{"id":280800,"date":"2026-05-22T13:22:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280800\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:22:07","slug":"south-florida-by-the-numbers-condo-buyout-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/280800\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida by the Numbers: Condo Buyout Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSouth Florida by the numbers\u201d is a web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Exactly one year ago,<a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2025\/05\/30\/south-florida-by-the-numbers-buyout-buzz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> this column highlighted<\/a> the trend of developer condo buyouts propelled in part by <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2024\/12\/23\/debunking-myths-about-condo-safety-law-deadlines-in-florida\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">condo safety legislation<\/a>. The uptick in developers bulk purchasing condos from burdened owners in outdated buildings produced more of a ripple than a wave at the time.<\/p>\n<p>But twelve months later, the swell is rising into something substantial.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the region\u2019s most prominent developers are acquiring older condominium buildings across South Florida at an accelerating pace \u2014 and cost \u2014 clearing the way for a new generation of luxury towers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fueled by post-pandemic economics, stricter reserve requirements, aging waterfront inventory, and an increasing scarcity of redevelopment sites, condo terminations are a powerful force reshaping the region\u2019s coastal housing landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Take a closer look at the growing condo buyout bonanza in this edition of South Florida by the Numbers.<\/p>\n<p>$430 million<br \/>Proposed offer from <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/02\/25\/immocorp-o-d-kobo-propose-430-million-condos-buyout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Immocorp Capital and Hong Kong-based O.D. Kobo<\/a> to purchase West Palm Beach\u2019s 140-unit Portofino South Condominium and 39-unit Flagler Yacht Club. If accepted, the buyout would break down to $2.4 million per unit, making it one of the most expensive buyout offers in West Palm Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Two<br \/>Number of acres, buildings and industry titans involved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/02\/11\/nadim-ashi-closes-on-difficult-west-palm-condo-buyout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">$100 million buyout<\/a> of the 61-unit Harbor Towers in West Palm Beach. <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/people\/nadim-ashi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nadim Ashi\u2019s Fort Partners<\/a> is ultimately closing the buyout, but his initial move was temporarily blocked last year by competing developer <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/people\/steve-ross\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steve Ross<\/a>. The property sits across the Intracoastal from President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2025\/06\/26\/sales-in-mar-a-lago-security-zone-surge-post-election\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mar-a-Lago Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>$985,700 <br \/>Average price paid to seven holdouts at Coconut Grove\u2019s Bayshore Park condominium, which was almost $324,000 more than 32 of their neighbors who agreed to a $661,800 average price last summer. BH Group and Mast Capital <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/03\/09\/mast-capital-bh-group-complete-coconut-grove-condo-buyout\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">completed the buyout in March<\/a> for $28 million, but that sharp price increase demonstrates the competitiveness of the bulk condo buying.<\/p>\n<p>1951<br \/>Year the Miami Beach Club was constructed, making the 108-unit, two-story Sunny Isles Beach property a prime candidate for buyout by The Related Group, Dezer Development and BH Group in 2025.The developers and a fourth partner filed plans in January to build a 145-unit oceanfront <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/01\/05\/plans-revealed-for-related-dezer-bhs-sunny-isles-tower\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">condo tower rising 62 stories<\/a> on the 2-acre site.<\/p>\n<p>80<br \/>Percentage of unit owners at the 134-unit St. Louis on Brickell Key that agreed to negotiate a buyout (the minimum required by the association\u2019s declaration), making a potential termination much easier than buildings with higher thresholds. Local developers Terra Group and The Related Group are <a href=\"https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/miami\/2026\/04\/28\/related-group-terra-eye-condo-buyout-on-miamis-brickell-key\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">working together on the buyout<\/a>, which would likely be close to $1.5 million per unit, marking the first redevelopment of a condo on Brickell Key since the island was developed<\/p>\n<p>This column is produced by the Master Brokers Forum, a network of South Florida\u2019s elite real estate professionals where membership is by invitation only and based on outstanding production, as well as ethical and professional behavior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSouth Florida by the numbers\u201d is a web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,119692],"class_list":["post-280800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-south-florida-condo-buyout"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}