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Vilamur Lofts

Building facts

Address
7700 Collins Avenue
Neighborhood
Miami Beach
Floors
4
Status
Completed
Pricing
Starting at $699,000

7700 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33141 | Neighborhood: Miami Beach

If you want to live in a comfortable and high class building without sacrificing privacy, Vilamur Lofts is just the place to look. Just a short walk across the street takes you to the beach and to the surrounding area’s attractions. Located in the heart of North Beach, these lofts are a great place to break into one of Miami’s trendiest new scenes, says Miami Beach Realtor Josh Stein. 

Pets are allowed in the building and the surrounding area makes it a very pet friendly environment. The North Beach area is a bustling neighborhood with a number of shops and restaurants and it is only a short distance from the lively South Beach. The close proximity to the beach allows for beautiful views of the ocean from some of the residences and from the rooftop garden. 

Within each unit, European kitchens feature granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Already spacious, the unit is enlarged all the more by the eighteen foot ceilings and prodigious windows. Every feature of Vilamur Lofts contributes to its distinct charm.

With a fresh style and atmosphere, Vilazul Seaside Lofts have the energy and taste of a  towering condo building but without compromising in space, price, or privacy. Each of the sizeable condominiums features 18-foot-high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows. The split-level loft style apartments are equipped with European style kitchens with stainless steel appliances.

Miami Beach Realtor Josh Stein loves these units because of their location in the trendy North Beach neighborhood, an emerging urban scene where the Atlantic Ocean is always just a few blocks away. The loft configurations at Vilazul are extremely creative and modern, with amble space to bring your own personal touches.

Some of the wonderful amenities at your disposal Vilazul Seaside Lofts are the rooftop pool and sundeck with private sections. The beach, located just across the street, makes for a beautiful view from the rooftop area. You can live a life of ease and luxury in one of the twenty units at Vilazul and every feature is designed to give you comfort while the fresh and clean feel at Vilazul Seaside Lofts let you live in true Miami Beach style.

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Pastel Art Deco architecture in the Miami Beach Architectural District
The Miami Beach Architectural District — illustrative of the district, not of this building

Vilamur Lofts and the truth about Miami lofts

Miami has almost no true converted-warehouse lofts. That single fact explains the whole category, and almost nobody says it plainly. Unlike SoHo, Tribeca or Chicago’s West Loop, Miami’s urban core was never built out as multi-story manufacturing, so there was very little industrial stock to convert. Nearly every building marketed here as a loft is purpose-built new construction in a loft aesthetic — high ceilings, concrete floors, open plans, floor-to-ceiling glass — constructed between roughly 2002 and 2016. Parc Lofts at 1749 NE Miami Court is the notable exception, described in the trade as one of the few genuine industrial-loft buildings in the city, with 15-foot ceilings on floors one to four and 20-foot ceilings above.

The value case, in numbers

Loft product is the genuine affordability play inside Miami’s urban core. Downtown loft-style condominiums trade at roughly $414 to $451 per square foot — Neo Lofts at $414, Loft Downtown I at $425, Loft Downtown II asking $451 — against a Downtown luxury benchmark of $730 per square foot in Q1 2026. That is 55 to 62 per cent of the going rate for comparable urban-core square footage.

Two further numbers matter. Loft Downtown II’s trailing six-month sold average was $422 per square foot against a $451 asking average, at 129 days on market — sellers are taking less than ask, and taking a while. And Downtown carried 46 months of luxury inventory in Q1 2026, the highest in Greater Downtown. If you are buying, that is as much negotiating leverage as this market offers anywhere.

Carrying cost is the quiet advantage

Loft buildings are small, low-amenity and cheap to run, and it shows in the monthly. Loft Downtown II carries an HOA of about $0.93 per square foot per month and Neo Lofts about $1.15. A South Beach trophy tower runs $4 to $7 per square foot per month — The Setai sits near $4.55. On a 1,000 square foot unit that is a difference of roughly $3,000 to $6,000 every month, before you have paid a mortgage. For investors, it is the entire reason the rental maths works.

Why no more lofts will be built

Land economics closed the category. Edgewater luxury traded at $978 per square foot and Brickell at $950 in Q1 2026, while loft product sits near $420. No developer builds a four to six-storey, 35 to 70-unit loft building on land that pencils for a 40-storey tower. High ceilings make it worse: a 20-foot ceiling consumes the volume of nearly two conventional floors, so under fixed height and FAR limits every foot of ceiling is traded directly against sellable units.

The consequence is a permanently closed supply category with structurally tiny unit counts — Ilona Lofts has 16 units, Wynwood Lofts 35, Montclair 41, Star Lofts 47, Bay Lofts 54, Uptown 66, Parc Lofts 70, Filling Station 81. In buildings that small, one owner deciding not to sell measurably moves availability.

