Which Downtown Miami or Design District condo suits a collector of cars, wine and design?

Fouquet's Hotel & Residences Miami is the only one of the four that publishes how the cars are kept: below grade valet and self parking under a David Chipperfield tower of 143 homes in the Design District, no published price. Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami is the only one that publishes a wine room: a private bar and wine tasting room in a 100 story Hilton-run tower, From $3,300,000. Kempinski Residences Miami Design District publishes Rockwell Group interiors, private elevator lobbies, ten foot terraces and house cars across ~132 homes, From $3,700,000. Delano Residences & Hotel Miami publishes Meyer Davis interiors across ~421 finished homes, From $760,000. None publishes in-residence wine storage or a deeded car space, so the collector asks each sales team in writing: whose space is the car in, where does a private cellar go, and which finishes can be changed.

Five axes, from the developers' published material only.

Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami. Price point: From $3,300,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~360 branded residences across 100 stories, furnished junior suites and 1 to 4 bedrooms; BAMO interiors, 10 foot floor to ceiling glass, Italkraft kitchens, Sub-Zero and Wolf, Savant smart home. Position: Downtown Miami, unobstructed views of downtown, Miami Beach and the Atlantic. Operator or brand: Hilton Worldwide under licence of the Waldorf Astoria name; Property Markets Group; a private bar and wine tasting room and a private residential pool deck.

Delano Residences & Hotel Miami. Price point: From $760,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~421 fully finished residences across ~90 stories, studios through 3 bedrooms in the released collection; Meyer Davis interiors with built out closets, Waterworks fixtures. Position: Fourth and Biscayne, Downtown Miami. Operator or brand: Delano with Ennismore and Accor, hotel below; Property Markets Group; two resort pools, The Source spa and a Members' Club.

Kempinski Residences Miami Design District. Price point: From $3,700,000. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: ~132 residences across two 23 story towers, six townhomes and 18 guest suites sold to residents only; 2 to 4 bedrooms each with a den, ~2,100 to ~3,100 square feet interior, ten foot terraces, private elevator lobbies. 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; Arquitectonica and Rockwell Group; an amenity bridge with three pools, a spa, golf and Formula 1 simulators and house cars.

Fouquet's Hotel & Residences Miami. Price point: released on request. Delivery: no date in the material on our file. Unit mix: 143 residences of one to four bedrooms with private terraces, many with dens, in a 25 storey tower; a 28 foot lobby with lounge and a 24 hour concierge. Position: 39 NE 39th Street in the Design District on nearly two acres. Operator or brand: Fouquet's of the Barrière Group, operating the hotel with owner access to its services; Raycliff Capital, Fort Partners, Miami Design District Associates and Constellation Hotels; David Chipperfield Architects and RDAI; below grade valet and self parking; two restaurants, a bar and a patisserie.

Read the floor plans at Kempinski, Fouquet's, Waldorf Astoria and Delano.

Fouquet's publishes below grade valet and self parking, the only published answer among the four to the collector's first question: can I park it myself. Kempinski publishes house cars, which answers a different question. Waldorf Astoria and Delano publish nothing about parking in the material on our file, so the first question at both is whether an owner can self-park at all or hands the key to a valet. The deeper question is title: a space can be a deeded part of the unit, a limited common element assigned to it, a licence the association can move, or valet only with no space at all, each written in the declaration's exhibits. A collector with three cars asks for the parking exhibit, the spaces that come with the line, whether more can be bought and from whom, and the rules on charging and washing in the garage. Read do you own your parking space in a new Miami condo, parking, EV and storage at Fouquet's and parking, EV and storage at Kempinski.

In the home, at the owner's expense, in every case on our file. Waldorf Astoria publishes a private bar and wine tasting room, a place to drink the collection, not to store it; none of the four publishes cellar storage. So the collector reads the floor plan for a den or a closet that can take a conditioned room with the cooling unit's drain and power, and asks the developer whether the plan can be modified before the finishes go in and what the association rules say about equipment in a unit. Kempinski's plans all carry a den; Fouquet's publishes dens in many homes; Delano publishes a studio and den line; Waldorf Astoria's larger plans are the ones to read. Read wine storage at Waldorf Astoria, wine storage at Kempinski, wine storage at Fouquet's and how to read a Miami floor plan.

Four names, each a decision about whether the collector's own furniture will fit. Waldorf Astoria publishes BAMO with Studio Ramirez; the junior suites come furnished. Delano publishes Meyer Davis, with every residence delivered fully finished and some lines furnished. Kempinski publishes Rockwell Group with private elevator lobbies and ten foot terraces. Fouquet's publishes RDAI, the Paris studio, under a Chipperfield tower. A buyer bringing furniture reads the ceiling height, the glass line and the column positions before the maker's name, and asks at the gallery which finishes are fixed, which have a choice, and what a change costs and when it has to be decided. The answer is usually earlier than the buyer expects. Read ceiling heights and columns, interior against total square footage, furnished or unfurnished: which new Miami condo suits you and which new Miami condos have private elevators.

Partly. The Design District is galleries and flagships on foot, and Fouquet's developers include the district's own owners; Kempinski sits at its gateway. Downtown is the bay and the skyline, with the two supertalls above a hotel each. A collector who buys for the walk to the galleries chooses the district; one who buys for the view and a hotel's hours chooses Downtown. Read where the art crowd buys: Design District, Wynwood or Downtown Miami, which Design District or Wynwood condo suits an art collector and which Brickell condo suits a collector of cars, wine and design.

Fouquet's suits the collector who wants to park the cars himself under a Chipperfield tower and walk to the galleries. You give up a published price and a published count of spaces until the exhibit is read. Read the Fouquet's buyer's guide.

Kempinski suits the collector who wants a den in every plan, a private elevator lobby and no hotel in the building, From $3,700,000. You give up the water and a published parking answer. Read the Kempinski dossier.

Waldorf Astoria suits the collector who wants the tallest view in the city, a wine room to entertain in and a Hilton-run house, From $3,300,000. You give up a published parking answer and share the tower with a hotel. Read the Waldorf Astoria dossier.

Delano suits the collector of design more than of cars, who wants a Meyer Davis home finished and ready at the lowest entry, From $760,000. You give up four bedrooms for now and a quiet lobby. Read the Delano dossier.

The Downtown Miami zone page and the Design District zone page map the four; which West Palm Beach condo suits a collector of cars and wine runs the question north. The desk reads the parking exhibit and the finish schedule with the collector before the reservation.