In 1925, Miami developer Carl G. Fisher completed his King Cole Hotel, a three-story Spanish-styled luxury hotel. For most of the rest of the century, the structure housed the Miami Heart Institute. Now, it’s The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, developed by Lionheart Capital with architecture and design by Lissoni Associati—the Milan-based firm’s first full-scale residential project in the United States.

Petra Levin, the former Miss Germany, bought a condo at the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach for $4.8 million, marking one of the first closings at the luxury condo development overlooking Surprise Lake.

As a prodigious hitter, Hall of Famer Mike Piazza didn’t walk much during his 16-year baseball career. But recently, the retired superstar wandered unannounced into The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach and dropped $6 million-plus on a new luxury home, guest suite and large on-site storage unit.

Honored for its innovative reuse execution, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach was named as the winner for Most Impactful Restructuring of an Abandoned Space at the 2019 GlobeSt.com ADAPT awards.

The retired catcher and his wife Alicia Piazza are slated to close next week on a sprawling unit at the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, according to Lionheart Capital, which is developing the project along with equity partner Elliott Management. The unit had been listed at $5.795 million, Lionheart said.

The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach has received its temporary certificate of occupancy, which technically means it has legally stopped being a construction site and is now a place people can live in. This is a big moment for the largest residential adaptive use project in South Florida.

At the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, residents will be able to create—with the help of the local experts at Foodscape Designs—personalized edible gardens on their terraces and balconies.

A little local flavor is sprouting up at the Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, which will include its own ecological food forest and garden.