Archive for the ‘Murano Grande’ Category

Miami Beach Condos: Mid-Year Luxury South Beach Condo Market Report

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

Miami Beach Real Estate Roars Back I knew this was a really good year, but it wasn’t until I started to pull the stats that I realized HOW good a year it’s been – and continues to be.  We regularly track nine condos in South Beach’s South of Fifth (SoFi) neighborhood for a few reasons: Location [...]

Miami Beach Real Estate: 2010 South Beach Condo Market Index

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

This Miami Beach real estate condo index is comprised of nine luxury waterfront high-rise condos in the chic South of Fifth neighborhood in South Beach:  Apogee South Beach , Continuum North (or 2),  Continuum South( or 1), Portofino Tower, South Pointe Tower, Murano at Portofino, Yacht Club at Portofino, Murano Grande, and ICON South Beach. [...]

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: Rapper Lil Wayne Lists South Beach Condo for $2.8M

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Rapper Lil Wayne, who is about to head to jail for a gun possession charge, listed his South Beach condo for $2.8M. The four bedroom condo is located in the Murano Grande Condominium at 400 Alton Road in Miami Beach. The list price is very, very reasonable which suggests that the owner, for some reason, is motivated.(What could it be?)

Miami Beach Real Estate: 2009 South Beach Condo Market Index

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

2009 luxury real estate statistics for condos in the SoFi neighborhood of South Beach. The condo index is comprised of nine waterfront high-rise condos: Apogee South Beach, Continuum South Beach: North & South, Portofino Tower, South Pointe Tower, Murano at Portofino, Yacht Club, Murano Grande and ICON South Beach. There were 129 sales in the condo index in 2009 vs. 153 in 2008, a drop of 16%.

Miami Beach Real Estate: 3QT 2009 Stats for Condos in South of Fifth Neighborhood

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

This has been a very interesting year. I’ve said before that the SoFi neighborhood in South Beach has weathered the real estate storm like a champ. Our busiest time of the year begins with Art Basel at the beginning of December and continues well into June.

For the previous few years, the week of Art Basel has been incredible. Last year was the year of NO action; and it only got worse from there. While inventory languished on the market for the first half of the year, sellers seemed to hear the message. List prices dropped, and dropped fast.