Which Miami Beach condo suits a multigenerational family?

Four Miami Beach buildings on our file answer a three generation family differently. The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach publishes the widest spread, one to five bedrooms across 30 homes, with childcare and a personal chef à la carte. The Perigon publishes 2 to 4 bedrooms, a private elevator into every home and a children's lounge, From $12,500,000. The Shoreclub publishes three forms of home, Tower, House and Beach House, a children's playroom and a room for the driver, From $4,850,000. Ocean Terrace publishes ~52 boutique homes in a 20 storey tower beside ~5 acres of park, From $3,250,000. None of the four publishes a staff room by plan, so where the nanny sleeps is a floor plan question, set out below.

The same five axes, from the developers' published material only.

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, two duplex penthouses with private rooftop terraces and pools; private elevator with direct entry in most. Position: 1671 Collins Avenue, oceanfront in South Beach, adjacent to the Lincoln Road corridor. Operator or brand: The Ritz-Carlton name under licence, with direct access to the Sagamore next door; Sobe Sky Development with Flag Luxury Group; Kobi Karp.

The Perigon. 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, 10 foot ceilings, wraparound terraces. Position: 5333 Collins Avenue, between the Atlantic and Biscayne Bay, ~200 linear feet of shoreline on both sides, equidistant from Bal Harbour and South Beach. Operator or brand: no hotel brand; Starwood Capital Group and Mast Capital; OMA, Tara Bernerd interiors.

The Shoreclub Private Collection. 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 behind the landmarked Cromwell House facade. Position: 1901 Collins Avenue, ~3 oceanfront acres. Operator or brand: Auberge Resorts Collection as hospitality partner; Witkoff; Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

Ocean Terrace. 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, two duplex penthouses in each tower with private rooftops, private elevator landings. Position: 7400 Ocean Terrace, North Beach, ~350 feet of ocean frontage on ~5 acres of parkland. Operator or brand: a 42 key boutique hotel and a members' club on the site; Witkoff and Ocean Terrace Holdings; RAMSA interiors.

The plan decides this before the brochure does. A five bedroom home at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, or a duplex penthouse there with its own rooftop, is the only published plan on this stretch that reaches five bedrooms; The Perigon stops at four, and the Shoreclub and Ocean Terrace files do not publish bedroom counts at all. A family of three generations reads three things on the drawing: whether the two suites sit at opposite ends, whether one bedroom has its own bath and a door to the corridor so a grandparent or a nanny can come and go without crossing the living room, and whether a den or a study can take a bed. None of the four publishes a staff room by plan, which is normal and is the first question for the sales team. Read multigenerational living at The Perigon, at the Shoreclub and at The Ritz-Carlton Residences South Beach, and how to read a Miami floor plan for the door-and-corridor test.

The arrival is the daily test. The Perigon publishes private elevator entry to each residence; The Ritz-Carlton Residences publishes a private elevator with direct entry in most homes, a 24 hour doorman, concierge and valet; Ocean Terrace publishes private elevator landings; the Shoreclub publishes a room for the driver. What none of the four publishes is the walk from the garage to the elevator, the step between the valet and the lobby, or how a wheelchair meets the beach walkway; those are measured on the visit with the plans in hand. Read the older owner at The Perigon and at Ocean Terrace, and which Bal Harbour or Surfside condo suits a multigenerational family for how Rivage and Ocean House answer the same question a few blocks north.

The Perigon publishes a children's lounge, a screening room, billiards, a resident only oceanfront restaurant and a beachfront pool with cabanas. The Shoreclub publishes a children's playroom, a residential pool in a botanical garden and a beach club with cabanas. The Ritz-Carlton Residences publishes a residents' beach club, a Level 7 amenity floor with a private lap pool, and childcare, a personal chef and a trainer à la carte. Ocean Terrace publishes a fifth floor terrace with a ~75 foot lap pool, a therapy pool and a sunrise restaurant, with ~5 acres of park at the door. The next question is which of those spaces are the residents' alone; the Shoreclub, the Ritz-Carlton and Ocean Terrace share their sites with a hotel, and The Perigon does not. Read which new Miami Beach condos have a hotel on site, and does it help and how to read the amenity rules before buying.

A home paid for by the parents and lived in by the children, or the reverse, is a title question before it is a plan question. Who goes on the deed decides who votes in the association, who the lender underwrites, who claims the Florida homestead exemption if anyone does, and what happens to the home when one generation dies. Joint title, a trust or an entity each solve a different problem and cost something later, and the choice is made before the contract. The association's rules will also say how many may live in the home and whether a live in caregiver counts as an occupant or a guest. Read LLC, trust or personal name, who can live in your Miami condo besides you and how siblings co-owning a Miami condo go from offer to recording. The legal structure is for counsel; the desk reads the occupancy clause with the family before reserving.

The Ritz-Carlton Residences, South Beach suits the family that needs five bedrooms or a duplex with its own roof, childcare on call and a hotel next door for the overflow. You give up a published price and buy for 2027. Read The Ritz-Carlton Residences South Beach: what to know before you buy.

The Perigon suits the family of two generations with a nanny that wants a private elevator into the home, no hotel on the site and the widest beach on the island. You give up five bedroom plans and pay the highest published entry here. Read the Perigon dossier.

The Shoreclub suits the family that wants a choice between a tower home, a house and a beach house on three acres, with Auberge running the spa and a room for the driver. You share the site with hotel guests. Read the Shoreclub dossier.

Ocean Terrace suits the family that wants the quiet end of the island, a park beside the pool and the lowest published entry of the four. You give up South Beach at the door and share the site with a hotel, retail and a members' club. Read the Ocean Terrace dossier.

The Mid-Beach zone page and the South Beach zone page map the coast. The desk reads the plans by line for the bedroom that can hold a grandparent, the occupancy clause and the beach club rules with the family before anything is reserved.