888 Brickell vs St. Regis Residences Miami: Two Brickell Avenue Towers Compared

Buyers who are serious about Brickell Avenue at this level usually end up with both buildings on the shortlist. They share a street and a luxury tier, and very little else. One is a supertall with a fashion-house design program, a members club and a hotel operation, delivering later. The other is a low-density, butler-serviced residential tower on the South Brickell bayfront that is already under construction. Here is how I walk buyers through the choice.

How do 888 Brickell and St. Regis compare at a glance?

888 Brickell is taller, larger and has a far wider price range, running from one-bedrooms to penthouses with a hotel operation on site. St. Regis is lower, smaller and more exclusive, with two- to six-bedroom homes, no hotel guests and no short-term rentals. St. Regis delivers first, in 2027; 888 is estimated for 2029.

	888 Brickell by Dolce & Gabbana	The St. Regis Residences, Miami
Address	888 Brickell Avenue, 33131	1809 Brickell Avenue, 33129
Height	90 stories, 1,049 feet	50 stories
Residences	259	152
Residence types	1 to 4 bedrooms, full-floor, duplex, penthouse	2 to 6 bedrooms, penthouses, sky villas, townhomes
Price range	$2.2M to $88M	$7.26M to $24.49M
Developer	JDS Development Group	Related Group and Integra Investments
Architecture	Studio Sofield	Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Interiors	Studio Sofield, with Dolce & Gabbana furnishings; Ken Fulk for club and restaurants	Rockwell Group
Delivery	Fully furnished, turnkey	Private elevator foyer, about 10'6" ceilings in brochure layouts
Hotel component	Yes, 5-star white-glove hotel operation	No, purely residential
Completion	Estimated 2029	Anticipated 2027

Which tower has the better Brickell Avenue location?

They sit on different stretches of Brickell Avenue. 888 Brickell is in the core of the district, close to Brickell City Centre, restaurants and the financial center. St. Regis is at 1809 Brickell Avenue on the South Brickell bayfront, quieter and on the water, with a private marina. Walkability favors 888; the water favors St. Regis.

The 888 materials describe the neighborhood around the tower by what is within reach: Brickell City Centre, Michelin-rated dining, the Underline linear park, quick access to Wynwood and the Design District, and a short drive or boat ride to South Beach. That is the right address for a buyer who wants to walk to dinner and treat the building as a base in the middle of the city.

St. Regis is a different kind of address. South Brickell is residential in feel, the tower faces the bay, and the amenity program leans on the water: two bayfront pools, a private marina and beach club access. A buyer who keeps a boat, or who wants the bay as the view from the living room rather than the view from the pool deck, tends to settle there.

Neither location is a compromise. They are two different ideas of what living on Brickell Avenue means, and the first thing I ask a buyer is which one they are picturing.

How do the brands and service models differ?

St. Regis is a hospitality brand delivering a service standard: Signature Butler Service for every residence, in a building with no hotel guests. At 888, Dolce & Gabbana is a design program, licensed to the developer, paired with a members club and a 5-star, white-glove hotel operation. One sells service; the other sells design plus hotel living.

This is the distinction I spend the most time on, because the logos make the two brands look interchangeable, and they are not.

At St. Regis, the brand is the operator's service culture. Every residence includes the St. Regis Signature Butler Service. The building has roughly 50,000 square feet of amenities, including an on-site MICHELIN-starred restaurant by chef Fabio Trabocchi, a wellness spa by The Wright Fit, a 31st-floor sky bar, the Cognac Room and Drawing Room, an indoor lap pool and a pickleball court. It is purely residential: no hotel guests and no short-term rentals.

At 888, the Dolce & Gabbana name tells you how the residences look and what they come with. The developer's own brochure states that the condominium is not owned, developed or sold by Dolce & Gabbana, and that the developer uses the marks under a license agreement terminable according to its terms. That is standard for fashion-house branded residences, and it is the single most useful thing a buyer can know about how the brand works here. The service layer comes from the building itself: a 5-star, white-glove hotel operation, a private members club, the 888 Pool Club, signature restaurants including the 888 Chinese Restaurant, and Rolls-Royce house cars with valet.

