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.
Solar, Storage, and EV Charging: The Next Quiet Luxury Upgrade in South Florida Real Estate
In South Florida’s top-tier market, energy resilience and EV readiness are moving from niche “green” upgrades to buyer-facing luxury amenities. From solar plus battery backup concepts to building-integrated photovoltaics and smarter charging strategies, today’s most future-minded residences are positioning the home as a personal power asset, not just a place to plug in.
Does a Starchitect Name Hold Value in South Florida Luxury Condos?
A discreet, buyer-oriented look at when signature architecture translates into real, durable value in South Florida, and when the premium is really about the full lifestyle product.
Post-Surfside Florida Condo Safety Laws: What Luxury Buyers Should Diligence Now
A discreet, buyer-forward guide to Florida’s post-Surfside condo safety framework, updated through HB 913 (2025), with practical implications for reserves, insurance, financing, and Miami-Dade recertification.
South Florida’s Trophy Market in 2025: When Record Sales Become the Story
In South Florida, the top of the market is not merely resilient. It is narrative-driven. From a $120 million Star Island trade reported as a Miami-Dade single-family record to an $86 million condo penthouse widely covered as the county’s priciest condominium sale, 2025 reinforced a modern truth: in the trophy tier, price is only part of the product. The rest is provenance, privacy, design authorship, and the ability for a residence to function as cultural capital. This MILLION Luxury editorial unpacks what the year’s headline deals reveal about how ultra-luxury is marketed, negotiated, and valued across Miami-beach and Palm-beach, and what sophisticated buyers and sellers should watch next.
Spec vs. Custom in South Florida Luxury: Certainty, Control, and the 2026 Timeline
In South Florida’s luxury market, the choice between a design-forward spec residence and a fully custom build is less about taste and more about risk, timing, and the kind of decision-making you want to live with. Here is how sophisticated buyers are weighing certainty versus control as 2026 approaches, and where branded, turnkey condominium living fits as a third path.
