La Baia Bay Harbor

La Baia is two buildings, and only one of them is finished

The page you are reading used to describe these as one project, and it repeated La Baia South’s original schedule as though it belonged to La Baia North. It does not. They are separate buildings, on separate parcels, with separate lenders, separate contractors and a five-year gap in delivery.

Design credits are shared: Revuelta Architecture International on both, Durukan Design on interiors, and at La Baia South landscape architecture by Enzo Enea. Sales at the south building were handled by Pgutman LLC; the north building is sold by Continuum Realty.

Sold out in 2022: what it went for and what is left

La Baia South launched on 5 October 2021 at $810,000. Florida YIMBY reported it 65% sold within 120 days, and by the groundbreaking on 13 April 2022 the Continuum Company announced it as completely sold out. The Real Deal has since reported the launch range as $800,000 to $3.5 million.

Eichner, quoted by The Real Deal when the construction loan closed: “You don’t have to pitch 100 percent sold. There’s nothing to discuss when you’ve sold all the units.”

So the practical answer to “what can I buy at La Baia South” is: nothing, from the developer. Every home was contracted at 2021 and 2022 prices. Whatever becomes available here will be a resale, from an owner, at a price nobody can currently establish — see below for why.

What the 68 homes are: one- to four-bedroom, 1,100 to 2,500 square feet, nine- to ten-foot ceilings, two underground parking spaces each. The building sits on a 45,006 square foot parcel facing Indian Creek, across the water from Surfside, with a private marina of 20 boat slips and more than 30,000 square feet of amenity space — a rooftop terrace with pool, heated spa and children’s splash pad, a yoga and reflection lawn, a fitness centre and a residents’ club room. Kitchens were specified with Snaidero cabinetry and Miele appliances.

November 2023 to January 2026: the schedule, in order

This is the part that no listing page carries, and it is the part a buyer of a resale here needs.

Read the first and last rows together. A building sold as delivering in November 2023 was, thirty-three months later, still holding a temporary certificate of occupancy. The Real Deal reported on 4 August 2026 that eight permits were being held by city inspectors and that the final certificate had not issued.

⚠️ A temporary certificate of occupancy is a real thing and it is not nothing — it permits occupancy, and buildings routinely operate on one while the last items close out. But it is conditional and time-limited, and the gap between a TCO and a final CO is exactly where a buyer should be asking questions rather than accepting reassurance.

The contractor dispute and the liens on the property

⚠️ What follows is a summary of filed claims and recorded liens. Every item is an assertion by one party, reported by The Real Deal on 4 August 2026. Nothing here has been decided by a court, and this page takes no view on who is right. It is on this page because there are liens recorded against the property and because a buyer is entitled to know that before they sign anything.

The parties. The developer entity is Bay Harbor Islands Property Owner I LLC, an affiliate of the Continuum Company — the same name the county carries as owner of the parcel. The general contractor is Suffolk Construction, named at the 2022 groundbreaking. The project lender is Fortress Investment Group.

The contract. A 2022 agreement with a guaranteed maximum price of $68,600,000, against a reported current cost of $71,100,000.

What Continuum alleges, in a complaint filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court in the last week of July 2026 — counts of breach of contract, breach of statutory warranty, negligence and fraudulent lien:

• that the contractor “grossly mismanaged” the project, understaffed the site and turned over project executives repeatedly;
• that there were 567 revisions to the development plans without supporting documentation;
• that substantial completion was missed by 198 days against the June 2025 target;
• defects including waterproofing, fire alarm, and window and door failures, leaks and possible mould in units and common areas, and a roof replacement;
• that an FPL transformer was installed outside the property line, causing a delay of months.

What Suffolk asserts, in a notice of default dated 1 July 2026 and further correspondence dated 8 July 2026:

• that the developer is in default and has not paid amounts owed;
• that the developer issued continuous construction change directives;
• a contract balance stated as $4.7 million on 1 July and $4.8 million on 8 July, plus $1.7 million in delay costs and, in the later notice, $1.4 million in change orders;
• a separate 1 July letter claiming over $6.5 million against members, officers and shareholders of the ownership entity.

The liens on the record:

Both Eichner and Suffolk declined to comment when approached. Continuum’s counsel is quoted saying the contractor “inexplicably blamed the design professionals” while disregarding its own fault.

What this means for you, stated plainly and without drama. Construction disputes on large condominium projects are common and most of them settle. What is not routine, and what you should act on, is the combination: a temporary rather than final certificate of occupancy, permits held by inspectors, defect allegations that include water intrusion, and recorded liens against the property. If you are buying a resale here, that is a title search, a full set of association documents, an independent inspection and a conversation with a Florida real estate attorney — not a conversation with a sales office.

La Baia North: 57 homes, delivering 2027

The second building is at 9481 East Bay Harbor Drive, on a 33,750 square foot parcel. It is eight storeys and 57 residences — not 68 — running two to four bedrooms at roughly 1,400 to 2,100 square feet.

