Starchitect Chad Oppenheim's Miami Home, Villa Allegra, Hits Market For $33 Million

Miami-based starchitect Chad Oppenheim, who has designed some of the finest waterfront homes and condominium towers including Ten Museum Park, has listed his home on Miami’s Sunset Islands for $33 million. Listed with Oren Alexander and Tal Alexander of OFFICIAL, Villa Allegra, located at 1500 W 23rd Street, was a once-ordinary single-story ranch which was transformed by Chad Oppenheim into a tropical modern home by adding multiple interior and exterior rooms to create over 6,000 square feet of classic yet contemporary living space. The striking yet pared-back home is nestled in a garden of native vegetation, guaranteeing its future buyer tranquility and the utmost privacy.

Villa Allegra is made for entertaining, having hosted celebrations for big-name brands like Audi and Ferrari, and even appearing in the Miami Vice movie. From the grandeur of the living spaces to intimate alcoves, every corner reflects Oppenheim's style that blurs the line between classical and contemporary. Located in Sunset Island III, the waterfront villa is nestled in a lush garden of native vegetation, conceived by Raymond Jungles, this home embodies the perfect blend of luxury and tranquility. Outdoors features multiple docks to accommodate water toys and yachts up to 75’.

Chad Oppenheim established Oppenheim Architecture in 1999 and now has studios in Miami and Basel, Switzerland with an inquisitive team of forty architects, interior designers, planners, dreamers, and technicians. Oppenheim Architecture has received over 90 awards, including more than 60 from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Awards, as well as a National Design Award from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Their projects in Miami include Ten Museum Park, Forte dei Marmi, Metropica and several record breaking single family waterfront homes, amongst other commercial and residential project.

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The Alexander Team Launches Ultra-Luxe Real Estate Advisory, Official, Backed By Side

The nation’s leading ultra-luxury real estate group The Alexander Team, led by Oren and Tal Alexander, has left Douglas Elliman to launch their own firm, Official. Official is the first real estate advisory firm to specialize in the ultra-luxury segment of the market and is backed by the San Francisco-based real estate firm Side, which partners with top-producing agents and teams who own their own brands. The Alexander team will also expand to the West Coast.

The Alexander Team was ranked by Douglas Elliman as the leading team by gross commission income and sales volume in both Florida and New York in 2021 with $1.8 billion in sales, accounting for 3.5% of the brokerages $51.2 billion in total sales volume. They were also ranked the #1 Team in the USA by Wall Street Journal in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Side is a real estate brokerage founded in 2017 by Guy Gal to partner with leading real estate agents. The agents own 100% of their own brand and business and Side powers the back-end and acts as the broker. Side typically takes 10% of commissions and Side keeps the brand if the partners leave within the first two years of the partnership. Side expanded to Florida in 2019 and reached a $2.5 billion valuation in 2021. Side is backed by Tiger Global Management, ICONIQ Capital and Trinity Ventures.

Douglas Elliman Reports $4.7 Billion Of Sales Volume In South Florida As The Firm Honors Top Agents At The Ellies

Douglas Elliman Real Estate, the nation’s third-largest residential real estate brokerage, celebrated the firm’s world-class agents from around the nation at the annual awards ceremony, The Ellies. Top performers from Florida, including the markets of Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Miami Beach, Palm Beach, Aventura, Bay Harbor Island, Jupiter, Wellington, Delray Beach and Coral Gables, were among the honorees at this year’s event held at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT.

Douglas Elliman Florida marked another banner year in 2018 with $4.7 Billion in closed transactions, up 30% from 2017. Nationwide, Douglas Elliman’s 2018 total sales volume was $28.1 billion, up 8% from 2017. The firm was responsible for 44,131 sales and rental transactions and was ranked the number three brokerage in the nation by sales volume. Douglas Elliman Florida marked a banner year in 2018, responsible for four out of the top eight single-family home sales for Miami-Dade County. The firm was also named the number one brokerage in Palm Beach County and in Miami Beach for total sales volume.

“Our wonderfully talented agents across the nation gave a very impressive performance this year, backed by a tremendous amount of dedication and passion for their work. We remain committed to providing all of our agents with the best in class technology, marketing and public relations to help them reach even greater heights in 2019, and we look forward to another triumphant year,” said Howard M. Lorber, Chairman, Douglas Elliman Realty, LLC.

“We’re thrilled to celebrate the accomplishments of our agents and their dedication to Douglas Elliman’s success,” said Jay Phillip Parker, CEO of Douglas Elliman Florida. “Due to their efforts, Elliman continues to dominate the market in South Florida, and we’re looking forward to continuing our expansion and leadership position in 2019.”

Leading the Top 10 Teams for Florida by Gross Commission Income (GCI) are The Carroll Group, based out of Miami-Dade County and Palm Beach County. They were followed by the Leavitt McIntosh Team (#2), Carmenate / Duchon (#3), The Randy & Nick Team (#4), the Bill and Bryan Team (#5), the Alexander Team (#6), Belmonte Sanchez (#7), the RMI Team (#8), The Senada Adzem Team (#9) and The Rubin [+] Morr Group (#10).

The Top 10 Agents for Florida by GCI are led by Martha W. Jolicoeur, based out of Wellington. She was followed by Gary Pohrer (#2), Maria Mendelsohn (#3), Paul Stuart Fishman (#4), Brett Harris (#5), Bohdan Mastykaz (#6), Raul Santidrian (#7), Kayce Driscoll (#8), Dina Goldentayer (#9) and Steven Menezes (#10).

The prestigious Pinnacle Club Award winners, presented to Florida agents and teams who made over $1 million in 2018, include The Carroll Group, Leavitt McIntosh Team, Carmenate / Duchon, The Randy & Nick Team, Bill & Bryan Team, the Alexander Team, Belmonte Sanchez, Martha Jolicoeur, RMI Team, The Senada Adzem Team, The Rubin [+] Morr Group, Gary Pohrer, Maria Mendelsohn, Pamela Fishman, The Goihman Group, The Darin Tansey Group, Robert Kemp, Brett Harris, Bohdan Mastykaz, The Bretzlaff Group, Raul Santidrian, The APT Team, Kayce Driscoll, and Dina Goldentayer.

4555 Pine Tree Drive Sells for $22.575 Million

The Miami Beach spec home by developer Barry Brodsky of Brodson Construction, has sold for $22.575 million as per The Real Deal. The home was originally listed for $34 million by Eloy Carmentate and Mick Duchon of Douglas Elliman. Oren and Tal Alexander of The Alexander Team brought the buyer. The price reflects $1,672 SF, nearly $1,000 SF under the original ask of $2,518 SF. The home was built in 2015 and features 6 bedrooms, 7 full bathrooms and 2 half baths over 16,000 SF. It was designed by South African architecture firm SAOTA with the interior design by Nils Sanderson, who was formally with Herzog & de Meuron. The home will come delivered with Artefacto furniture to the buyer.  It also has a resort style pool with waterslide, Raymond Jungles landscaping throughout, half-basketball court and waterfront access with a private dock.

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