Comments on: Versace’s Ocean Drive Home-Casa Casuarina

By: Owner of Recently Closed Miami Beach Restaurant “The Forge,” Lists Ocean Drive Home for $10.9M | South Beach Condos Blog

Mon, 11 May 2009 02:36:13 +0000

[...] Versace’s Ocean Drive Home-Casa Casuarina [...]

By: Kevin Tomlinson

Kevin Tomlinson — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:01:21 +0000

No.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:17:26 +0000

Is it for sale?

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 04:43:17 +0000

When it comes to fashion greats like Versace, tacky is re-defined. Remember, the first lady will now wear fushia…with lime and plum.

Be ready for tacky to be the new black.

By: Kevin Tomlinson

Kevin Tomlinson — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:06:41 +0000

Ok so I didn’t set up the photo properly. I was going through my pics last nite, uploading to Flickr–and I ran across this.

I was doing a helicopter tour of South Beach and I took the photo from the ocean; so it’s across from the ocean, on world-famous Ocean Drive. Ocean Drive properties rarely come to market and the celeb cache that will be forever attached to this property added to the value.

When I moved here in 1992 the property was known as the “Amsterdam Palace” and was, basically, a flop-house. Imagine going from a flop-house in ’92 to being one of the most prestigious properties on one of the most famous streets in the world. Who would have thunk?

Here’s a photo that kinda shows the sh*tty condition the property was in when I moved here. The interior is not grand. In it’s former life the property was a series of small rooms overlooking a central courtyard. Now, it’s all tackied up with gold-leaf cr*p. Was that Versace style cool then or was it always tacky?

By: ARDELL

ARDELL — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:41:20 +0000

Of course I particularly like the loggias on the addition

Can you explain why it is so epensive and doesn’t appear to be close to water? I would think prices that high would be on the water or at least have water views.

By: Kevin Tomlinson

Kevin Tomlinson — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:44:39 +0000

It was modeled after a home built in Santo Domingo by the son of CC. Wow a star stops by SBCB. Good to see you Gena!

By: Gena Riede

Gena Riede — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:43:26 +0000

Nice diggs “by me” son of Christopher Columbus????