Summer has come to an end and September brought with it a slew of fun-filled events. One event that I attended was a night at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, or should I say, the place where luxury residences will soon stand. The highlight being the fashion show, models strutted the runway in 3 separate collections including Max Mara, Sportmax and ‘S Max Mara.

Lionheart Capital hosted the kick-off event for Dress For Success Miami’s 20th Anniversary gala at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach Sales Office.

After a great recession-induced hiatus, branded residences are back on the radar screens of developers, operators and buyers.

A bike valet will offer tuneups and tire changes to spandex-clad commuters and residents at Hassalo on Eighth, a multiuse residential and office complex in Portland, Ore., expected to be completed next year.

As you navigate the world, you will find a growing number of elite travelers buying residential real estate far from their home bases, setting up new command centers for business and investments, as well as discovering pleasurable places to take a break and play. With this in mind, Elite Traveler saw this as an ideal opportunity to compile a list of the must-know-about residential real estate residential property developments.

Home buyers determined to get a beachfront property are instead opting for marina homes. Dockside living is often cheaper, and boats and water toys are just steps away.
Kasidy Alves and his 13-year-old son, Ryder, both surf in amateur competitions, which played a large role in the family’s recent house purchase. “We’ve always wanted water—to be on it, near it, or have access to it,” Mr Alves said.

Before Piero Lissoni released his Latina kitchen for Boffi in 1992, Italian kitchens were largely known for their modularity and slick industrial materials, such as steel and lacquered metals or woods. Lissoni further elevated that aesthetic by mixing in hardwoods and stone, and bringing a softer, warmer modernism to cabinetry and countertops. Such contract and juxtaposition was a game-changer at the time and is arguably his signature style today. “I like to be soft but also hard, minimal but dramatic, precise but consequential,” Lissoni says.

Piero Lissoni, the Italian architect charged with reimagining the clunky carcass of the old Miami Heart Institute into luxury condos worthy of the moneyed set, has just landed from Milan to check on the project’s progress. His Ritz-Carlton Residences, 111 units that from the outside will seem sculpted out of glass, is slated to go online in the summer of 2016.