Are Miami Beach’s Luxury Towers the Future of Climate Resilience?
In flood-and storm-prone Miami, buildings for the very rich might serve as a template for the rest of us.
The .Monad Terrace-a 59-unit .Miami Beach luxury condominium-hasn’t been built yet, hut its salesroom is up and 1un11ing. Set on the ground Hour of an office building a few blocks from the Monad’s bayfront. building site, the space re-creates the look and feel of a model apartment in hopes that its white marble bathroom, open-plan kitchen, and glassy bedroom might persuade buyers to spend from $1.7 million (for a 2,027-square-foot apartment) to $12 million (13,922 square feet) before the building is complete.