A private island · Brickell Key, Miami
Forty four private acres, 11 towers, and roughly 3,014 residences that trade on rules of their own. Whether you are buying in, selling, or you already live here and want to know what is going on, this is the record. Kept by an advisor who lives on the island.
In the order they were built, from the first tower in 1982 to the one still going up at the tip. Each entry carries the specification, the character, and the current availability.
520 Brickell Key Dr
770 Claughton Island Dr
540 Brickell Key Dr
888 Brickell Key Dr
800 Claughton Island Dr
701 Brickell Key Blvd
808 Brickell Key Dr
848 Brickell Key Dr
801 Brickell Key Blvd
901 Brickell Key Blvd
900 Brickell Key Blvd
1 Brickell Key Dr
Brickell Key is gated and privately patrolled around the clock. Nobody arrives here by accident, and that produces something rare this close to a major financial district.
You can walk the full loop of the promenade at night. Children ride bikes on it. Residents run the 1.3 mile trail around the water before work and know the faces they pass. Forty four acres of that, minutes from Brickell Avenue.
It is also finite. The island is built out, the land is man made, and no one is making more of it. Everything that will ever exist here already does, apart from one tower still going up at the tip.
Everything below is on Brickell Key itself, not across the bridge. This is the part people who have never set foot here cannot picture, and it is a real part of why residents stay.
Active listings. For anything on the island not yet on the market, and there is usually something, the answer comes by conversation rather than by search.
What is actually happening here: infrastructure, governance, construction and access. Written for residents as much as for buyers. Summarized from Brickell Key Master Association member communications, with my own read of what each item means if you own on the island.
The Master Association board adopted its 2027 budget on September 1st. Annual statements and payment instructions go out to owners over the coming weeks. If you own here and have moved, update your address with the association, since statements are mailed as well as emailed.
The seawall project is the single most consequential thing happening on this island, and the question I field most from buyers. As of the association's latest reporting: all permit applications are filed, local agencies have begun environmental review, and the engineering and project management team meets weekly with BKMA on schedule and budget. Assessment charges are being collected on both quarterly and monthly plans. A dedicated project website with documents and schedules has been announced. If you are buying here, ask me for the current assessment position on the specific unit. It varies, and it belongs in your underwriting.
Moss Construction is working through demolition of the remaining structures and foundations at the former Mandarin Oriental site, with intermittent concrete chipping and debris removal. Deep soil mixing has begun in parts of the site and will increase as debris clears. Expect construction activity at the tip of the island for some time, and expect it to reset the island's price ceiling when it delivers.
Source: Brickell Key Master Association (BKMA) member communications, summarized here. Official association notices and documents are at bkma.info. Nothing on this page is an association communication or speaks for the association.
I live on Brickell Key. That is the premise of this site and of how I work.
I am a Real Estate Advisor with Compass, specializing in luxury waterfront residences, investment acquisitions, and the particular micro market of this island. It is a market that rewards people who understand it line by line and punishes people who treat it as an extension of Brickell Avenue.
My work spans luxury condominiums, waterfront homes, development sites and investment acquisitions across Miami. The Key is where I am every day, and where the depth is.
Closed transactions within the towers of Brickell Key, both sides of the table. A selection.
Whether you are acquiring on the island, quietly testing what a residence would bring, or simply want an unvarnished read on a building. The conversation is private and costs nothing.
Louis Wintters
Real Estate Advisor · Compass