Top 8 Trophy Deals Defining South Florida Luxury Real Estate in 2025
From $225 million waterfront assemblages to nine-figure off-market Coconut Grove trades and record-setting condo penthouses, 2025 reinforced South Florida’s position as a global trophy-market with its own rules of privacy, cash, and scarcity.
South Florida Trophy-Home Pricing When There Are No Comps
In a market where nine-figure sales can reset expectations overnight, the hardest part of buying or selling a trophy home is often proving the price. Here is how South Florida’s micro-markets, waterfront premiums, and branded condominium benchmarks shape value when traditional comparables fall short.
Larry Page’s Coconut Grove Purchases and the New Billionaire Playbook in South Florida
Google co-founder Larry Page’s reported ~$173.4 million two-home buying spree in Coconut Grove has become a case study in how ultra-wealthy buyers now approach South Florida: not as a single trophy acquisition, but as a portfolio strategy optimized for privacy, flexibility, and long-term positioning. Framed against parallel moves by other high-profile buyers and a renewed national conversation about wealth taxes, these transactions help explain why Miami’s most guarded enclaves and branded, service-forward residences continue to attract global capital.
Mediterranean Revival vs. Tropical Modern: The Two Design Languages Shaping South Florida Luxury
From Coral-gables courtyards to Brickell’s glass-forward skyline, South Florida’s top-tier buyers tend to gravitate toward two architectural dialects. Mediterranean Revival delivers heritage, romance, and a sense of established prestige. Tropical Modern answers the climate with shade, airflow, and indoor–outdoor continuity. This MILLION Luxury editorial lays out what each style signals, how it lives day to day, and how to evaluate them through the lens of neighborhood fit, renovation pathways, and long-term desirability.
