 1671 Collins publishes its position as adjacent to the Lincoln Road corridor, and the Shoreclub at 1901 Collins sits on the same South Beach stretch of the avenue on ~3 oceanfront acres; both are addresses where the street is part of what is sold. Mid-Beach is the end you are served. The Perigon at 5333 Collins publishes the widest and most secluded sweep of beachfront on the island, equidistant from Bal Harbour and South Beach, with a resident only restaurant, a spa and a salon inside the building because the street outside is quieter, From $12,500,000. Ocean Terrace in North Beach publishes ~15,000 square feet of street level retail of its own and ~5 acres of park, From $3,250,000. The South Beach buildings sell the street; the Mid-Beach building sells the absence of it.
The same five axes, from the developers' published material only.
The Perigon, Mid-Beach. Price point: From $12,500,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~73 homes, 2 to 4 bedrooms, private elevator entry to each residence. Position: 5333 Collins Avenue, between the Atlantic and Biscayne Bay, ~200 linear feet of shoreline on both sides. Operator or brand: no hotel; a resident only oceanfront restaurant, spa, salon and beachfront pool; Starwood Capital Group and Mast Capital; OMA.
The Shoreclub Private Collection, South Beach. Price point: From $4,850,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~49 homes across The Tower, The House and The Beach House, 18 stories. Position: 1901 Collins Avenue, ~3 oceanfront acres behind the landmarked Cromwell House facade. Operator or brand: Auberge Resorts Collection; Auberge spa, private residential gym, beach club, driver chauffeur room; Witkoff; Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach. Price point: no published entry price; held by the desk. Delivery: planned 2027. Unit mix: 30 residences over 15 storeys, one to five bedrooms, private elevator with direct entry in most. Position: 1671 Collins Avenue, oceanfront in South Beach proper, adjacent to the Lincoln Road corridor. Operator or brand: The Ritz-Carlton name under licence, direct access to the Sagamore, restaurant and beach club programming by Jose Andres, 24 hour doorman, concierge and valet; Sobe Sky Development with Flag Luxury Group; Kobi Karp.
Ocean Terrace, North Beach. Price point: From $3,250,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~52 boutique residences in a 20 story tower and ~24 furnished resort residences. Position: 7400 Ocean Terrace, ~350 feet of ocean frontage on ~5 acres of parkland adjoining North Beach Oceanside Park, with Surfside and Bal Harbour a few minutes north. Operator or brand: a 42 key boutique hotel, a members' club with spa, ~15,000 square feet of street level retail; Witkoff and Ocean Terrace Holdings; RAMSA interiors.
From The Ritz-Carlton Residences the published answer is the Lincoln Road corridor next door, the one address here where the developer sells the street by name. From the Shoreclub the published facts are the three acres and the facade, on the same South Beach stretch of Collins. From The Perigon the developer publishes seclusion, not shops: the widest beach on the island, half way between Bal Harbour and South Beach, a description of what is not next door. From Ocean Terrace the walk is to the building's own retail, the park and the beach, with Surfside and Bal Harbour a few minutes north by the developer's account. None of the four files publishes a distance to a grocery, a pharmacy or a school; a buyer who means to live on foot measures those on the visit, in the heat, at the hour they would walk. Read living without a car at The Perigon, at the Shoreclub, at The Ritz-Carlton Residences and at Ocean Terrace.
The Perigon's list is a building that expects you to stay in: a resident only oceanfront restaurant and speakeasy, a breakfast room, a wine room, a screening room, a children's lounge, a spa, a salon, an oceanfront training room and a beachfront pool, all without a hotel. The Ritz-Carlton Residences publishes a 24 hour doorman, concierge and valet, a residents' beach club with cabana service, and à la carte in residence dining, a personal chef, a trainer, spa, childcare and pet care. The Shoreclub publishes the Auberge spa and Beauty Atelier, a private residential gym, a library lounge, a beach club and a room for the driver. Ocean Terrace publishes a members' club with spa, a sunrise restaurant and pool bar, a tea room and a library. Read concierge and services at The Perigon and at the Shoreclub, and which new Miami Beach condos have a hotel on site, and does it help for what the hotel changes in the deed and the budget.
Two things. It keeps the restaurant open, because 30 or 49 homes do not fill a dining room and hotel guests do; and it brings those guests and their luggage through the driveway the owner walks out of. At the Shoreclub, The Ritz-Carlton Residences and Ocean Terrace the site is shared with a hotel; at The Perigon it is not, which is why its restaurant is published as resident only. For the walker a hotel on the site is a street that comes to you; for the buyer who wants the quiet of Mid-Beach it is the opposite of the point. Ask which spaces are residents' alone, and read the shared facilities agreement. Read hotel guests and resident spaces at the Shoreclub and which oceanfront condos in Bal Harbour, Surfside and Mid-Beach are most private.
The buyer who means to walk to dinner most nights reads The Ritz-Carlton Residences first and the Shoreclub second, because the street is the amenity and the building supplies the rest. The buyer who wants to walk to the sand and nowhere else, and have dinner come to the table, reads The Perigon first, and pays the highest published entry on this list for the seclusion the developer sells. The buyer who wants a park at the door and the lowest published entry here reads Ocean Terrace, and accepts a hotel and a club on the site. In all four cases the unanswered question is the same: what does the owner do on the day the restaurant is closed, and how far is that walk. Read living part-time on the beach: Bal Harbour, Surfside or Mid-Beach and Bal Harbour vs Surfside vs Miami Beach for the stretches north of here.
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach suits the walker who wants Lincoln Road beside the door, a hotel next door and 30 neighbours. You give up a published price and buy for 2027. Read The Ritz-Carlton Residences South Beach: what to know before you buy.
The Shoreclub suits the walker who wants three acres, an Auberge spa and a choice of three kinds of home at the lowest published South Beach entry on our file. You share the site with hotel guests. Read the Shoreclub dossier.
The Perigon suits the buyer who wants to be served rather than to walk, on the widest beach on the island, with no hotel. You give up the street and pay From $12,500,000. Read the Perigon dossier.
Ocean Terrace suits the buyer who wants a park, retail downstairs and the quiet end of the island at From $3,250,000. You give up South Beach and share the site with a hotel and a club. Read the Ocean Terrace dossier.
The Mid-Beach zone page, the South Beach zone page and the North Beach zone page map the avenue. The desk walks the blocks with the buyer and reads the shared facilities agreement before the reservation.
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