Which Brickell, Edgewater or Grove condo has the best terraces?

Villa Miami, From $5,750,000, by the only published square footage: two terraces on every home, sunrise and sunset, with ~594 to ~700 square feet outside on a full floor Villa Piano and 10 to 11 foot ceilings behind the glass. Four Seasons Private Residences Coconut Grove publishes the next most precise sentence, terraces at least 10 feet deep with glass railings under ceilings of 11 feet or higher, on every one of its 70 homes. Cipriani, From $1,859,900, publishes a terrace reached from the living room and the primary bedroom of every residence, which is a rule about doors rather than depth. Anantara, From $1,800,000, publishes deep terraces and says no more. The trade is the same at all four: the terrace is the room the fee insures and the wind decides, and the floor plan, not the rendering, says how big it is.

Five axes, from the developers' published material only.

Villa Miami. Price point: From $5,750,000. Delivery: no date on our file. Unit mix: ~70 homes, every one a half or full floor; Villa Mezzo half floors of 3 to 4 bedrooms, ~2,940 to ~2,970 square feet inside; Villa Piano full floors of 4 to 5 bedrooms, ~5,900 to ~5,960 inside and ~594 to ~700 outside across two terraces; 10 to 11 foot ceilings. Position: 700 NE 29th Street, East Edgewater, bay frontage on two sides, 360 degree views. Operator or brand: the Villa name under licence from Major Food Group; ODP Architects; a Lake Como style floating pool vessel on the bay.

Four Seasons Private Residences Coconut Grove. Price point: no published entry price; released on request. Delivery: no date on our file; the published deposit schedule names 20 percent at contract and 20 percent at groundbreaking. Unit mix: 70 residences over 20 storeys, typical homes of about 2,025 to 3,975 square feet, every one with a water view, private foyers off dedicated elevators. Position: Coconut Grove; every residence with a water view. Operator or brand: the Four Seasons name under licence; Revuelta Architecture; Michele Bonan interiors; a Director of Residence, a signature restaurant with in-residence dining, a serviced pool deck.

Cipriani Residences Miami. Price point: From $1,859,900. Delivery: topped off July 2026, summer 2027. Unit mix: 397 residences including penthouses with private pools; 10 foot ceilings; floor to ceiling sliding glass; terrace access from the living room and primary bedroom of every residence. Position: 1420 South Miami Avenue, Brickell, views of the bay, the skyline and Coconut Grove. Operator or brand: Cipriani; Arquitectonica; an elevated resort deck with two pools and poolside cabanas.

Anantara Residences Miami. Price point: From $1,800,000. Delivery: no date on our file. Unit mix: ~100 condominium residences of 3 to 6 bedrooms, quarter, half and full floor, with deep terraces, floor to ceiling glazing and in residence sauna options. Position: a two acre bayfront site in Edgewater, 50 stories. Operator or brand: Anantara, part of Minor Hotels; Kohn Pedersen Fox; Studio Urquiola; ~30,000 square feet of Thai inspired gardens.

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Only one sheet says. Villa Miami's illustrated plans give the Villa Piano ~594 to ~700 square feet of exterior across two terraces, one facing the sunrise and one the sunset, with a private foyer of ~185 square feet off the elevator; the Villa Mezzo half floor takes a corner on the bay. Four Seasons publishes a depth, at least 10 feet, which with a glass railing and an 11 foot ceiling is a room for a table rather than a ledge for a chair, and a typical interior of 2,025 to 3,975 square feet to set it against. Cipriani and Anantara publish adjectives and doors. A buyer at either asks the sales team for the plan with the terrace dimensioned, then reads the interior and exterior figures separately, because a brochure's "total" square footage folds the terrace into the home. Read interior versus total square footage, how to read a Miami floor plan and terraces and balconies at Villa Miami.

Villa Miami answers in the plan: a sunrise terrace east and a sunset terrace west on every home, with bay frontage on two sides of the building, so a full floor has water on both faces and a half floor takes one corner of it. Four Seasons publishes a water view from every one of its 70 homes in the Grove, and nothing about which wall the terrace is on, so the plan answers it line by line. Cipriani publishes views of Biscayne Bay, the Brickell skyline and Coconut Grove, which is three directions and a reason to ask which one a given line gets. Anantara publishes a bayfront site and a tower of 50 stories, so the terrace's exposure follows the stack. The afternoon sun on a west terrace in July and the wind on a high floor in any month are the two things a rendering never shows and a plan with a compass does. Read the sun and orientation at Cipriani, the sun and orientation at Anantara and terraces and balconies at Four Seasons Coconut Grove.

Less than the rendering suggests, at every building. A terrace is usually a limited common element: the owner has the exclusive use of it and the association keeps the rules, which decide the grill, the planters, the furniture the wind can lift, the shade and the glass. None of the four fact sheets on our file publishes a summer kitchen on a typical terrace, which means a buyer who wants to cook outside reads the rules before assuming the gas line. The hurricane procedure says what comes inside when a storm is named, and the owner, not the staff, is usually responsible for clearing it. Read how to read the amenity rules before buying a Miami condo, what happens to a new Miami condo in a hurricane and who decides and terraces and balconies at Cipriani.

Villa Miami suits the buyer who wants two terraces, water on both faces of a full floor and a figure on the plan. You give up the entry price of the other three and a published date. Read the Villa Miami dossier and the Edgewater zone page.

Four Seasons Coconut Grove suits the buyer who wants a 10 foot deep terrace under an 11 foot ceiling with a water view in a building of 70. You give up a published price and a date; the deposit schedule names groundbreaking as a future trigger. Read Four Seasons Coconut Grove: what to know before you buy and the Coconut Grove zone page.

Cipriani suits the buyer who wants a terrace off the bedroom as well as the living room, in a tower of 397 with a date. You give up a published depth. Read Cipriani: what to know before you buy and the Brickell zone page.

Anantara suits the buyer who wants a deep terrace over a Thai garden with a hotel underneath. You give up the figure; the sheet publishes the adjective. Read the Anantara dossier and terraces and balconies at Anantara.

The desk reads the dimensioned plan and the terrace rules with the buyer before the reservation.