On 30 August 2025 Continuum closed a $67,000,000 construction loan from S3 Capital, with the building reported 75% pre-sold. It topped off on 25 April 2026 and delivery is targeted for the beginning of 2027.

⭐ One detail worth noticing: the north building has a different general contractor. Jacob Companies is building it, with Continuum’s own construction team acting as owner’s representative. Suffolk built the south building. This page does not speculate about why.

Published programme for the north building: more than 20,000 square feet of amenities, over 8,500 square feet of green space, a 9,700 square foot rooftop deck with heated soaking spas, a children’s water feature and a sunset lounge with a fire pit, a private marina with boat slips and a water sports dock, a fitness centre and a play lawn. Homes are specified with European wide-plank flooring, marble bathrooms, quartz counters, Miele appliances and impact glass. Landscape and pool design by C. Wright Studios.

⚠️ No current asking price for La Baia North has been published by the developer or in any of the trade sources. The “from $1.3 million” figure that circulates on listing aggregators has no sourcing behind it and is not repeated here.

Why there is no county record for this building

The Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser records both La Baia parcels, and it records them as vacant land.

⭐ Both parcels were bought on the same day for a combined $29,500,000 — 78,756 square feet of land at $374.57 a foot. Each is held under a unity of title, which is the instrument that binds separate platted lots into one buildable site.

And there is no condominium declaration. Bay Harbor Islands carries 124 condominium and co-operative declarations on the county roll, and we enumerated every one of them this week while working on a neighbouring building. The series runs to 13-2227-129, which is Alana, and nothing above it exists. La Baia has no folios. Seven months after the temporary certificate of occupancy, the tax roll still shows one vacant parcel where 68 homes stand.

⚠️ Be careful what you conclude from that, because I am being careful too. The Property Appraiser’s roll is not the Clerk of Court’s deed record. A declaration can be recorded with the Clerk, and homes can close against it, well before the appraiser splits the parcel and issues folios — we have seen exactly that at several recently delivered Miami towers. So this is not evidence that no home has closed at La Baia. What it is evidence of is narrower and still important: there is no county sale record, no assessed value and no price per square foot for any individual home in this building, and there will not be until the roll catches up.

The consequence is concrete. If someone quotes you a price per square foot “for La Baia”, ask where it came from. It did not come from the county, because the county does not have one. Compare it instead against buildings on the island that do have a record — ONDA, whose buyers closed at a median of $1,369 per square foot in 2024, or Alana, whose 23 recorded deeds run to a median of $1,060.

What a buyer should actually do here

If you want La Baia South, you are looking for a resale, and you are early. Every home was contracted in 2021 or 2022. Original buyers hold homes bought at $800,000 to $3.5 million in a market that has moved substantially since — on the island’s own record, new-construction pricing rose 42.7% between 2021 and 2025. Some of those owners will sell. There is no way to know at what price, because nothing here has traded twice, or once, on the public record.

If you want La Baia North, you are buying pre-construction into the remaining 25%, in a building that has topped off and is targeting delivery in early 2027 — which is a materially better position than buying into a hole in the ground, and a materially worse one than buying something finished.

Either way, three things to get in writing before you commit:

• The certificate of occupancy status for the building you are buying into — temporary or final, and what remains outstanding on it.
• A title search that specifically reports construction liens, and confirmation of what has been released. Liens against a condominium property are a matter of record and your attorney can pull them.
• The association’s documents in full — budget, reserves, the structural reserve study, any turnover agreement, and any claim the association is asserting or defending.

And one thing not to do: do not price this building from a listing site. There is no county record behind those numbers, and on this building there is unusually little else behind them either.

Interested in buying at La Baia?

La Baia South sold out in 2022 and there is nothing left to buy from the developer. La Baia North, the second building, was 75% pre-sold as of August 2025. Learn more about either with Josh Stein.

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La Baia Bay Harbor Islands Amenities

As published by the developer at the October 2021 sales launch and the April 2022 groundbreaking:

• More than 30,000 square feet of resort-style amenities

• A private marina with 20 boat slips and direct ocean access

• Rooftop terrace with pool, heated spa and a children’s splash pad

• Yoga and reflection lawn

• Fitness center

• Residents’ club room

• Nine- to ten-foot ceilings; two underground parking spaces per residence

• Custom Italian Snaidero cabinetry and Miele appliances

• Landscape architecture by Enzo Enea; interiors by Durukan Design

La Baia Bay Harbor Islands Prices

La Baia South is sold out and has been since 2022. It launched on 5 October 2021 from $810,000, with the full range reported at $800,000 to $3.5 million, and reached 65% sold in 120 days. La Baia North was 75% pre-sold as of 30 August 2025. No current asking price for La Baia North has been published by the developer or in the trade record; the “from $1.3 million” figure that circulated on listing sites is unsourced and is not repeated here.