Building facts
- Address
- 2127 Brickell Avenue
- Neighborhood
- Brickell
- Year built
- 1993
- Floors
- 40
- Residences
- 147
- Status
- Completed
- Developer
- Ugo Columbo
- Architect
- Revuelta Vega Leon Architects
- Pricing
- Starting at $1.19 Million
Key Takeaways
- One hundred and thirty-three of the 146 homes have a complete round trip on record — and only four of them lost money — a 3.0% loss rate, at a median of +165.9% over 24.2 years.
- Of the 53 owners who sold in 2021 or later, not one lost money — their median outcome is +239.6%, over a median holding period of 28.9 years.
- The best of them is up 733.3% — a 5,890 square foot combined residence bought for $780,000 in September 1993 and sold for $6,500,000 in March 2024.
- The homes are large and the building is uniform — a median of 2,320 square feet, with six floorplates covering 86 of the 146 homes.
- The county spells the building two different ways — Bristol Tower and Bristol Towers — one declaration, two spellings, which is worth knowing if a records search comes up short.
- It trades rarely for its size — 28 qualified sales across four years in 146 homes — about one home in twenty-one each year.
2127 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida 33129 | Neighborhood: Brickell
What is actually inside the building
The Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser holds 147 folios for Bristol Tower at 2127 Brickell Avenue, of which 146 are homes. The remaining one is an aggregate reference folio for the land.
One thing to know before you search for anything yourself. The county spells this building two ways — 140 folios under Bristol Tower Condo and seven under Bristol Towers Condo. They are one declaration; the shares close at 100.0505% across all 147 folios taken together. If you have run a records search here and come back with 140 homes, the missing seven are under the other spelling.
The homes run 1,210 to 9,080 square feet, with a median of 2,320. The mix is 50 two-bedrooms, 43 three-bedrooms and 41 one-bedrooms, with eleven four-bedrooms and one five-bedroom.
Six floorplates cover 86 of the 146: 2,070 square feet (15 homes), 2,310 (15), 2,600 (14), 2,320 (14), 3,065 (14) and 2,825 (14). For a building of large apartments that is unusually regular, and it makes pricing here more evidence-driven than argument-driven.
The 2026 assessed values run $447,527 to $8,283,240, with a median of $1,364,392.
What happened to the 1993 buyers
One hundred and fifty-two homes recorded a first qualified sale between 1993 and 1995 — 110 of them in 1993 alone — at a median of $498,500 and $207 per square foot. Essentially the whole building bought at the same time, and thirty-three years of record follows from it.
One hundred and thirty-three of the 146 homes have since resold. One hundred and twenty-nine gained and four lost. That is a 3.0% loss rate, at a median of +165.9% over a median holding period of 24.2 years.
The four losses are all small and all early: the worst is −7.8%, on a 4,435 square foot home bought for $1,220,000 in December 1993 and sold for $1,125,000 in October 2000. One home sold in 1998 for exactly what it cost in 1993. Nothing in this building’s record resembles a serious loss.
Of the 53 owners who held until 2021 or later, not one sold at a loss, and their median outcome is +239.6% over a median holding period of 28.9 years.
At the top end:
- A 5,890 square foot combined residence bought for $780,000 in September 1993 sold for $6,500,000 in March 2024 — up 733.3% over 30.5 years.
- A 1,610 square foot home bought for $282,000 in October 1993 sold for $1,765,000 in July 2024 — up 525.9%.
- A 1,610 square foot home bought for $305,000 in September 1993 sold for $1,700,000 in January 2025 — up 457.4%.
Two things temper that. Thirty-three years is doing a great deal of the work, and a median hold of 24.2 years tells you almost nothing about what five years here does. And these are gross figures — the difference between two recorded prices, before three decades of commissions, taxes, assessments and carrying costs, which over that span are substantial. Twelve homes have never resold and appear in none of it.
That same 5,890 square foot residence has a more instructive recent history than its headline: $5,100,000 in July 2016, $4,325,000 in September 2023, then $6,500,000 in March 2024. Down 15.2% over seven years, then up 50.3% in six months, on the same apartment. The county record shows transactions and not reasons, so it cannot explain either move — but it is a useful corrective to reading a thirty-year gain as a steady one.
The price record
Qualified, arm’s-length sales from the county record, retrieved 21 August 2026.
| Year | Qualified sales | Median price | Median $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 13 | $1,850,000 | $744 |
| 2024 | 8 | $2,287,500 | $1,078 |
| 2025 | 5 | $2,200,000 | $1,056 |
| 2026 to date | 2 | $1,957,500 | $843 |
Twenty-eight qualified sales in four years across 146 homes is about one home in twenty-one each year. That is low turnover for a building this size, and it is the practical constraint here: in a typical year six or seven homes come up across six main floorplates.
The per-foot column steps up sharply from 2023 to 2024 — $744 to $1,078 — and then holds. I would treat the step as real and the 2026 figure as noise: 2026 is two sales, and the 13 sales in 2023 make that year the most solid line in the table. The honest reading is that this building repriced upward somewhere around 2023 to 2024 and has traded near $1,050 per square foot since, on thirteen sales across two and a bit years.
The record sale is $9,250,000, on 17 June 2016, for the 9,080 square foot home — $1,019 per square foot, and still the highest price the building has recorded. The highest since is $6,500,000 in March 2024.
