Will Chris Bosh Stay In Miami After His Career-Ending Diagnosis?
It is a sad day for Chris Bosh and the Miami Heat. The NBA doctors have officially ruled that his blood clotting disorder is a career-ending ailment. The 11-time all star maintains that he is in good health to play, but the ruling has been made and it looks like the Heat will waive him from the roster so that they can make room for a new player to take his place.
So, if he is indeed forced off of the roster, will he stay in Miami? What will happen to the $12 million luxury home he purchased in 2010 on North Bay Road? He still has $52 million left on his contract, which he will reportedly get to keep, so he doesn’t really have to work again although he maintains a desire to continue playing. He is only 33 years old, after all. What would you do?
Here are some additional photos of the Miami Beach waterfront mansion that he calls home. It has 7 bedrooms, 8 baths, 2 powder rooms and 12,000 square feet of interior space. The North Bay Road lot has over 100 feet of bay frontage.
Miami Beach Teardown Fetches Record Price
What would you pay to have this sunset view every day of the year? If you are a South African business mogul, I’d say you would likely pay $10 million. Then you could tear down the house that is on the lot and build something amazing that is customized to your taste. Yes, that’s what would happen because that’s what did happen. An unnamed South African businessman has taken the leap and paid an astonishing $746/square foot to call 28 S Dilido Avenue home. The property is very special, it is a 13,408 square foot lot with 107 linear feet of water frontage and a year-round view of Miami’s famous multi-colored sunsets as the sun sinks behind Downtown Miami’s glistening condo towers.
Because the lot is so special, calculating the final price took six months and surgical precision, according to Dora Puig, who brokered the sale. She spent endless hours dissecting the comparable sales of waterfront teardown homes. Dora is also the Miami Condo Investments Team’s Madrina, the sales team is very proud to call her our broker! Here are the types of details she went through…
The overall average price per square foot of Miami Beach waterfront teardown lots is $392/square foot over the last year (excluding this sale). There were 19 total sales with the lots ranging from 9,500 square feet up to 30,000 square feet and with between 60 feet and 200 feet of water frontage. You also have to consider what type of waterfront views the lots have. Some have the same open bay view with the skyline backdrop, which is considered a premium by many. Some have views of the Port of Miami, so they can watch the cruise ships depart and arrive and commuters sit in traffic, and some have a peaceful lake view. Dora had to do the math on 19 properties and figure how much each factor of each property was worth, then do the math backward with the property the buyer is interested in to calculate what it would be worth. I consider this part a daunting yet gratifying task.
The most expensive sale prior to 28 S Dilido was 40 W San Marino Ave, which traded for $610/square foot. That lot had similar views but was 3,000 square feet smaller and had almost half of the linear water frontage that Dilido has.
The least expensive recent land sale has been 860 Lakeview, which sold for $132/square feet. This lot is an ENORMOUS 18,630 square feet that has 80 linear feet of water frontage, but the view is not the year-round multi-colored sunset behind the downtown buildings view that Dora’s mystery buyer was seeking. It looks out over the new Ritz Carlton Miami Beach, that was once Miami Beach’s Heart Institute and is currently under construction. That is going to be a gorgeous building, but let’s stay on topic.
Now that Dora has been victorious in discovering the land value and closed the sale, whispers around the office are that the buyer (who has not been named) has chosen Saota to design his now home. Saota is a South African design and architecture firm who is responsible for that amazing Miami Beach mansion on Pinetree Drive with a waterslide off of the roof that sold for $34 million in January. That post took me a long time to write because I couldn’t stop looking at the pictures. I am overjoyed to hear that Miami will receive another home that they have designed!
What is the takeaway of this sale?
People ask me all the time if the Miami market is a bust because of the hoards of negative news reports that are being written. I have to be honest and say that yes, there is an inventory glut in the Downtown and Brickell area condo market, but that doesn’t equate to a bust.
Wealthy people buy what they want, not what is cheap and Miami is an immensely desirable location for people from around the world. This buyer could have chosen any city in the world to call his home, and he chose Miami. We have the lifestyle that people seek, amazing culture, convenient accessibility and ease of access from other international locations, and that all-important multicolored sunset that shines behind our glistening condo towers year-round. Just like the client wanted. Congratulations to him! Let’s see that sunset again for good measure.
Jennifer Lopez & Alex Rodriguez an Item; Could a Miami Beach Waterfront Home be in Their Near Future?
