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Resi roundup: Waterfront luxury sales in Miami-Dade
Sellers were spec developers, lighting moguls and art collectors
Waterfront deals dominated Miami-Dade County’s luxury residential market at the end of the slow summer season.
In this latest roundup of deals, the sellers were spec developers, lighting moguls and art collectors, with sale prices ranging from $11 million to $14 million for condos and homes. The sales were on Fisher Island and in Miami and North Miami.
In Miami, Edgewater Capital Investments sold a waterfront spec house at 3648 Matheson Avenue to Noah Levy for $14 million, records show. Edgewater Capital Investments principal Manny Mato signed on behalf of ECI Matheson LLC, a Florida entity, according to property records.
ECI Matheson had bought the 0.4-acre property for $2.2 million in 2018, records show. The firm tore down the existing home and completed a 6,700-square-foot house with six bedrooms, six bathrooms and two half-bathrooms earlier this year. The property has 160 feet of waterfront, and includes a pool and a dock.
Jorge Uribe of One Sotheby’s International Realty had the listing, and Jaclyn Bild of Douglas Elliman brought the buyer. It listed for $14.8 million in May, Redfin shows.
Elsewhere on the waterfront, James and Vilma Knips sold a spec mansion at 13390 Biscayne Bay Drive in North Miami to Maxim Barskiy for $12 million, records show.
James Knips owns lighting firm LED are Us, and Vilma Knips is a daughter of the Vilariño family, which owns Las Vegas Cuban Cuisine restaurants, Ku-Va Restaurant & Bar and Vila’s Mexican & Cuban restaurant. Barskiy is a board member of Polyn Technology, a London-based tech firm, LinkedIn shows.
The Knips bought the 0.3-acre property for $1.5 million in 2019 and demolished the existing home, records show. They built an 8,200-square-foot mansion with six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and two half-bathrooms, completed this year, according to the listing. The property spans 163 feet of waterfront, and has a pool, dock and putting green.
Dina Goldentayer and Alexander Knips of Douglas Elliman had the listing, and Dmitry Maccabee of Global Luxury Realty brought the buyer. It listed for $13.9 million in April, Redfin shows.
The Knips also own a house at 13155 Biscayne Bay Drive in North Miami, which they bought for $5.6 million in 2021, records show.
On Fisher Island, art collectors and climate philanthropists Sam Rose and Julia Walters sold unit 7111 in Palazzo Del Mare for $11 million, records show. The buyer was Cocomarine LLC, a Florida entity managed by Jorge Bernstein and Soledad Dayan, according to public records. Bernstein helms Interterra Investments Group.
Rose is a real estate developer and lawyer. He and Walters have endowed a namesake prize for environmental activism at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. They are notable art collectors: In 2018, Christie’s auctioned four Picasso paintings owned by the couple. Their estimated value at the time was $28 million, according to the firm’s website.
They bought the 4,000-square-foot Fisher Island condo for $8.4 million in 2017. Built in 2007, the unit has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and one half-bathroom. The couple listed it for $12.5 million in April, Redfin shows.
Elena Bluntzer of One Sotheby’s International Realty represented both sides of the deal.