As detailed in the the December issue of Forbes Life magazine, ” Show Off”  properties will continue to experience strong sales.  International buyers are expected and are actually unaffected by the current housing conditions.  Those buyers with rubles, pounds or euros to spend are spending it in Miami on luxury oceanfront condos.  They take their time making up their minds but when they do they usually pay cash.

The three properties mentioned in the Forbes article are:

 CHI- a condo tower planned in Sunny Isles, north of South Beach. 

  • Show Off Factor: Each of the 38 Full Floor 4700 square foot apartments will include its own private mineral-water pool
  • Price $5.2 million-$7 million

Chi Miami Condo

Regalia- Unobstructed, roundhouse views and a liquid wavelike facade.  A tower of 40 full floor condos breaking ground in Sunny Isles.

  • Show Off Factor- an undulating 2100 square foot terrace wrapping around each unit.
  • Price: $7million to $14 million

Regalia Ocean View

Cipriani Club Residences-

The Cipriani Club Residences- 65 condos next door to a planned Cipriani hotel in South Beach-aims to house the Bellini crowd when they jet through Miami.

  • Show Off Factor: The 10,600 square foot penthouse will be offered at $33 million.
  • Price: $1.5 million to $33 million