The Standard Residences Midtown Miami: 2026 Pre-Construction Buyer's Guide

The Standard Residences, Midtown Miami is the first ground-up, standalone residential project from the The Standard hotel brand anywhere in the world. The 12-story, 228-unit tower at 3100 NE 1st Avenue received its temporary certificate of occupancy and started closings in April 2026, making it the first new residential building delivered in Midtown Miami in nearly a decade.

The project is a four-way collaboration: Rosso Development and Midtown Development as the South Florida sponsors, Standard International as the brand operator (acquired by Hyatt Hotels Corporation in October 2024), and Arquitectonica as the design architect. Interiors come from Urban Robot Associates with The Standard's in-house design team. Landscape architecture is by Naturalficial.

Floor plans run from studios near 432 square feet to two-bedrooms around 965 square feet, originally priced from roughly $400,000 at the entry studios. Owners get a 30-day-minimum flexible rental program -- usable up to 12 times per year -- plus access to The Standard's "Friends with Benefits" program for preferred pricing at the brand's hotels worldwide.

View The Standard Residences Midtown building page for current pricing, floor plans, and available units.

The Quick Take

Where is The Standard Residences?

The site sits at 3100 NE 1st Avenue, on the NE 1st Avenue corridor in Midtown Miami, the grid between roughly NE 36th and NE 29th Streets. Specific orientation:

• The Shops at Midtown (Target, Marshalls, Sephora, Trader Joe's, West Elm) anchor N Miami Avenue one block west
• Wynwood's NW 29th Street gallery and brewery corridor starts three blocks south
• The Miami Design District is three blocks north, with Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Chanel, Dior, and the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami
• Edgewater and Biscayne Bay are one block east, with Margaret Pace Park on the bayfront
• The Adrienne Arsht Center and Downtown Miami are 8-12 minutes south
• Brickell is roughly 12 minutes south
• Miami International Airport is about 15 minutes via I-195

Worth flagging that this is Midtown Miami, not Midtown Doral on the west side of Miami-Dade County. The two are 25 minutes apart and have nothing to do with each other.

This is one of the few Miami neighborhoods where daily errands, dinner, and a gallery walk happen on foot. The closest Trader Joe's in greater Downtown sits a block away at 3191 NE 1st Avenue in the Gio Midtown building -- the same Trader Joe's that opened in July 2022 and that serves Downtown, Edgewater, MiMo, Midtown, Wynwood, and Allapattah.

Who's Behind The Standard Residences

The development is a partnership of three operators:

• Rosso Development -- Miami-based developer led by Carlos Rosso, formerly president of Related Group's Condominium Division
• Midtown Development -- the original master developer of Midtown Miami, which transformed the rail yards north of Wynwood into the current grid in the mid-2000s
• Standard International -- the New York-based hospitality group that operates The Standard Hotels, Bunkhouse Hotels, and the LINE brand

The brand context matters. The Standard Hotels was founded in 1999 by Andre Balazs with the opening of The Standard, Hollywood on the Sunset Strip, originally housed in the 1962 Thunderbird Motel that Balazs had bought and remodeled. The brand expanded through The Standard Downtown LA (2002), the Standard High Line in New York's Meatpacking District (acquired by Standard International for $400 million in 2014), and properties in Miami Beach, London, Bangkok, Maldives, Ibiza, Hua Hin, Singapore, and Mexico City.

In 2013, Balazs sold an 80% stake in the brand to Standard International. He stepped down from the board in 2017. In August 2024, Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced its acquisition of Standard International, including The Standard, Bunkhouse, and LINE brands; the deal closed in October 2024, integrating all current and pipeline properties into the World of Hyatt loyalty program.

The Midtown Miami project, in development since well before the Hyatt transaction, retains the Rosso/Midtown/Standard structure. It is the brand's first ground-up residential project as a stand-alone product rather than a hotel-condo conversion.

Architecture and Design

Arquitectonica is the architect. The Miami-based firm, founded in 1977 by Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Hope Spear, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Hervin Romney, is the most prolific designer of large-scale Miami residential towers. For The Standard Residences, the practice produced a 12-story massing sized for the Midtown grid -- mid-rise, not the 50-plus-story towers that Arquitectonica is now known for on the Edgewater and Brickell waterfronts.

