A BUYERS GALLERY of FINE HOMES®
MARKETPLACE—FLORIDA
MIAMI Just picture a 4,427-square-foot penthouse with white glass floors, on the 46th floor of 3 Tequesta Point on Brickell Key, perhaps the most exceptional residence in this ultra-exclusive, island community. “These are extraordinary views,” said Diane Lieberman, the broker/owner of SBI Realty, which is handling the property. “Two story with unobstructed views of the bay and the ocean beyond.” Fabulously customized by the owner of the haute design firm Baltus, this open-plan, 3-bedroom condo soars to gasp inducing heights and glitters with expanses of glass that frame that view from every window. In a location second to none, minutes to Coral Gables, South Beach and the downtown business district, the condo offers rarified facilities to match, including valet service, a pool and spa, racquet-ball and squash courts, and a fantastic two-level gym.
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As the owners of the South Beach Group, Diane and her husband Alan have snapped up and restored apartment buildings and hotel gems like the Catalina, Rivera and the Metropole, becoming “the largest boutique hoteliers in Miami Beach,” she says. SBI Realty, with its two offices and multi-lingual staff is, however, entirely her own baby: “I started it in 1999 and have been growing it ever since,” she says. A couple that plays as hard as they work, the Lieberman’s make the most of Miami’s sophisticated tropical lifestyle, playing polo and tennis and serving on the boards of the New World Symphony, the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and MOCA, the Museum of Contemporary Art. “Living in Miami is the best kept secret in the world,” she says. “To wake up every day to sunshine puts a positive spin on the rest of your day.”
FLORIDA—MARKETPLACE
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