Miami Design Residences by Fouquet's — A Pritzker Architect and a Taste of Paris
Miami Design Residences by Fouquet's: A Pritzker Architect and a Taste of Paris
Craig Robins' Miami Design District Associates, with Fort Partners, Raycliff Capital and Constellation Hotels Holding, brings the district's first-ever residences — 143 homes designed by David Chipperfield, paired with an 85-room Fouquet's hotel.
The Miami Design District has spent two decades becoming one of the world's most innovative neighborhoods — a place where Chanel and Hermès share sidewalks with Michelin-starred dining and world-class museums. What it has never had, remarkably, is a place to live. Miami Design Residences by Fouquet's changes that, and it arrives as the district's first-ever residential development.
The developer is a powerhouse: Miami Design District Associates — led by Craig Robins' Dacra, the firm that built much of the district itself — alongside Nadim Ashi's Fort Partners, New York private-equity firm Raycliff Capital, and the Qatari Constellation Hotels Holding. Together they've planned a nearly two-acre project at 39 NE 39th Street, with 143 residences and Corcoran Sunshine leading sales. To get oriented first, explore our coverage of South Florida's newest luxury residences.
"Its first luxury residential development needed to be equally outstanding — establishing a new lifestyle paradigm of design-forward living."
That bar is met by two names most residential projects can only dream of. The architecture is by Sir David Chipperfield, the Pritzker Prize-winning British architect — this is his only project underway in Florida — and the interiors are by the Paris studio RDAI, the firm behind Hermès flagships worldwide. When the city's design review board approved the project in January, some members openly gushed over it.
Two towers, one integrated idea
The project is conceived as a fully integrated residential and hospitality destination across two connected buildings: a 25-story tower holding the 143 condominium residences, and an adjacent 12-story building housing an 85-key Fouquet's hotel that will service and manage the homes. It is a model where the hotel isn't an amenity down the street — it is the operating system of the residence next door.
Chipperfield's architecture is defined by clarity and permanence — columns that hold light, materials chosen with purpose, and proportions where every detail is deliberate. Inside, RDAI carries that discipline into interiors of timeless materials, natural light and understated luxury, with landscape architecture by Perry Guillot. Residences run from one to four bedrooms, measuring roughly 900 to 3,000 square feet, with pricing from about $1.8 million to $9.8 million; the first home to reach the market was listed near $9.985 million.
Fouquet's brings Paris to the Design District
The hospitality partner is what gives the project its accent. Fouquet's — the storied Parisian brand owned by Groupe Barrière, whose flagship sits on the Champs-Élysées — makes its first appearance in Miami and its first-ever residential development in the United States here, after arriving in New York in 2022. For the first time, Fouquet's extends its hotel lifestyle, defined by its service and unmistakable Parisian spirit, into a private residential address.
In practice, that means the residences are managed with hotel-style service, including housekeeping and chauffeur services, and Fouquet's leads the property's food and beverage — multiple dining concepts, a bar, and a patisserie. It is a genuine cultural anchor, not a logo on the door.
Miami Design Residences by Fouquet's at a glance
- Location
- 39 NE 39th Street, Miami Design District — the district's first residential development
- Developer
- Miami Design District Associates (Dacra), Fort Partners, Raycliff Capital & Constellation Hotels Holding
- Brand
- Fouquet's (Groupe Barrière) — first Miami, first U.S. residence
- Architect
- Sir David Chipperfield with Cube 3
- Interiors
- RDAI (Paris) · Landscape by Perry Guillot
- Structure
- 25-story residential tower + connected 12-story, 85-key hotel
- Residences
- 143 homes · one to four bedrooms · ~900–3,000 sq ft
- Amenities
- 40,000+ sq ft — rooftop pool, golf simulator, Fouquet's services
- Pricing
- From ~$1.8M to ~$9.8M
- Marketing
- Corcoran Sunshine Marketing Group
Living inside the neighborhood
The amenity program spans more than 40,000 square feet, anchored by a rooftop pool and a golf simulator and layered with the hotel-grade services Fouquet's brings. But the district itself is the largest amenity: residents step out into a neighborhood of iconic shopping, museum-quality public art, and some of the city's best restaurants — minutes from Midtown, Wynwood, Edgewater, Downtown Miami, Brickell and Miami Beach.
Why it matters for buyers
There is a specific kind of value in being first. As the Design District's inaugural residential offering — in a neighborhood with roughly a thousand new units now in the pipeline behind it — Miami Design Residences by Fouquet's holds a first-mover position that is impossible to replicate. Pair that with a Pritzker Prize architect, an Hermès-caliber interiors studio, and a Parisian hospitality brand making its U.S. residential debut, and the combination is genuinely singular.
There are trade-offs worth naming. This is a pre-construction branded residence with delivery anticipated around 2030, meaning a multi-year wait and the usual risk that timelines and specifications evolve. Branded residences also carry premium pricing and association fees for the hotel service that defines them. But for buyers who want to own the first home in one of the world's great design neighborhoods — designed by a landmark architect and run like a Parisian hotel — few opportunities in Miami carry this level of pedigree.
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