North Miami Condos: Buildings & Neighborhood Guide

North Miami grew from Arch Creek, a pioneer settlement beside a natural limestone bridge on an old trail. Voters incorporated it in 1926 as the Town of Miami Shores; after a court decision removed its beachfront territory it became the Town of North Miami in 1931, and it became the City of North Miami in 1953. Today it is a large, diverse mainland city on Biscayne Bay, between Miami Shores to the south and North Miami Beach to the north.

The city's condominiums are concentrated near the water. Keystone Point, a waterfront neighborhood of canals off Biscayne Bay, is home to Keystone Harbor Club, and Bay View Palms sits on Sans Souci Boulevard in the Sans Souci area. Farther north, SoLé Mia is a master-planned community east of Biscayne Boulevard, developed by a joint venture of Turnberry Associates and LeFrak on a former municipal landfill, with residences, a man-made lagoon, a UHealth medical facility and retail.

North Miami has strong cultural and outdoor anchors. The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) occupies a Gwathmey Siegel building in the city's downtown. Arch Creek Park, a Miami-Dade County park, preserves the natural limestone bridge used by the Tequesta and later the Seminoles, with a museum and nature trails. Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus sits directly on the bay next to Oleta River State Park.

For a condo buyer, North Miami offers bayfront and canal-side living on the mainland, with the Broad Causeway leading across the bay to Bay Harbor Islands and Bal Harbour. Older waterfront buildings are subject to Florida's milestone-inspection and structural reserve study requirements, so review recent reports and reserves. Bayfront and canal-front locations also call for a close look at flood zones, seawalls and insurance costs.