Who this building suits
It suits a buyer who wants a large apartment on Brickell Avenue and expects to keep it. The median home is 2,320 square feet, the ownership record runs to more than thirty years, and the losses in it are four, small and all from the 1990s.
It suits a buyer who wants comparables. Six floorplates cover 86 homes and the county holds 559 qualified sales across the building’s history — a depth of record very few buildings can match, even if the recent slice of it is thin.
It suits a short holder badly, and the record simply cannot advise you either way. A median holding period of 24.2 years means there are almost no short holds here to learn from. What little there is — the 5,890 square foot residence down 15.2% between 2016 and 2023 — suggests a shorter horizon here is a genuine question rather than a settled one.
It suits a buyer looking for a bargain least of all. This is a building whose owners have mostly held for a quarter of a century and are sitting on very large nominal gains, and that tends not to produce motivated sellers.
If you are selling here, you are in an unusually strong position and you should still price carefully. The building repriced around 2024 and the evidence since is thirteen sales; a buyer’s agent will reach for whichever of them suits them. Price against your own floorplate — there are probably thirteen others like it — and against the post-2024 per-foot record rather than the four-year average, which is dragged down by 2023. Ask me for the per-foot record on your line before you set a number.
Verified 21 August 2026 against the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser record for 2127 Brickell Avenue, Miami — all 147 folios retrieved individually; 146 are residences and one is an aggregate reference folio for the land, which is excluded from every figure on this page. The county records this condominium under two spellings, Bristol Tower Condo (140 folios) and Bristol Towers Condo (7); they are one declaration, grouped here on the folio prefix rather than on the subdivision name, and the common-element shares close at 100.0505% across all 147, so no home is missing from this pull. Sale figures are qualified, arm’s-length transactions only, with bulk and portfolio transfers collapsed to a single transaction. The round-trip analysis counts a pair only where BOTH legs are flagged qualified by the county AND exceed a nominal amount, and excludes any leg belonging to a portfolio deed identified by how many dwelling folios a single transaction touches together with the county’s own multi-parcel language; each home’s first and last qualifying sale are used, sorted by full date. Percentage outcomes are gross: the difference between two recorded prices, before commissions, closing costs, taxes, assessments or three decades of carrying costs, all of which are substantial over the holding periods described. Twelve of the 146 homes have only one qualified sale on record and appear in no round-trip figure. 2026 is an incomplete year resting on two sales. The county record shows transactions and not reasons: it does not establish why any owner sold, or the condition of any home at either sale. Building age, storey count, architect and amenity detail are omitted: no primary source has been confirmed for them. Re-check when the next tax roll publishes.
Bristol Tower — Frequently Asked Questions
Have owners at Bristol Tower made money?
Almost all of them. One hundred and thirty-three of the 146 homes have a complete round trip on record and only four sold at a loss — a 3.0% loss rate, at a median of +165.9% over a median holding period of 24.2 years. Of the 53 owners who sold in 2021 or later, not one lost money, at a median of +239.6%.
What is the biggest gain recorded at Bristol Tower?
A 5,890 square foot combined residence bought for $780,000 in September 1993 and sold for $6,500,000 in March 2024 — up 733.3% over 30.5 years. Two 1,610 square foot homes bought in 1993 for $282,000 and $305,000 sold in 2024 and 2025 for $1,765,000 and $1,700,000.
Has anyone lost money at Bristol Tower?
Four owners, all in the 1990s, and all by small amounts. The worst is −7.8%: a 4,435 square foot home bought for $1,220,000 in December 1993 and sold for $1,125,000 in October 2000. One home sold in 1998 for exactly what it cost in 1993.
Why does a search for Bristol Tower return fewer homes than expected?
Because the county spells it two ways. One hundred and forty folios sit under Bristol Tower Condo and seven under Bristol Towers Condo. They are a single declaration whose shares close at 100.0505% across all 147 folios together.
What is the most expensive sale at Bristol Tower?
$9,250,000 on 17 June 2016, for the 9,080 square foot home — $1,019 per square foot. It remains the building’s highest recorded price; the highest since is $6,500,000 in March 2024.
How often do homes at Bristol Tower sell?
About one home in twenty-one each year: 28 qualified sales across 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date, in 146 homes. In a typical year six or seven come up, spread across six main floorplates.
How big are the homes at Bristol Tower?
From 1,210 to 9,080 square feet, with a median of 2,320. Fifty are two-bedrooms, 43 three-bedrooms and 41 one-bedrooms, with eleven four-bedrooms and one five-bedroom. Six floorplates cover 86 of the 146 homes. The 2026 assessed values run $447,527 to $8,283,240, median $1,364,392.
Sources and further reading
Bristol Tower completed in 1993 — 40 storeys, 147 residences by CMC Group (Ugo Colombo), designed by Luis Revuelta. The curvilinear glass form and private-elevator entry to each residence were unusual for Brickell at the time and set the template Colombo repeated at Santa Maria and Epic. Last verified trade: combined units 2401 and 2402 at $4.325 million, roughly $734 per square foot, September 2023. Note: CMC Group gives 1993, the architect’s own record says 1994.
Verified 3 August 2026. Source: CMC Group and The Real Deal, 19 Sep 2023
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