The Most Luxurious Condos in South Beach: 6 Towers Ranked by Price Per Square Foot

At the southern tip of Miami Beach, South Beach has spent decades as one of the world's most recognizable addresses — a blend of iconic Art Deco streetscapes, glassy oceanfront towers, and an international, year-round beach lifestyle. That mix of coastal culture and genuine trophy real estate has drawn buyers from around the globe and built one of the most competitive luxury markets anywhere in the country. If you want exclusivity, year-round beach and yachting access, and a short walk to Miami's best dining and culture, South Beach is the benchmark.

This guide ranks the most luxurious South Beach condos by average list price per square foot — pulled from our own live building data at the time of publishing — and adds our read on each building: architecture, amenities, and which buyer it actually fits. We close with where the neighborhood is heading and a quick take on dining and shopping within walking distance.

Why Choose South Beach?

South Beach is known for its exclusive pockets, celebrity sightings, and health-forward lifestyle — but residents will tell you it's also a genuinely diverse, livable neighborhood.

You're steps from historic Art Deco architecture, top-tier dining, year-round events, and a relaxed, outdoor-first shopping scene, with a strong roster of public and private schools. Getting around is easy: scenic walks, bike rides, and Miami Beach's free citywide trolley cover most daily needs. For the mainland, head west via the MacArthur Causeway (about 20–30 minutes to Downtown outside rush hour), or take the Venetian Causeway or the 41st Street causeway toward Midtown and the Design District.

The most exclusive sliver of the neighborhood is South of Fifth — the gated, low-key enclave below 5th Street that's home to several of the buildings on this list and a high concentration of the area's highest-net-worth residents. For how South Beach compares to the rest of the barrier island, see our South Beach vs. Mid-Beach guide.

The Quick Comparison

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Price-per-square-foot figures are research-based averages from our live listing data at publication and move with the market and with whichever units happen to be listed. Treat them as a relative gauge of where each building trades, not a quote.

6. Five Park — The New Gateway Tower

The newest building on this list is also its tallest. Five Park rises 48 stories / 518 feet at 500 Alton Road, completed in 2025 and now the tallest tower in Miami Beach. It sits at the gateway to South Beach, co-developed by Terra and GFO Investments, designed by Arquitectonica with interiors by Anda Andrei.

With 226 residences ranging from roughly 1,434 to 6,000 square feet, Five Park is the most new-construction-forward option here — fresh finishes, the latest building systems, and an amenity program built for a contemporary buyer. The development is anchored by a 3-acre public park at its base, plus a private beach club with dedicated transport, a members' club level, and an extensive wellness and fitness program.

Best for: buyers who want brand-new construction, big modern floor plans, and resort-style amenities at the lowest entry $/sq ft on this list. It trades below the older trophy towers per foot today, which is part of the value argument for new product.

5. Continuum North — The Sister Tower on the Campus

Continuum North is the newer of the two Continuum towers — 37 stories at 50 S Pointe Drive, completed in 2008 with roughly 203 residences. It shares the same 12-acre, ~1,000-foot private beachfront campus as its sister tower, including the lagoon pools, the 25,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, the three-court tennis club, and the beach club.

It generally trades a notch below Continuum South per foot, which can make it the more efficient way onto the most coveted gated beachfront property in South of Fifth.

Best for: buyers who want the full Continuum amenity campus and South of Fifth address, with a slightly lower per-foot entry than the South tower.

4. Glass — The 10-Residence Boutique Statement

For buyers who want true scarcity, Glass is about as rare as it gets — an 18-story tower with just 10 residences at 120 Ocean Drive, completed in 2015. Developed by Terra and designed by acclaimed Miami architect Rene Gonzalez, it's a paradox of privacy and transparency: a shimmering glass volume steps from the sand in South of Fifth.

Most residences enjoy wraparound balconies with 360-degree views of sand, sky, and water, and the South of Fifth location puts South Pointe Park, the marina, and the neighborhood's best dining within an easy walk. Amenities include a private beach club, a pool deck with mezzanine, a full gym, a two-story spa and pavilion, and 24-hour security and valet.

Best for: buyers who prize extreme exclusivity — a building where you'll know all ten owners — over a deep amenity menu. Inventory is, by definition, almost never available.

