Miami Real Estate

Special invitation to preview  this exclusive University of Miami Community at Smathers Four Fillies Farm on Wednesday April 15, from 11:30 to 2:30.

This 5 bed/4 bath home is listed at $1,400,000.

Four Fillies is located at 11511 Red Road, EWM’s Open House is at 11414 Smathers Circle Once on the grounds….follow the EWM signs through the community.

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University of Miami qualified faculty members and medical affiliates can take advantage of an exclusive opportunity to live in the lush enclave of  Four Fillies Farm, private university housing  in the Pinecrest school district,  donated to the University by philanthropist and longtime trustee Frank Smathers Jr.  

Four Fillies Farm consists of 30 newly constructed villas built on 11 acres in the center of the bucolic 32-acre Smathers Estate located between Red Road  (SW 57th Avenue) and Old Cutler, in Pinecrest.  The additional 21 acres of surrounding grounds, rare plant life, extensive fruit groves and  natural hammock are maintained by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.  Gated, private, and  adjacent to the marina, this university setting is home to UM faculty and recruits.  Walking trails, swimming pool and hot tub, tennis court,  playground, workout room and clubhouse, privately gated Four Fillies offers acres of  tranquility.  Developed by MAMCO and designed and built by Breakstone,   Four Fillies has preserved, very much intact,  the natural environment of the estate… designing  the entire community in and around existing tropical plants and trees. 

Quality-built by internationally renown Breakstone,  most of the villas have already been sold, and are lived in.  A handful of homes are available.  All are GREEN CERTIFIED by the Florida Green Building Coalition, and  expected to perform 20-30% better on average than  the Florida Energy Code,  which should  provide significant savings. 

Current  and future qualified UM recruits and faculty can apply their SAM Program Incentives to any property in Four Fillies Farm. 

The homes currently available  are two-story,  4-5 bedrooms,  priced at $1,145,000 – $1, 595,00 (with a particularly lovely 5 bedroom available for $1,400.000.00)… Every home in Four Fillies offers a guaranteed buy-back program from the University, advantageous for buyers, as it encourages and enables highly competitive loan options from lenders. 

There are several floor plans.  EWM Realtors has a beautiful two-story home in listed in Four Fillies,  at the end of Smathers Road, elegant with high ceilings… flowing open living areas and a lush expanse of  back yard ‘orchard’,  priced at $1,400,000.00   It’s a regal property at the southern edge of Four Fillies,  5-bedrooms with a 2-car garage.   The entirety of  Four Fillies was previously available solely through MAMCO , the asset company for the University of Miami.  EWM Realtors can now assist you  with any of  homes available in Four Fillies, now that construction is complete. Smathers Four Fillies homes are not listed through the MLS,  as they are deed restricted to University of Miami qualified faculty members.  For additional information, or to see  any Four Fillies properties, contact  either Vicki  Restivo at 305 793-1365  or Alexandra Restivo at 305 632-0164.

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Located in the heart of Brickell, this contemporary unit in the NeoVertika has much to offer. Enjoy stunning views of Downtown and the Miami River from your double balcony. Dazzle your guests in this trendy New York-Style building with a Miami twist.

The unit has 1 bedroom and one bath overlooking the river and boasts fabulous city views. The building features a rooftop pool, an impressive gym and a volcanic rock sauna.

Click here for a brochure. Contact Alexandra Restivo at 305.632.0164 to see this great unit or for any of your real estate needs.

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Location is  everything!   New listing in Coral Gables puts you right next to UM!  This four bedroom, three bath home , beautifully updated and available for lease, is situated just north of the traffic circle on San Amaro Drive, right  up the block from the University’s intramural fields..

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Just minutes from Doctor’s Hospital, the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, and UM’s Intramural fields, this two story home is tastefully updated,featuring  20″x20″ marble floors and a beautiful Italian Kitchen designed by Mia Cucina/Scavolini…  with  spacious, open living areas, and high ceilings. The four bedrooms are  on the second floor.  Living areas are on the ground level, as is one of the three full baths. Two stories  high…with balconies on both the front and the back, wood decks on either side of the pool, there’s  a one car garage. The home features a pool with a rather unique feature…it’s just outside the dining room…literally.  DIVE IN!   The backyard area features a deck and patio,  perfect for entertaining,  grilling, and unwinding.

Available for lease at $4,000 per month, with a one year minimum lease, it’s  conveniently located adjacent to the University of Miami,  and only a few  blocks from Doctors Hospital.  This Coral Gables address offers easy access  both the Gables &  to South Miami, with the convenience of living near the University and Doctors Hospital.

Call Alexandra Restivo at 305.632.0164 or Vicki Restivo at 305.793.1365 or  email Alexandra or Vicki to lease this home …or to explore other any other real estate needs you may have.

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 If you missed out on this house, there’s a similar one for sale now in Palmetto Bay… bigger… and for less money.  The one pictured above, with 4,273 square feet of living space,  sold in June of 2008 for $830,000 on 8598 SW 168 Terrace… having multiple offers on it. 

