Archive for the ‘Big Ones’ Category

Miami Beach Celeb Real Estate: Seikaly and Piazza Sell

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

Wow.  Ok. Two (former) professional athletes sell their Miami Beach real estate. Rony Seikaly, a retired basketball player, sold his stunning lower North Bay Road manse to Brightstar CEO, Marcelo Claure.  The approximately 9,300 sf home, built in 2005 and sited on a 26,500 sf lot, was sold to Claure for $11.5M.  The house was not listed with a [...]

Miami Beach Real Estate: A Six-Year Retrospective of the Miami Beach Condo Market

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

I haven’t been around much lately; the reason for that will become apparent very soon. In the meantime, this post was inspired by an email from a consumer who wants to buy a Miami Beach condo and asked me for some insight. Since I didn’t readily know the answer to the question (and I usually do), I figured it was time [...]

Miami Beach Luxury Real Estate Percolates; La Gorce Island Estate Sells for $16M

Friday, June 11th, 2010

The big sales in Miami Beach keep rolling on in.  On the heels of a $15M sale at Setai South Beach and A-Rod’s $7.4M land purchase on N. Bay Road, 88 La Gorce Circle, on gated La Gorce Island, closed today for $16M. The home, which was built in 2008, has 17,200 interior sf, 10 bedrooms, two docks, and a [...]

Miami Beach Real Estate- Has A-Rod Finally Stepped Up? $7.4M Acre of Land on Celeb-Studded N. Bay Road Sells

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

A-Rod has been looking for a place on Miami Beach for years- pre-Madonna, post-Madonna.  At one time he had Shaq’s Star Island home under contract, the estate that Naomi Campbell’s beau, Vladislav Doronin, bought about one year ago. The parcel of land, which is 46,690 sf, has 230 linear ft. of prime, wide-bay waterfrontage and spectacular, unobstructed views of downtown Miami.  The [...]

Miami Beach Real Estate: Netscape Founder, Jim Clark, Lists Setai South Beach Penthouse for $27M, PH B Sells for $15M

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

Miami is bringing BLING! Jim Clark, founder of Netscape and developer of two downtown Miami condos, lists PH Villa A for $27M. Andrew Barroway of Philadelphia sells PH Villa B at Setai South Beach for $15M.

Apogee South Beach: Michael Caine Lists; Vitamin Giant Andrew Lessman Sells; New to Market: $9M SW Corner

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Well, well, well.  Apogee.  Uh huh.  Where to start.  Let’s start with the celeb stuff: Michael Caine lists four bedroom, three-and-a-half bath “01″ SE corner unit for $6,995,000.  No news on why or what’s next.  No interior shots to show you.  I got nuttin’.  Here’s a standard floor plan for the “01″ line. HSN vitamin behemoth, [...]