If what you value most is a consistent, named service standard and privacy from transient guests, St. Regis is built for that. If you want a hotel-style building where the residence arrives finished, furnished and designed, 888 is built for that.

Which tower offers more for the money?

It depends on the size of home you need. 888 Brickell's range opens at $2.2 million with one-bedrooms, a size St. Regis does not offer. For family-size homes, St. Regis runs $7.26 million to $24.49 million for two to six bedrooms, while 888 reaches $88 million at the top of its penthouse collection.

The ranges overlap in the middle, and that is where the real comparison happens. A buyer spending in the high single-digit millions can look at a larger two- or three-bedroom residence in both towers, and the question becomes what that money buys.

• At 888, it buys a fully furnished residence, ceiling heights up to 11 feet, private outdoor space in select residences, private or semi-private keyed elevators, a membership package and a far taller building, which matters for view corridors on higher floors.
• At St. Regis, it buys lower density (152 homes against 259), a private elevator foyer, butler service, the bayfront and a building that delivers two years earlier. St. Regis brochure layouts include a two-bedroom of 2,616 square feet, a three-bedroom of 2,987 square feet and four-bedrooms of 3,679 and 3,712 square feet.

At 888, square footage varies by line and floor, and I share the current unit list with sizes and pricing directly. You can preview the residence types on the residences section and the plans on the floor plans page.

Which delivers sooner, and what does that mean for my capital?

St. Regis is under construction with delivery anticipated in 2027. 888 Brickell has completion estimated for 2029, with a deposit schedule of 20% at contract, 10% at groundbreaking (2026), 20% at top-off (2027) and 50% at closing. Earlier delivery means shorter capital commitment; later delivery means more time to fund it.

For a buyer who wants to be living in the residence soon, St. Regis is the practical answer, because you are buying into a building that is already rising. For a buyer who prefers to stage payments against construction progress and keep half the price in hand until delivery, the 888 schedule does that. I cover the 888 cash-flow math in detail in the 888 Brickell deposit schedule guide, and the pricing and deposit overview is also on the investment section of the main site. The current St. Regis deposit terms are on the developer's latest sheet; I send them on request.

Who is on each design team?

888 Brickell is developed by JDS Development Group, with architecture and interiors by AD100 firm Studio Sofield, residence design and furnishings curated by Dolce & Gabbana, and club and restaurant interiors by Ken Fulk. St. Regis is developed by Related Group and Integra Investments, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Rockwell Group interiors and Enea Garden Design landscape.

In Brickell, St. Regis is the building where the architect carries the most weight with buyers. Robert A.M. Stern Architects has a track record of reselling at a premium, and that is part of what St. Regis buyers are paying for. At 888, the design weight sits on the residences themselves: the kitchens, bathrooms and closet millwork designed under the Dolce & Gabbana program, and a travertine-clad tower with a black facade that will be the tallest in Miami. If you want to go deeper on the developer behind 888, I profiled JDS in this piece.

Which building should I buy?

Buy 888 Brickell if you want a turnkey, design-led residence in the core of Brickell with hotel services, a wider range of sizes and time to fund the purchase. Buy St. Regis if you want a larger family home, low density, butler service, the bayfront and a building delivering in 2027.

Both have trade-offs I would want you to hear from me before a contract. At 888, delivery is estimated for 2029, so the capital is committed for longer, and a 259-residence tower with a hotel operation will never feel as private as a 152-residence building with no hotel guests. At St. Regis, the entry point is much higher, there is no short-term rental option at all, and with a published range in the $7 million to $24 million band and no rental program, liquidity is thinner than at comparable branded hotel residences.

I track both buildings closely, so the comparison I give you is based on today's inventory, not last quarter's brochure. To see current 888 availability, request the price list and floor plans, or call me at 786-474-9627. For St. Regis, the full property overview is at The St. Regis Residences, Miami.