The exterior reads in a clean glass-and-textured-precast vocabulary, with a 4,000-square-foot double-height lobby at the corner of NE 1st Avenue. Urban Robot Associates handled interior design in collaboration with Standard International's in-house team; Naturalficial designed the landscape across the rooftop and amenity floors.

Residences carry 9-foot ceilings, wood-grain porcelain flooring, floor-to-ceiling impact-resistant glass, custom Italian kitchens with Bosch appliance packages and stone counters, hotel-inspired bathrooms with glass-enclosed showers, and smart home pre-wiring for keyless entry and climate control.

Residences

The verified specifications:

• 228 residences across 12 stories
• Studio to two-bedroom layouts, including a one-bed-plus-den floor plan
• ~432 to ~965 square feet per residence
• 9-foot ceilings
• Wood-grain porcelain flooring
• Floor-to-ceiling impact glass
• Custom Italian cabinetry in kitchens
• Bosch appliance package
• Stone counters
• Smart home pre-wiring with keyless entry and climate control
• Fully finished, move-in-ready delivery

Original pre-construction pricing started near $400,000 for entry studios; reported ranges ran up toward $1 million for larger two-bedrooms. With the building post-TCO and closings underway since April 2026, the marketing was reported as nearly sold out at delivery. Confirm current resale and developer inventory directly with the sales team.

The Brand Heritage

The Standard's brand identity matters here because it dictates the amenity stack. Andre Balazs built The Standard around a specific aesthetic -- ironic, playful, design-forward, with rooftop pools and bars, music programming, and a willingness to push social spaces in directions traditional luxury hotels do not. The Standard, Hollywood famously installed a live "human terrarium" behind the reception desk; the Standard High Line built a glass-walled hotel cantilevered over the High Line park.

For the Midtown Miami residences, Standard International translated that identity into:

• A rooftop pool and bar structure (Solana by Juvia Group)
• Indoor pickleball that converts to a disco room
• A karaoke bar
• A screening room
• A co-working floor with Zoom rooms
• A pet grooming spa

Whether that resonates depends entirely on the buyer profile. The Standard is not a traditional luxury hotel chain, and the residences are not a traditional luxury condo. They are a lifestyle product with hospitality programming.

Amenities

The Standard programs roughly 34,000 square feet of amenity space across five floors, with a 4,000-square-foot double-height lobby at the entry and roughly 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

Rooftop

• 60-foot resort-style sunset pool
• Whirlpool spa
• Outdoor rain showers
• Solana -- a ~6,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant and bar by Juvia Group, with a European Riviera-inspired menu and a dedicated street-level entrance, designed by Manuel Clavel Rojo (AD100)

Wellness and fitness

• Indoor-outdoor fitness center
• Yoga and stretch studios
• Outdoor yoga terrace
• Meditation studio
• Infrared saunas
• Indoor cycling studio

Social and entertainment

• Indoor air-conditioned pickleball court that doubles as a disco room
• Karaoke bar
• Screening room
• Game lounge with billiards and poker tables

Work

• Co-working floor with Zoom rooms and a private boardroom

Building services

• The Standard Cafe at ground level
• 24/7 concierge and security
• On-demand housekeeping, dry cleaning, grocery delivery
• Pet grooming spa
• Bicycle storage and repair station

The "Friends with Benefits" program extends owner privileges to The Standard properties around the world.

How The Standard Residences Compares

The Standard slots into the lifestyle-branded category of Miami pre-construction and resale, alongside other hotel-brand residential product. A quick frame:

The Standard distinctions:

• Lowest entry-price branded-residence option in greater Downtown Miami
• Smallest floor plates of the branded set -- studio-and-one-bedroom-heavy
• Genuinely walkable urban location between Wynwood, the Design District, and Edgewater
• Brand identity is design-forward and casual rather than formal luxury
• 30-day flex rentals, not full short-term rental

For investors who want one-night Airbnb rentals, 501 FIRST Residences downtown is the more direct option. For buyers who want a low-six-figure entry into a hotel-branded condo in a walkable Miami neighborhood, this is the most credible option in 2026.

