Add The New York Post on Google A Coconut Grove penthouse with a private rooftop pool is on the market for $23.5 million, Gimme Shelter has learned.
The ritzy residence is at Vita at Grove Isle. It’s the first new construction on the 20-acre private island since 1979 — from developer Ugo Colombo’s CMC Group.
The curved seven-story building was completed last December, when closings and move-ins began — with around 90% of the units sold in pre-construction.
Miami’s exclusive Coconut Grove area has attracted high-profile residents including Citadel’s Ken Griffin and Google co-founder Larry Page — a California billionaire who fled to Florida amid the Golden State’s proposed billionaire tax.
At close to 7,000 square feet, the penthouse, which is the largest of 10 penthouse duplexes in the building, overlooks Biscayne Bay.
Inside, the home has a fully indoor-outdoor feel — thanks to floor-to-ceiling retractable glass walls.
The lofty aerie opens to a private elevator that leads to a large foyer. There’s also a great room with 11-foot-high ceilings and the retractable glass walls.
Design details include a chef’s kitchen, frameless Barausse doors and an integrated smart-wired home system.
A main bedroom suite overlooks the bay and features a spa-like marble bath and double closets.
The staircase leads to a 97-foot-long rooftop terrace with the pool, summer kitchen and multiple lounge areas framed by waterfront views.
The 65-unit boutique building has seen almost $400 million in closings in less than 60 days, including multiple penthouse transactions above $15 million and $20 million, a building spokesperson said.
The listing broker is Nelson Gonzalez, of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Vita’s resident amenities include a residents-only private bayfront pool, night-lit tennis, Pickle and Padel courts, a gym and spa, and membership to the Grove Isle Racquet and Yacht Club.
A new Italian restaurant, La Sponda, will also be opening to the public later this summer, a spokesperson said.
The condo building project was not without controversy. Island residents fought the city of Miami for 10 years, alleging that the building, which blocks some other condo owners’ views, broke its own laws by granting building permits even though the property was never platted, or mapped and subdivided in accordance with city code, and that the building breaches a 1977 covenant that capped residential units on Grove Isle at 575 — a limit Vita pushes to 589.
The current developer, Colombo’s CMC Group, took over the project in 2021.
“The island is split on the project. If your views are blocked, that sucks for you. But that’s real estate. Other people are so happy,” a source said, adding that the developer has made some upgrades to the island’s amenities — where nothing new has been built since three 18-story condo towers rose in the late ’70s.
