What $9M buys across Miami

Curbed Comparisons, lavish home edition

By Josh Baumgard Updated Feb 28, 2017, 2:24pm EST

Aerial view from outside an upcoming condo with the ocean in the background. You can see three stories of floor-to-ceiling windows and units with open layouts. — Rendering of Eighty Seven Park

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount across various Miami neighborhoods. Is one man's studio another man's townhouse? Let's find out!

For today’s budget we’re swelling up to $9 million and looking at properties in Miami Beach, Venetian Islands, Surfside, and Fort Lauderdale.

The only homes considered were newer listings, hitting the market within the last three months, with water views.

Let’s start to the south.

Living room of a 25th-floor unit at a South Beach high-rise showing beautiful curved windows with the ocean in the background and neutral tones, with cow rugs

↑ Miami Beach: 100 South Pointe Drive #2505

$8.95 million

Pros: Amazing views behind a curved wall of floor-to-ceiling windows at the Continuum.

Cons: It’s a little cowcentric—those rugs—and not even 3,000 square feet.

↑ Venetian Islands: 1370 South Venetian Way

$8.9 million

This 4,000-square-foot home on San Marco Island features glorious bay views to the south, a living room with towering ceilings, and a rooftop deck.

Two photos. One of an aerial view of an upcoming luxury condo in Miami Beach with a glassy terrace and ocean in the background and the other from inside the kitchen with an open layout, nice island, and ocean views in the distance.

↑ Surfside: 8701 Collins Avenue

$8.64 million

Here’s a 3,460-square-foot unit at the upcoming Eighty Seven Park designed by Pritzker Award-winner Renzo Piano. It has three bedrooms and three and a half baths.