The Neighborhood

Midtown Miami is the grid that sits between Wynwood (south) and the Design District (north), wrapping around the Shops at Midtown anchor. Worth knowing what's within reach.

Shops at Midtown (one block west on N Miami Avenue)

• Target, Marshalls, Sephora, Trader Joe's, West Elm, Nordstrom Rack
• Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, Mercato della Pescheria, Sushi Garage

Wynwood (3 blocks south)

• Wynwood Walls
• NW 29th Street gallery walk
• Wynwood Brewing, J. Wakefield Brewing, Veza Sur
• KYU, Coyo Taco, Beaker & Gray, 1-800-Lucky food hall

Miami Design District (3 blocks north)

• Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Gucci, Balenciaga
• Institute of Contemporary Art Miami (free admission)
• Michael's Genuine Food & Drink, Swan, MIA Market

Edgewater and the Bay (1 block east)

• Margaret Pace Park (8-acre bayfront park with tennis courts and fitness equipment)
• Biscayne Bay shoreline

Downtown and culture

• Adrienne Arsht Center -- 10 minutes
• Perez Art Museum Miami and Frost Science -- 10-12 minutes
• Kaseya Center -- 12 minutes
• Miami Worldcenter -- 10 minutes

Midtown's day-to-day works without a car. The car comes back into play for South Beach (15 minutes via the Julia Tuttle Causeway), the airport (15 minutes), or south to Brickell.

FAQ

Is The Standard Residences Midtown Miami finished?

Yes. The building received its temporary certificate of occupancy and started closings in April 2026. The brand officially debuted the project as its first ground-up standalone residential building worldwide in mid-2026.

Can I rent my unit short-term at The Standard Residences?

With restrictions. The rental program allows leases with a 30-day minimum for up to 12 times per year. This is not an Airbnb-style one-night program; it is a flex program designed for pied-a-terre owners and global travelers. For true short-term rentals in Downtown Miami, see 501 FIRST Residences.

Who developed The Standard Residences?

Rosso Development (Carlos Rosso, formerly of Related Group's Condominium Division), Midtown Development (the original Midtown master developer), and Standard International (the New York-based brand operator, acquired by Hyatt Hotels Corporation in October 2024).

Who is the architect of The Standard Residences?

Arquitectonica is the design architect. Interiors are by Urban Robot Associates in collaboration with The Standard's in-house team. Landscape is by Naturalficial.

How much do The Standard Residences cost?

Original pre-construction pricing started near $400,000 for entry studios. The building has been reported as nearly sold out at delivery; current resale and remaining developer inventory should be verified directly with the sales team.

How many units does The Standard Residences have?

228 condominium residences across 12 stories, ranging from studios near 432 square feet to two-bedrooms around 965 square feet.

What is Solana at The Standard Residences?

Solana is the ~6,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant and bar from Juvia Group, with a European Riviera-inspired menu, a dedicated street-level entrance, and a 60-foot resort-style sunset pool adjacent. The space is designed by Manuel Clavel Rojo.

Is The Standard Residences pet-friendly?

Yes. The building includes an on-site pet grooming spa and is structured as a pet-friendly building.

Bottom Line

The Standard Residences Midtown Miami delivered in April 2026 as the brand's first ground-up standalone residential project worldwide -- a 12-story, 228-unit Arquitectonica tower in one of Miami's only true walk-everywhere neighborhoods. The Solana rooftop by Juvia Group, the indoor pickleball, the karaoke bar, and the Friends with Benefits owner program signal a lifestyle product, not a traditional luxury condo. For buyers who want the lowest entry-price into a hotel-branded condo in greater Downtown Miami with a flexible rental option, this is the most direct delivered option in 2026.

Want a Data-Driven Read on The Standard Residences?

If you are evaluating a Standard Residences purchase -- floor plan, exposure, pricing, or the 30-day rental program -- reach out to Kyle Benjamin, REHub Miami.

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Disclaimer: This article is for general informational purposes. Pricing, floor plans, finish packages, amenity specifications, and rental program details can change between launch and delivery. Always verify directly with the official sales team and developer materials before making any reservation or purchase decision.