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From Los Angeles to Coral Gables or Coconut Grove: which fits?

For the household leaving a house on the Westside for Miami's two leafy neighbourhoods, who will file homestead here and wants to know which building is ready when the school year is.

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.

The short answer

On the published record, Cassia in Coral Gables is the building a Los Angeles household can move into first: approximately 69 percent sold, preparing for its certificate of occupancy, estimated completion in the first quarter of 2027 per the sales team, with 174 residences delivered furnished by RH. Four Seasons Private Residences Coconut Grove is the building that replaces a house: 70 homes over 20 storeys, every one with a water view, typical residences of about 2,025 to 3,975 square feet, and no delivery date on the fact sheet. Neither publishes an entry price. Cipriani Residences Miami, in Brickell with views of Coconut Grove, is the third read: topped off, delivering summer 2027, From $1,859,900. The choice is between a date, a house's scale and a city tower with a published price.

How do the buildings compare?

Five axes, from the developers' published material only.

Cassia. Price point: no published entry price; released on request. Delivery: estimated completion first quarter 2027, preparing for TCO, approximately 69 percent sold. Unit mix: 174 turnkey residences, one to three bedrooms, 662 to 1,439 square feet; 58 one bedrooms, 15 one bedrooms plus den, 85 two bedrooms, 16 three bedrooms; assigned parking included. Position: Merrick Park District, directly across from The Shops at Merrick Park. Operator or brand: ATLA Coral Gables, LLC; interiors furnished by RH; flexible ownership with a minimum three day stay and optional professional management.

Four Seasons Private Residences Coconut Grove. Price point: no published entry price. Delivery: no date on the fact sheet; deposits published at 20 percent at contract and 20 percent at groundbreaking. Unit mix: 70 residences over 20 storeys, about 2,025 to 3,975 square feet, dedicated elevator access to private foyers, terraces at least 10 feet deep. Position: Coconut Grove, every residence with a water view. Operator or brand: the Four Seasons name under licence, with a Director of Residence, residential concierge, doorman and bellman, 24 hour security and valet; CMC Group and Fort Partners.

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 in an 80 storey tower, 10 foot ceilings, terrace access from the living room and primary bedroom of every residence. Position: 1420 South Miami Avenue, Brickell, with views of Biscayne Bay and Coconut Grove. Operator or brand: Cipriani runs the dining, the concierge and the staff training; Mast Capital develops.

Read relocating from Los Angeles to Downtown Miami, relocating from Los Angeles to Bal Harbour or Surfside and relocating from Houston to Coral Gables or Coconut Grove.

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Which building is ready when the school year is?

Cassia, on the published record. A household that sells in Los Angeles in spring and wants a Florida address before September reads the three delivery lines first: Cassia publishes the first quarter of 2027 and is preparing for its certificate of occupancy; Cipriani publishes summer 2027; Four Seasons Coconut Grove publishes no date and takes its second deposit at groundbreaking, which is the sentence that tells a buyer how early it is. A move timed to a school calendar lives on the outside date in the contract rather than on the brochure's season, and the gap between the two is what the buyer prices in rent. Cassia's furnished delivery shortens the move itself: a household arriving from a house with a container of furniture is buying a building that does not need it. Read delivery timelines and how they slip, relocating to Miami with a family and the Cassia buyer's guide.

What does a house owner give up, and get back?

A Westside house owner is used to a gate, a garage and a garden, and the two neighbourhoods answer in different sizes. Four Seasons Coconut Grove is the closest to a house in the air: typical homes of about 2,025 to 3,975 square feet, an elevator to a private foyer, terraces at least 10 feet deep, Molteni kitchens, and a staff list that includes a Director of Residence, a doorman and bellman and 24 hour on call emergency repair. What it gives back is the staff and the water view; what it takes is the garden and the ability to build. Cassia is the other answer: homes of 662 to 1,439 square feet, delivered furnished, with assigned parking and more than an acre of amenity, across from Merrick Park. It suits the household that sold the big house on purpose. Cipriani sits between them in scale and above both in height, with Cipriani's resident only dining and a house limousine within three miles. Read leaving a house for a condo in Coconut Grove or Coral Gables, new condos that live like a house and Four Seasons Private Residences Coconut Grove: what to know before you buy.

