Evaluating the Efficiency of Hurricane-Impact Sliding Glass Doors at The Delmore Surfside

In Surfside, the sliding glass door is not a decorative afterthought. It is a primary building-envelope decision that determines comfort, durability, insurance posture, and day-to-day livability. This editorial examines what “efficiency” really means for hurricane-impact sliding glass doors in a luxury coastal residence and how a buyer can evaluate performance without relying on marketing shorthand. Rather than assume a single metric, we break efficiency into four buyer-relevant categories: storm resilience, air and water management, acoustic calm, and operational longevity. We also outline practical questions to ask during a purchase process and what to look for in drawings, specifications, and mockups when available.

Surfside’s Oceanfront View Hierarchy: Flow-Through Exposure, Frontage, and the New Standard of Privacy

In Surfside, “the view” is not a single sightline. It is a composite of orientation, site width, glazing strategy, and how much space the building has to breathe. This MILLION Luxury editorial compares three of the area’s most discussed oceanfront addresses through the lens that matters most to sophisticated buyers: exposure.

Bal Harbour & Surfside Oceanfront: How the Collins Avenue Corridor Is Evolving in 2025

Along the northern stretch of Miami Beach, the oceanfront corridor shared by Bal Harbour and Surfside is entering a new ultra boutique era. Final developable sites on Collins Avenue are giving way to design driven, low density projects such as Rivage Bal Harbour, The Delmore Surfside, Ocean House Surfside and Surf Row Residences, all shaped by heightened expectations around engineering, wellness and services. This editorial maps how those projects, alongside established icons, are redefining what it means to live on this shoreline in 2025.