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.
The New Luxury of Safety: Serenity Zones, Invisible Security, and the High-End Future of Protected Living
Ultra-luxury home security is evolving from conspicuous panic rooms into discreet, design-led sanctuary spaces. For South Florida buyers, the smartest plans layer building, neighborhood, and in-residence protections while preserving beauty, wellness, and daily ease.
Historic Preservation in Miami Beach: The Quiet Tax, Design, and Value Play Behind South Florida’s Most Coveted Addresses
In Miami Beach and greater South Florida, preservation is no longer only a cultural obligation. For luxury buyers and developers, it has become a disciplined strategy that can unlock tax advantages, streamline a property’s narrative value, and protect scarcity in neighborhoods where new waterfront land is effectively finite. This MILLION Luxury editorial explains how federal and local preservation frameworks intersect with design oversight, and why the region’s best “historic-meets-new” projects are increasingly defined by what they choose not to erase.
The Art Deco Revival: New Luxury Developments Embracing Miami’s Historic Glamour
Miami’s next wave of luxury is rediscovering an old language: the crisp geometry, luminous surfaces, and cinematic entrances associated with Art Deco. Today’s revival is less about replica details and more about translating heritage into elevated, livable design, with modern planning, privacy, and a stronger sense of arrival. For South Florida buyers, the appeal is emotional and strategic: a home that photographs like a classic, hosts like a resort, and still feels of-the-moment. Here is how to read the trend with a collector’s eye.
Top 10 Luxury Penthouses in South Florida for Sale in 2026
South Florida’s 2026 penthouse market is defined by a small circle of trophy residences stretching from Miami Beach and Brickell to West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale. Blending resort-grade services, iconic architecture and expansive private outdoor space, these ten homes-in-the-sky range from record-breaking hotel-branded towers to intimate oceanfront enclaves. Curated by MILLION Luxury for design-conscious collectors, the list highlights both pre-construction opportunities and newly completed residences that pair privacy with panoramic water views, elevating South Florida into the first rank of global penthouse destinations.
Historic Preservation in Miami Beach: What It Means for Luxury Home Rebuilds and Additions
Miami Beach's historic districts are far more than a photogenic backdrop. For luxury homeowners and Pre-construction buyers, preservation rules shape every rebuild, addition and new tower in Miami Beach and beyond. This article explains how the Historic Preservation Board operates, what recent Oceanfront case studies reveal and how Coral Gables and Palm Beach apply their own versions of preservation. The result is a practical, aspirational guide to aligning design ambitions with long term value in South Florida's most desirable neighborhoods.