What are the California and Florida questions for counsel?

Mechanics, not advice, and three of them. First, residency: California taxes residents on worldwide income and tests residency on facts, the home, the family, the days, the licences, the professionals, so the household that keeps a Los Angeles house and buys in the Grove asks counsel what the record will show, and builds the record on purpose. Second, the Florida homestead: the exemption follows a primary residence the owner lives in on the first of January and is claimed on the county's calendar, so Cassia's first quarter 2027 and Cipriani's summer 2027 set the first tax year each can apply, and the Save Our Homes cap on assessed value starts counting from that year, not from the contract. A buyer moving from a long held Los Angeles house has lived under California's own assessment cap and reads this one as a different animal: it resets at purchase and protects the years after. Third, the declaration of domicile, the driver's licence and the voter registration, which are papers, not a feeling. Read moving from California 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.

Who each building suits, and what you give up

Cassia suits the household that wants to be in by the 2027 school year, furnished, across from Merrick Park, and may hold the home flexibly later. You give up size and a water view. Read the Coral Gables zone page and can you rent out a new condo in Coconut Grove or Coral Gables.

Four Seasons Coconut Grove suits the household replacing a house with a house sized home and a staff, in a building of 70. You give up a date on paper and a published price. Read the Coconut Grove zone page and the Four Seasons Coconut Grove buyer's guide.

Cipriani suits the household that wants the city, a published entry at From $1,859,900, and a tower that is already topped off. You give up the leafy street. Read the Cipriani buyer's guide and the Brickell zone page.

The first year is the same in all three: insurance bound before closing, the homestead filed in the first window, the association's first budget read against the developer's estimate. The desk reads the delivery clause and the homestead calendar with the buyer before the reservation.

The Shift

What the desk holds on Coral Gables and Coconut Grove

Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current plans, pricing and availability as the developer releases them, discussed one to one.

The plans by line, and which lines are left. The developer’s current release, not the brochure’s.
The deposit schedule. Proportions, trigger dates, and where the money sits.
What the sales gallery will not volunteer. The view lines that close, the floors that trade first, the association budget.
Where we would not proceed. Sometimes the answer is a different building. Sometimes it is not yet.

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Common Questions

Questions buyers ask

Which Coral Gables or Coconut Grove condo can you move into first?
Cassia, on the published record: estimated completion in the first quarter of 2027 and preparing for its certificate of occupancy. Four Seasons Coconut Grove publishes no delivery date.
Does Four Seasons Coconut Grove have a hotel?
No. The fact sheet describes the first Four Seasons residential building in the Grove without a hotel, run under licence with an appointed Director of Residence.
Is Cassia furnished?
Yes. Cassia publishes 174 turnkey residences fully finished and furnished by RH, with assigned parking included.
Can a Los Angeles household keep its California house and claim Florida homestead?
Homestead follows the primary residence the owner lives in on the first of January. Whether California still treats the household as resident is a separate question of facts for counsel.
When does the Save Our Homes cap start on a new condo?
From the first year the homestead applies, which follows delivery and the January the owner lives there. The assessed value resets at purchase and the cap protects the years after.
Which building publishes its deposit schedule?
Four Seasons Coconut Grove: 20 percent at contract and 20 percent at groundbreaking per its fact sheet. Cassia and Cipriani publish staged deposits in general terms only.Read the full answer
Which has a published entry price?
Cipriani Residences Miami, From $1,859,900. Cassia and Four Seasons Coconut Grove release pricing on request.
How large are the homes at Four Seasons Coconut Grove?
Typical residences of about 2,025 to 3,975 square feet, every one with a water view, with dedicated elevator access to private foyers and terraces at least 10 feet deep.
Is Coral Gables walkable from Cassia?
Cassia publishes its position as directly across from The Shops at Merrick Park, with assigned parking included. The daily errand is a short walk; the rest of Miami is a drive.
Who should I call about relocating from Los Angeles to Coral Gables or the Grove?
The sales team for the schedule and the current release, a lawyer admitted in both states for the residency and homestead questions, an insurance agent, and the desk to read the three buildings with you before the reservation.
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