Take a look at the home for sale below.  7469 SW 168 Terrace in Banyan Woods  is  a spacious  five bedroom home… SIMILAR  in many ways to the one pictured above … It’s listed for considerably less.  At $799,000  it’s the best priced property currently available  in Banyan Woods… on a corner lot …  walled  and gated! [slideshow=6] 

With  high ceilings throughout the living areas,  it is open and spacious… with a comfortable flow.  Double doors open to the foyer and  sunken living room… with views of the pool patio and garden beyond.   The  focal point of the family room  is the working marble  fireplace.  In the  kitchen there’s  a cook island,  in black granite, a snack counter and an eat-in area  by the bay windows looking out onto the pool.  A separate formal dining room  faces the front of the home … on a ”circular cul-de-sac” .  Floors are a combination of tile and marble.  Listed for $799,000… 7469 SW 168th Terrace is a split five bedroom / four bath home :  with one bedroom separate and apart from the other four.  The private back yard is both walled and fenced, and jutts up against SW 168th Street.  It’s pristine pool,  and two separate, covered  patio areas are perfect for entertaining… with domed, screened-in  pool enclosure … removable kiddie safety pool-fence… an grassy area… and basketball court. 7469 SW 168th Terrace consists of 4,729 square feet  under air… a two car garage… and is located  just west of Old Cutler…  around the bend from the quaint Starbucks on Old Cutler… in Palmetto Bay… aptly dubbed the “Village of Parks”.  

Just the block,  7399 SW 168 Terrace  is listed for sale as well… the  identical model to this one… but with a rock fountain in the front, awnings… and a carport. 

For more information on living in  the Village of Palmetto Bay, contact Vicki and Alexandra Restivo, Luxury Home Marketing Specialists  with EWM Realtors, or visit www.MiamiRealEstateCafe.com  a comprehensive website for those considering making South Florida “home”!  We welcome your comments,  your questions… and of course, your referrals!

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Just listed is a fabulous apartment at the Murano Grande located at 400 Alton Road in Miami Beach. This 14th floor beauty features the utmost in style and elegance with 20×20 blue limestone floors and marble kitchen countertops, top of the line appliances. The master bathroom features alpine snow quartz vanity top and mayorca limestone floors and walls. Designer light fixtures and frameless shower doors complete the beautiful interior. With views to the ocean and easy access to the bay and marina, the unit is the ultimate chic place to live. The Murano Grande is one of a handful of uber chic, sought-after SoBe condo highrises in the area south of Fifth. Thirty eight stories high, with 270 units, The Murano Grande offers valet as well as self-parking,  tennis court, spa, massage rooms, fitness center,  bayfront swimming deck with a private cafe, views of the yachts and marina, an entertainment level, pool table,  personal 24 hour concierge service, and easy access to the pedestrian walkway that will take you around the point to the beach. One elevator per two units provides the ultimate in privacy. Unit 1405 is for sale at $850,000 and also available for lease at $3,500.

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Contact Alexandra Restivo at 305.632.0164 or Vicki Restivo at 305.793.1365 for further information on this property, or for any of your South Florida real estate needs.

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Outdoor terraces & views of the Biltmore: A dusty bottle of Sassicaia from the wine cellar. Armagnac by the fireplace. A casual evening with Read the rest of this entry »

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Miami has the largest ski club, as well as the biggest youth regatta in the nation. Miami’s ultra transient, metropolitan hub and mecca for international trade may have lured you here for business, but it’s the Miami lifestyle that pulls you in and perhaps what keeps you here.  You may long for waterfront, or water views, or the sand between your toes. You may yearn to be yachting (or living aboard one), playing tennis or the golf … Miami has it all…. (well, other than mountains.)… Yearning for snow skiing (okay… read on!) Read the rest of this entry »

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With homes in Coral Gables priced (for the most part) from the mid $300,000′s to $24,500,000  there’s a wide variety to choose from.  Those in the North Quardrant of the Gables, in the vicinity of the Biltmore Hotel, are priced upward of 5 million.  With views right over the Biltmore Golf Course, this one at 1415 Sevilla Avenue,  with a zip code of 33134,  is currently the top contender for the highest price tag, scheduled for completion in early 2009, and  priced at $5,495,000.

While Coral Gables is a community of multimillion dollar residences,  growing exceedingly more cultured and more pedestrian, the Gables also offers more accessible price tags. This home on  412 Alminar lies within the 33134 zip code, and is  currently on the market for nearly half it’s sticker price it had two years ago.  Listed at $349,000:

For more information on living in Coral Gables, or elsewhere in Miami, call us.  Whether you are already here, or are looking to move here,  let us make your transition to a new home a good one.

From one end of the pendulum to the other, Coral Gables offers an array of residential styles, and there’s truly something for everyone.  We welcome any questions you might have.  Feel free to call.

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Concierge services, outrageous security,  and an unrivaled location in the heart of upscale SoBe (just south of Fifth), the Murano Grande  at 400 Alton Road, is one place you’ll be treated royally well.  With units priced for lease from $3,800  to a whopping $25,000 per month (unfurnished),  the location and calibre of building is absolute tops.  Bay and marina on one side …  spectacular city lights and  the ocean to the other.

Three towers. One elevator for each two condominium units.  Marina.  Private Cafe.  Spa with massage rooms (and massage therapists who will provide treatments poolside or in the privacy of your individual  residence).  Tennis court.  Pool views of the bay, marina and  yachts.  Read the rest of this entry »

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