Ocean House · #U-0501

Ocean House at 125 Ocean Drive occupies the South of Fifth oceanfront block where the 1946 Walburne Hotel -- a Streamline Moderne building designed to resemble a 1950s ocean liner -- once stood. The boutique Ocean House condominium opened in 2012 with roughly 26 residences, designed by Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates and styled to honor the ocean-liner profile of the original Walburne. Ocean House preserves the historic Art Deco facade on the Ocean Drive elevation, with the new tower stepping back behind the restored frontage. Residences at Ocean House include flow-through layouts, private elevators that open directly into home foyers, 10-foot ceilings, custom Bulthaup or equivalent kitchens, Italian stone flooring, and oversized terraces that face directly onto Lummus Park, South Pointe Park, and the Atlantic. The Ocean Drive address at Ocean House puts the building directly opposite Lummus Park and the South Pointe Park beach access, within a five-minute walk of Joe's Stone Crab, Prime 112, Milos, and the Smith & Wollensky terrace overlooking Government Cut. The South Pointe Pier, the SoFi restaurant cluster on Washington Avenue, and the Continuum bay walk are within three blocks of Ocean House. The Art Deco District begins at Fifth Street and runs north past Ocean Drive's Carlyle, Breakwater, Tides, and Colony hotels, with Lummus Park, the lifeguard towers, and the Boardwalk linking the building to Lincoln Road in a 15-minute walk. MacArthur Causeway access at Fifth Street is two blocks west on Alton Road, putting Brickell City Centre and the Mandarin Oriental Brickell Key within a 10-minute drive. Ocean House delivers a service-heavy program for a boutique-scale building: a private oceanfront pool deck with cabanas and full beach service, a 24-hour fitness center, a spa treatment room, a residents' library and lounge, a private wine cellar with tasting room, 24-hour concierge, valet, porter staff, and ground-floor retail. Private storage and climate-controlled wine lockers come with each residence at Ocean House, and unit-specific terraces include outdoor kitchens in select penthouses. The combination of the preserved Walburne facade, the low unit count, and direct Lummus Park frontage makes Ocean House one of the more architecturally distinctive South of Fifth oceanfront addresses.