A 1930s Club With Two Modernist Towers Around It
Most Miami towers start with a cleared lot. This one started with a landmark. The Residences at The Surf Club sit at 9011 Collins Avenue in Surfside, wrapped around the restored 1930s Surf Club — the Mediterranean-revival social club that drew Winston Churchill and Elizabeth Taylor to this stretch of sand long before branded residences existed as a category. Rather than erase it, the project restored the club and set Richard Meier's pristine white towers on either side of it. Completed in 2017 by developer Fort Capital and Nadim Ashi, the property holds 119 residences across 12 stories, with Four Seasons operating the service. The result is one of the few addresses in the country where the amenity deck has actual provenance.
What Richard Meier's Design Actually Gives You
Meier's signature is restraint, and at this scale restraint reads as light. The towers are low and horizontal by Miami standards — 12 stories rather than the 50-plus that define Sunny Isles a few miles north — which trades altitude for proportion and puts nearly every residence in meaningful relationship with the ocean rather than far above it. The white-framed glass, deep terraces and the clarity Meier is known for are the point of the building; our directory rates it a perfect 10 on Quality and 9.9 on Waterfront, the highest quality mark in our Miami set. Interiors came from Joseph Dirand and Lee Mindel, two designers with very different vocabularies, which is why residences here do not read as a single show-unit repeated 119 times.
Four Seasons Service, Le Sirenuse and a Thomas Keller Kitchen
The dining roster is the part that surprises people. Le Sirenuse Miami — the only outpost of the Positano institution — sits on the property, as does a Thomas Keller restaurant. Four pools and a private beach complete the picture, and Four Seasons runs the service layer over all of it. For an owner, the practical meaning is that the building functions less like a condo with amenities and more like a residence inside a working luxury hotel operation: the staffing, the kitchens and the beach service exist whether or not you use them on a given Tuesday. That is the trade at the heart of this address, and it shows up in the dues.
Reading Our Directory's Pricing and the Dues Behind It
For a Surf Club residence, establish the exact legal interest and the written basis for hotel and shared-facility access. Compare interior and outdoor area, included services and separately billed charges before using another luxury building as a price comparable.
Surfside, Post-Reform, and the Questions to Ask
Surfside’s town setting is part of the comparison: visit Harding Avenue, beach access and the routes you expect to use. For The Surf Club, obtain the current association budget, reserve information and applicable inspection records. A building’s reputation or development date does not establish its financial position.
Who This Building Is Actually For
Questions buyers ask about The Surf Club Four Seasons
What is The Residences at The Surf Club?
A Richard Meier project at 9011 Collins Avenue in Surfside, completed in 2017 by developer Fort Capital and Nadim Ashi, holding 119 residences across 12 stories with Four Seasons operating the service. Rather than clear the site, the project restored the 1930s Surf Club — the Mediterranean-revival social club that drew Winston Churchill and Elizabeth Taylor — and set Meier's white towers on either side of it.
What does a residence at The Surf Club cost?
A reliable answer needs dated evidence for the exact residences being compared. For a Surf Club residence, establish the exact legal interest and the written basis for hotel and shared-facility access. Compare interior and outdoor area, included services and separately billed charges before using another luxury building as a price comparable.
What restaurants are at The Surf Club?
Le Sirenuse Miami, the only outpost of the Positano institution, sits on the property, as does a Thomas Keller restaurant. Four pools and a private beach complete the picture, with Four Seasons running the service layer over all of it.
Why is the building only 12 stories?
Because Meier's signature is restraint, and at this scale restraint reads as light. The towers are low and horizontal by Miami standards rather than the 50-plus stories that define Sunny Isles a few miles north, which trades altitude for proportion and puts nearly every residence in meaningful relationship with the ocean rather than far above it.
What is Surfside like as a location?
Evaluate its town center, beach access and daily routes during a visit. For any residence you consider, review the association’s actual reserve, assessment and inspection records separately from the appeal of the location.
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