3. Setai — The Hotel-Branded Icon

The Setai is one of South Beach's most recognizable ultra-luxury addresses — a 40-story oceanfront tower at 101 20th Street, completed in 2004, blending an Art Deco low-rise with a sleek modern tower. The building pairs roughly 159 residences with a five-star hotel, designed by South Florida's Touzet Studio.

The signature amenity is the trio of temperature-controlled infinity pools stepped through the courtyard, joined by a beachfront cabana and daybed program, a renowned spa, a fitness center, and on-site fine dining. Owners get full hotel-grade service layered onto a residential building — the reason Setai has held its place near the top of the South Beach market for two decades.

Best for: buyers who want hotel-branded service and a globally-known address with a long, proven resale track record.

2. Continuum South — The Gated Beachfront Benchmark

Continuum South has been one of Miami Beach's most prestigious addresses year after year — the proof point being how consistently it holds value. The 42-story tower at 100 S Pointe Drive was completed in 2002 with roughly 318 residences, anchoring the southern tip of the beach.

It sits on a 12-acre gated campus with more than 1,000 feet of private beachfront, resort-grade lagoon pools and cabanas, a 25,000-square-foot spa and fitness center, and a three-court tennis club. The South of Fifth setting borders family-friendly South Pointe Park and puts world-famous dining — Prime 112, Joe's Stone Crab, Smith & Wollensky — and the Miami Beach Marina within walking distance.

Best for: buyers who want the most established, amenity-rich gated beachfront product in South of Fifth, with two decades of resale data behind it.

1. Apogee South Beach — The Most Exclusive Address

At the very top sits Apogee South Beach — and it isn't close on a per-foot basis. The 22-story tower at 800 S Pointe Drive, completed in 2008 by The Related Group and designed by Sieger Suarez, holds just 67 residences — one of the lowest unit counts of any major South Beach building.

What makes Apogee the benchmark for exclusivity is the residence design itself: most are half-floor or full-floor homes with private two-car garages on the residential floors, semi-private elevator landings, floor-to-ceiling glass, and oversized terraces with summer kitchens and unobstructed bay-and-ocean views. It's a building engineered around space, privacy, and discretion rather than amenity square footage.

The per-foot premium reflects that. (A note on the data: active inventory at Apogee is extremely thin — at publication, the single listed residence is a roughly $78M penthouse, which pushes the average $/sq ft far above the rest of the list. Even setting that outlier aside, Apogee has consistently been the highest per-foot building in South of Fifth.)

Best for: buyers for whom privacy, space, and scarcity outrank everything else — the smallest neighbor count and the highest finish-per-foot in South Beach.

Honorable Mention: Monad Terrace — The Architect's Building

It didn't crack the top six on price per square foot, but Monad Terrace is the most architecturally significant building of the group. Completed in 2021 at 1300 Monad Terrace on the bay side of South Beach, it's the first Miami residence by Pritzker Prize laureate Jean Nouvel (Ateliers Jean Nouvel), developed by JDS. Just 59 residences across two all-glass volumes, organized around a central reflecting lagoon, with a sawtooth glass façade, climbing native-plant gardens, and private rooftop pools on the penthouses. For buyers who weight design pedigree above per-foot ranking, it belongs in the conversation.

Eating & Shopping in South Beach

A few of the neighborhood's anchors, most within a short walk or drive:

• South of Fifth dining — Prime 112, Joe's Stone Crab, Smith & Wollensky, and the Miami Beach Marina, all clustered near the Continuum/Apogee/Glass corner
• Lincoln Road — the open-air pedestrian shopping and dining promenade in the heart of South Beach
• Ocean Drive & Collins Avenue — the Art Deco core, cafés, and beachfront energy
• South Pointe Park — the green tip of the island, with walking paths and the jetty walk

The Bottom Line

South Beach rewards buyers who want a globally-recognized address with the beach, the marina, and the island's best dining at their doorstep. The buildings above are the top of that market, and each makes a different case:

• Apogee for privacy, space, and the highest per-foot exclusivity
• Continuum South & North for the gated, amenity-rich beachfront campus
• Setai for hotel-branded service and an iconic name
• Glass for 10-residence scarcity
• Five Park for brand-new construction and modern floor plans
• Monad Terrace for architect-driven design

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