If A-Rod and J-Lo are heating up as much as they say, the pair may soon be on the hunt for a future love nest. With Rodriguez’s real estate background, my guess is that the couple “eases” into their relationship by purchasing a vacant, waterfront lot and then developing upon it their ultimate dream home…and if they’re still together by the time the home is completed, then it’s meant to be.
If my predictions are correct, A-Rod and J-Lo will soon be on the lookout for a vacant waterfront lot on North Bay Road – the go-to choice for Miami Beach’s rich and famous. My bet is that they’d pursue 5840 North Bay Road (pictured above) – the largest available lot with the most water frontage on North Bay Road. 5840 North Bay Road is a 38,000 square foot lot with 191 linear feet of water frontage and comes with an asking price of $16.9M.
If Lopez really is still Jenny from the block, she should have no reservations about moving to a waterfront estate on North Bay Road since she once owned a home there two lots down at 5800 North Bay Road. That home eventually sold a few years ago to Grammy Award-winning artist Phil Collins.
Photo Tour: $34 Million Miami Beach Home With Rooftop Water Slide Finds A Buyer
It is fun for the whole family! Last week, we took a photo tour of one of my favorite old Miami Beach homes, and this week we get to go on a photo tour of one of my favorite new Miami Beach homes!
This newly built home at 4555 Pine Tree Drive has 16,000 square feet of living space and an additional 3,000 square feet of outdoor living space. Even indoors though, you are able to open the sliding glass walls to give an indoor/outdoor feel and maximize your enjoyment of Miami’s fabulous climate. In total, the home has 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms plus 2 powder rooms. Elements of the home include stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean from the master bedroom, a water slide concealed by an elegant glass staircase, a pool with open views and a boat dock that will be built to suit the buyers’ preferences.
We won’t have word until after the closing of who the buyer is or how much the property ultimately sells for, but you can rest assured we will be watching and waiting.
Latin Singer-Songwriter Ricardo Montaner Lists Miami Beach Home For $11M
Ricardo Montaner, the South American singer-songwriter who is famous for singing love songs. Over the course of his 30+ year career, he has sold over 22 million albums and I want to sing 22 million love songs to his Miami Beach waterfront estate, which hit the market this week for $11 million.
I showed this Miami Beach luxury home several years back, when it was being quietly offered as an off-market deal and there is just something special about the place. The property is located at 4950 Pinetree Drive in Miami Beach. It is a corner lot on a secluded part of the street that is extremely quiet despite being in the middle of Miami Beach. Because the house osits on a 46,000 square foot corner lot, the estate boasts a whopping 400 linear feet of water frontage!! That’s more than most condo developments!
The house owned by Ricardo Montaner was constructed in 1939 and could use a bit of modernization but is absolutely stunning. There is a gorgeous atrium that I could imagine having fabulous dinner parties in, or a romantic dinner for 2 in a setting so disgustingly romantic, it would be fit for The Bachelor TV show. The poolside cabana is large enough to be a single family home of its own, with a rooftop observation deck.
Overall, the house has nearly 8,000 square feet of living space under a/c with 8 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms and 1 half bath. Sadly, I did not see the Ricardo Montaner home on the list at the Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board. I’ll be praying that whoever is the ultimate buyer of the property doesn’t destroy this gem to make way for a gauche McMansion with drop ceilings in the gameroom.
DEAL ALERT: Lovely Venetian Islands Waterfront Home Has $2M Reduction
Earlier today a little birdie peeked into our email tip line and suggested that there was a house at 1370 S Venetian Way on San Marco Island that was going through a series of price reductions with an “especially eager” seller. I thought to myself, “this is going to be fun.” I jumped over to the MLS to see what could possibly be wrong with the house that would make a total of $2 million in price reductions necessary. What I found was an especially lovely house and nothing to make fun of. Heck, if I’d love to live here if I had $5.865M.
The house hit the market back in August for $8.9M and has had steady reductions ever since. It is now priced alongside the average closed sales price for similar waterfront properties on the Venetian Islands, which is $5.865M over the last 3 months. Built in 2001, the current owners have outfitted the property with tasteful updates and seemingly kept the property up well. They opted for things like hurricane impact windows throughout over the typical more flashy upgrades we typically see in Miami. Good call.