Where Miami’s lofts actually are

  • Downtown Miami — Loft Downtown I and II. The walkable core, on the Metromover, and the most accessible luxury submarket in the city.
  • Arts & Entertainment District — Parc Lofts and Filling Station Lofts, next to the Adrienne Arsht Center, between Downtown and Wynwood.
  • Wynwood — Wynwood Lofts, in the gallery district by Wynwood Walls, with Midline Miami’s 10,000 square foot live-music venue at Arlo Wynwood open since January 2026.
  • Edgewater — Star Lofts, Bay Lofts and Uptown Lofts, in the top-performing Miami neighbourhood of Q1 2026 with 120 per cent year-on-year sales growth.
  • Miami River and Brickell edge — Neo Lofts, on the riverfront dining corridor. Brickell is Greater Downtown’s fastest-selling submarket at 75 days on market.

Who buys lofts in Miami

Creative professionals first — Parc Lofts is documented as a favourite among photographers, musicians and artists, and Wynwood Lofts is explicitly marketed as a live/work building. Then entry-point urban buyers, because Downtown lofts start around $282,000 to $307,000, well under the $425,000 Miami-Dade condo median. And rental investors, drawn by the low carry: Loft Downtown II listed 17 units for rent against 15 for sale in July 2026.

At the top of the market the buyer is different again. Parc Lofts units run 1,970 to 3,774 square feet with 15 to 20-foot ceilings at $1.3M to $3.0M. That is a fundamentally different proposition from a 700 square foot Brickell tower unit at the same price — and there is nowhere else in Miami to buy it.

Frequently asked questions

Are there real converted-warehouse lofts in Miami?

Very few. Parc Lofts at 1749 NE Miami Court is described in the trade as one of the few true industrial-loft buildings in Miami, with 15-foot ceilings on floors one to four and 20-foot ceilings on floors five and six. Most Miami buildings marketed as lofts, including Neo Lofts, Filling Station Lofts, Wynwood Lofts and Loft Downtown I and II, are purpose-built new construction in a loft aesthetic dating from 2002 to 2016.

How much does a loft cost in Miami?

Downtown loft-style condominiums start around $282,000 to $307,000 and average $414 to $451 per square foot across Neo Lofts, Loft Downtown I and Loft Downtown II, on 2026 data. Large-format industrial lofts sit far higher: Parc Lofts runs roughly $1.3 million to $3.0 million at about $756 per square foot for units of 1,970 to 3,774 square feet.

Are Miami lofts good value compared with condos?

On a per-square-foot basis, clearly. Downtown loft product trades at roughly $414 to $451 per square foot while the Downtown luxury condo segment ran $730 per square foot in Q1 2026. Carrying costs are lower too: Loft Downtown II has an HOA near $0.93 per square foot per month against $4 to $7 in South Beach trophy towers.

Which Miami neighborhoods have lofts?

The concentrations are Downtown Miami with Loft Downtown I and II, the Arts and Entertainment District with Parc Lofts and Filling Station Lofts, Wynwood with Wynwood Lofts, Edgewater with Star, Bay and Uptown Lofts, and the Miami River and Brickell edge with Neo Lofts. South Beach has a small cluster of boutique loft buildings including Ilona Lofts and Montclair Lofts, and Coconut Grove has Lofts at Mayfair.

What are the largest lofts in Miami?

Parc Lofts has the largest floorplates of any loft building in the city, with units from 1,970 to 3,774 square feet. Filling Station Lofts runs 832 to 1,639 square feet with 18-foot ceilings. Most Downtown loft towers top out near 1,150 to 1,185 square feet.

Why does nobody build new lofts in Miami anymore?

Land economics. Edgewater and Brickell luxury condos traded at $978 and $950 per square foot in Q1 2026 while loft product trades near $420. A four to six-storey building with 35 to 70 units cannot compete for the same land as a 40-storey tower, and 20-foot ceilings consume roughly two conventional floors of height under fixed limits. No meaningful loft supply has been added since about 2016.

How long do Miami lofts take to sell?

Loft Downtown II averaged 129 days on market over the six months ending July 2026, with sold prices averaging $422 per square foot against an asking average of $451. Downtown carried 46 months of luxury inventory in Q1 2026, the highest in Greater Downtown, which gives buyers meaningful negotiating room.

Who buys lofts in Miami?

Three groups. Creative professionals, since Parc Lofts is documented as a favourite among photographers, musicians and artists and Wynwood Lofts is marketed as a live/work building. Entry-point urban buyers, because Downtown lofts start below $310,000 against a $425,000 Miami-Dade condo median. And rental investors attracted by the low HOA structure, with Loft Downtown II listing 17 units for rent against 15 for sale in July 2026.

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