Miami Beach’s residential islands were largely created from Biscayne Bay during South Florida’s early development boom. Star, Palm and Hibiscus. The Venetian chain. The Sunset Islands. Much of this landscape did not exist in its present form a century ago. They emerged from the same extraordinary idea: create scarce residential land in Biscayne Bay. A […]
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Miami’s Waterfront Premium 2026: What $10M+ Home Sales Reveal About the Value of Water
In Miami luxury real estate, “waterfront” is one of the most valuable—and least precise—words in a listing. A home on a narrow canal is waterfront. So is an estate facing hundreds of feet of open Biscayne Bay. So is a Golden Beach residence directly on the Atlantic. All three may offer water behind the property. […]


