Hollywood Beach’s Next Luxury Cycle: A Buyer’s Guide to New Development, Boutique Inventory, and Resale Reality

Hollywood Beach is moving into a new phase, with major institutional investment and more than $1 billion in reported development activity reshaping expectations for waterfront living in Broward. From the planned scale of Icon Beach Residences to ultra-boutique offerings like Bellamar, the market is expanding at the top end while resale dynamics normalize. Here is what sophisticated buyers should watch as 2026 approaches.

Miami Ultra-Luxury Real Estate in 2026: Where the Market Draws the Line

In South Florida’s top zip codes, “luxury” has become a broad label, while “ultra-luxury” is increasingly treated as its own tier with different price logic, buyer behavior, and product expectations. This editorial clarifies the working price bands, why branded residences and service platforms command a premium, and how micro-markets like Miami Beach and the private-island enclaves separate ordinary high-end from true trophy real estate.

Miami Beach’s Heritage-Luxury Moment: Art Deco Revival, Branded Residences, and the New Collins Avenue Standard

Miami Beach is entering a new cycle where preservation and ultra-luxury are no longer competing ideas. Along Collins Avenue, landmark restorations and hotel-branded residences are reshaping buyer expectations around service, identity, and scarcity, with projects like the Raleigh and Shore Club anchoring what the press has nicknamed “Billionaire’s Beach.” For end users and investors alike, the opportunity is less about chasing novelty and more about underwriting permanence: irreplaceable oceanfront land, cultural cachet, and operator-led lifestyle execution.

Top 8 Florida Legacy Estates That Still Define Luxury Value

From Vizcaya to Whitehall, Florida’s most storied estates reveal how architecture, provenance, and scarcity translate into modern luxury pricing power, especially in South Florida.

Sunny Isles Beach: From Motel Row to a Branded-Residence Skyline

Sunny Isles Beach has undergone one of South Florida’s most visible reinventions, evolving from mid-century Motel Row into a dense oceanfront market where branded residences, hotel-grade services, and statement architecture shape value.

Miami vs. the Caribbean: The New Second-Home Equation for Ultra-Wealthy Buyers

Miami’s second-home story has shifted from lifestyle upgrade to strategic positioning. In recent residential real estate analysis, Miami was ranked as the global epicenter for ultra-wealthy second homes, with roughly 13,200 ultra-high-net-worth individuals reported to own second homes here. At the same time, tax policy headlines, including a proposed California “Billionaire Tax Act” framework described as a one-time 5% excise tax on worldwide net worth above $1 billion, have sharpened the contrast between U.S. metros and offshore alternatives. For South Florida buyers, the real comparison is not “Miami or an island.” It is “Miami plus an island,” or “Miami as the operational base with optionality elsewhere.” The Caribbean remains compelling for privacy, seclusion, and residency pathways in certain jurisdictions. Yet Miami’s advantage is institutional: depth of healthcare, market liquidity and transparency, aviation and marine services, and a year-round social and cultural calendar. This is why the conversation has become less about pure escape and more about building a second-home portfolio that performs under scrutiny, whether that scrutiny is financial, familial, or geopolitical.