Situated on a southern-exposure waterfront lot with 60 feet of frontage to the Biscayne Bay, the views from the pool, patio, balcony and rooftop sundeck are beautiful day and night. You would be able to see the Port of Miami, Downtown Miami lights and skyline and the underlit MacArthur Causeway at night. The interior is 4,033 square feet with 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths and a guest house. As of today, the listing price is $5,865,000 and from the tip we received, I imagine there is more room to negotiate. I’m at a loss. I don’t know why this house has no buyer. Do you have suggestions? Have a look at the MLS photos and drone video below and let us know. You can also compare it to other luxury houses in the neighborhood by viewing our collection of luxury homes for sale in Miami, Florida.
Venetian Islands Waterfront Lot Fetches $6.5 Million
Just this morning, escrow was closed on a 15,750 square foot lot at 412 West Dilido Drive on the Venetian Islands to an unnamed businessman from Brazil. The sale included plans for an amazing 7 bedroom home with almost 8,500 square feet of living space designed by Max Strang.
According to those involved in the sale, the buyer does intend to build his personal residence on the property. The plans are already approved and permitted from the grandfathered code regulations that allow a larger home, 1,100 square foot rooftop terrace and a private elevator. The same home would not be approved today.
Other aspects of the planned residence include an Ipe wood summer kitchen and Fleetwood telescopic floor to ceiling sliding doors. The buyer will have the opportunity to customize the interior to his taste. Aside from the 3rd floor rooftop terrace, there will be a series of three 2nd floor covered decks, two first floor patios, a cabana and an atrium. The lot offers 90 feet of waterfront with a dock and amazing sunset views.
The property and plans sold for $6.5 million. Dora Puig from our very own Luxe Living Realty represented the seller and David Pobiak from Beachfront Realty brought the buyer. See below for renderings of the project:
Lenny Kravitz and Stephen Muss’s Sunset Islands House Hitting the Market for $25 Million
A lavish Mediterranean Revival house on Sunset Island II once owned by singer Lenny Kravitz and currently owned by developer Stephen Muss (known for ‘saving’ the Fontainebleau Hotel in the 1970s and 80s, etc. and also turning it into kind of a meh Hilton) is going on the market for $25 million. The Wall Street Journal got the exclusive on the listing from the Jills, who are listing the property at 1800 W 25th Street. It has not hit the MLS yet.
Casa Kravitz/Muss has a movie theater, gym, elevator, and surprisingly only four bedrooms. According to the Journal, Kravitz bought the 11,270 square foot pile in 2001, shortly after its completion, for just over $8 million and “put his mark on it,” says one of the Jills, by bringing in sand to create a beach. And by ‘beach’ she more than likely means a really nice, glorified sandbox, because a true beach leads to water, with waves lapping the sandy shoreline, and we’re 99.9% sure there are sea walls running the house’s entire 125 feet of waterfront. In 2005 Kravitz sold the place to Muss, its current owner, for $14.5 million.
Floyd Mayweather Jr., World’s Highest Paid Athlete, Buys $7M Pine Tree Drive House
5501 Pine Tree Drive. Photo via Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s Instagram Account.
Undefeated champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., who Forbes ranked as the world’s highest-paid athlete last year, making a whopping $300 million, has spent $7.7 million of that money on a brand new Miami Beach home at 5501 Pine Tree Drive (it’s so new that Google Street View still shows it as under construction). Although the listing closed on May 13th, Mayweather posted a shot of it on his Instagram account nine weeks ago. What’s the deal with those Bugattis anyways? The house is also a nice little upgrade from his even more modest condo in Sunny Isles Beach.
Classic Miami Beach Med-Deco House by Flamingo Park is $2.499M
Mediterranean Revival ruled South Floridian architecture in the 1920s, while art deco, that fanciful modernist creation based on the lines of technology and ideas of the future, prevailed in the ’30s and ’40s. In the balmy, already fantasy-like atmosphere of South Florida, these two architectural styles would also sprout another unlikely peer generally called Med-Deco. This $2.499 million renovated house for sale in the Flamingo Park neighborhood and designed by Henry Hohauser is an example of the illusive Med-Deco.
Formally Med-Deco makes no sense. Is this house, built in 1935. supposed to be a recreated Spanish villa or a Corbusian ‘machine for living?’ Are its occupants living in the future (as imagined in 1935) or the past? Visually it’s a delight. The five bedroom, five bath house has just over 3,300 square feet of living space, and is replete with classic architectural details including terrazzo floors, a stone faux fireplace (which may originally have been gas), graceful curves, and a hemicircular (a hemicircle is a structure in the form of a half-circle) dining nook.
