Relocating from Chicago to Brickell or Edgewater: which fits?

Cipriani Residences Miami, From $1,859,900, if the move has a date: the developer publishes a tower topped off in July 2026, delivery in summer 2027 and more than 80 percent sold, with 24 hour staff trained by Cipriani and a Director of Residences, which is the lakefront building's doorman and manager under an Italian name. ORA by Casa Tua, From $952,900, if the household wants to land furnished and decide later whether to live there or rent it. 619 Brickell by Nobu, From $2,950,000, is the one on the water. Anantara, From $1,800,000, and Villa Miami, From $5,750,000, are the Edgewater pair on the bay, and neither publishes a date on our file.

Five axes, from the developers' published material only.

Cipriani Residences Miami. Price point: From $1,859,900. Delivery: topped off July 2026, delivery summer 2027, more than 80 percent sold. Unit mix: 397 residences including penthouses with private pools, 10 foot ceilings, a terrace off the living room and primary bedroom of every home. Position: 1420 South Miami Avenue, Brickell, views of Biscayne Bay, the skyline and Coconut Grove. Operator or brand: Mast Capital; Arquitectonica; Cipriani running resident only dining, the concierge and 24 hour staff, with a house limousine within a three mile radius.

ORA by Casa Tua. Price point: From $952,900. Delivery: pre-construction, selling. Unit mix: studio to four bedrooms, fully furnished and move in ready, across 77 storeys with Bosco, a sky park 500 feet up, between floors 42 and 45. Position: 1210 Brickell Avenue, with the Metrorail and Metromover Brickell stations nearby. Operator or brand: Casa Tua as licensed brand and hospitality operator; Arquitectonica; m2atelier interiors; the licence may be terminated or revoked, per the fact sheet.

619 Brickell by Nobu. Price point: From $2,950,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~300 homes across 75 stories, 1 to 5 bedrooms, Sky Villas and penthouses, from ~1,160 square feet. Position: 619 Brickell Avenue, waterfront, water views from every living room and primary bedroom. Operator or brand: 13th Floor Investments and Key International; Foster + Partners; Nobu under licence for the hospitality and wellness program; ~90,000 square feet of amenity, WELL certified.

Anantara Residences Miami. Price point: From $1,800,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~100 condominium residences of 3 to 6 bedrooms, quarter, half and full floor, beside ~120 resort residences and ~50 hotel suites. Position: a two acre bayfront site in Edgewater, 50 stories, where the Design District, Wynwood, Midtown and the causeway to the beach meet. Operator or brand: 1000 Group; Kohn Pedersen Fox; Studio Urquiola interiors; Anantara, part of Minor Hotels, in its first American residences.

Villa Miami. Price point: From $5,750,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~70 homes by the public record, every one a half or full floor, 3 to 5 bedrooms, ~2,940 to ~5,960 square feet inside, two terraces each. Position: 700 NE 29th Street, East Edgewater, bay frontage on two sides, the Baywalk at the door. Operator or brand: Terra with One Thousand Group; ODP Architects; Charles and Co interiors; the Villa name under licence from Major Food Group, which programs and services the building.

Read New York to Brickell or Edgewater, Boston to Brickell and Chicago to West Palm Beach.

Cipriani, most closely. A household that has owned on Lake Shore Drive or in the Gold Coast knows a building run by a manager, a door staffed around the clock and an assessment argued over once a year, and Cipriani publishes exactly that shape: 24 hour staff trained by the brand, a designated Director of Residences and a residents' concierge, in a tower of 397 homes. Nobu publishes ~300 homes with a wellness floor and a resident cafe; ORA publishes Casa Tua as operator of a furnished tower; Anantara puts a hotel's staff under the homes; Villa Miami publishes an estate manager and a curator for ~70 half and full floors. The difference a Chicagoan notices first is who the staff answer to: a named operator at Cipriani and Villa Miami, a hotel at Anantara, a licensed brand at ORA. Read which Brickell tower has the best service, concierge and services at Cipriani and concierge and services at Villa Miami.

Cipriani, by the published record, and only Cipriani: summer 2027, from a tower already topped off. ORA publishes itself as pre-construction and selling; Nobu, Anantara and Villa Miami publish no date on our file. For a household selling a Chicago apartment in the spring, that is the arithmetic: a rental in Miami for a year, the Chicago home kept one more winter, or a finished building elsewhere. The figure to rely on is the contract's outside date, not the sales team's season; topped off means the structure is up, not that the certificate of occupancy is near. Read delivery timelines and how they slip, the delivery date at Cipriani and which new Miami condo, pre-construction or nearly finished.

A flood zone, a different deductible and a dock that may not be yours. Nobu, Anantara and Villa Miami are the waterfront three; Cipriani and ORA publish views of the bay from South Miami Avenue and Brickell Avenue. A Lake Michigan tower has a seawall and a winter; a Biscayne Bay tower has a flood zone set by its address, a named storm deductible on the master policy and a written hurricane plan. Villa Miami's fact sheet says its dock and helipad sit in commercial components sold separately, so their operation is not guaranteed, which a boat owner from Belmont Harbor reads twice. Read which Brickell or Edgewater condo is actually on the water, Miami condo insurance and the flood zone at Nobu.

The income tax question and the homestead one, both for counsel. Illinois taxes personal income and Florida does not, so the date Illinois residency ends is decided by where the household actually lives, votes and spends its days, not by the Miami deed. Florida's homestead exemption follows a primary residence the owner lives in on the first of January, so a summer 2027 delivery sets the first year it can apply, and the property tax base resets on the sale. A household keeping the Chicago apartment for the summers asks its accountant how that reads first. Read moving from Chicago to Miami and changing domicile, does buying a Miami condo make you a Florida resident and why property tax resets when you buy a Miami condo.

Cipriani suits the household that wants a date, a dining room run by the family behind Harry's Bar and a building of the shape it already knows. You give up first pick; more than 80 percent is sold. Read Cipriani: what to know before you buy and the Brickell zone page.

ORA suits the household that wants to arrive with suitcases, From $952,900, and keep the option of renting. You give up making the home its own; it comes furnished. Read the ORA buyer's guide.

Nobu suits the household that wants Brickell on the water with a wellness floor. You give up a date. Read the Nobu dossier.

Anantara suits the household that wants a hotel's reflexes under a 3 to 6 bedroom home in Edgewater. You give up a lobby of your own; ~50 suites and ~120 resort residences share the tower. Read the Anantara dossier and the Edgewater zone page.

Villa Miami suits the household that wants a half or full floor with water on two faces and a chef who comes upstairs. You give up a date and you carry the entry price. Read the Villa Miami dossier.

The desk reads the outside date, the operator's agreement and the Illinois calendar with the buyer before the reservation.