Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami vs Cipriani Residences Brickell: 2026 Comparison

Buyers comparing Miami branded pre-construction often ask me to put Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami next to Cipriani Residences Miami in Brickell. They both start around the same entry price, but almost everything else is different: the neighborhood (Downtown versus Brickell), the developer (PMG plus Greybrook versus Mast Capital), the architect (Sieger Suarez versus Arquitectonica), and the height (100 stories versus 80). Both now target 2028 delivery, so the timeline is no longer the tiebreaker it looked like a year ago. Here is my analysis based on each developer's public specs and the schedules I track from Miami-Dade County permit records as of Q2 2026.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Price Analysis

This is the part most buyers get wrong. These two towers start at almost the same number, around $1,100,000 for an entry residence, so there is no clean cheaper-versus-pricier story here. Where they split is up the stack. Waldorf runs roughly $1,500 per square foot on average and pushes its penthouse collection past $30,000,000, because a 100-story, 1,049-foot tower has dozens of floors no neighbor can block. Cipriani tops out lower, with penthouses on floors 75 to 80 from $18,000,000 to $32,000,000, and Mast Capital prices it as the more accessible branded option in Brickell. So you are not choosing a budget building versus a luxury one. You are choosing how much you pay to climb into the rarest air in Downtown Miami.

Who Should Pick Which

Choose Waldorf Astoria Residences Miami if: you want the record-setting tower. At 100 stories and 1,049 feet it will be the tallest residential building south of New York City, the views from the upper floors over Biscayne Bay are unobstructed, and the 205-key Waldorf Astoria hotel sits in the same building for service and resale recognition. Delivery is guided to 2028. The trade-off is that you are in Downtown Miami rather than Brickell, you are buying the tower that is still climbing while Cipriani has already topped out, and the supertall scale means 360 residences sharing the address.

Choose Cipriani Residences Brickell if: you want a Brickell address and the Italian Cipriani brand, with a ground-floor Cipriani restaurant downstairs and 1508 London interiors. Arquitectonica designed the 80-story tower, and Mast Capital positions it as the more reachable branded entry in the neighborhood. It topped out at roughly 950 feet in July 2026, so the structure is already up, with delivery estimated 2028. The trade-off is a shorter tower than Waldorf.

Rental Policy and Investment Profile

Both towers are built for annual leases, not daily Airbnb. The Waldorf Astoria brand restricts short-term rentals by building management, and Cipriani's condo rules are expected to require annual leases with a 6 to 12 month minimum term, so confirm the exact covenants in the Declaration of Condominium before you sign. On the income side, Waldorf draws Downtown Miami's young-professional renter pool, which the building's own projection ties to walkability and proximity to Brickell's financial district. Cipriani sits directly in Brickell, which has among the strongest 1 and 2-bedroom luxury rental demand in the country, with annual leases in the $5,500 to $9,000 per month range a reasonable assumption for the 2028 to 2029 market at this caliber of building. Because both start near the same $1.1 million entry, the yield difference comes down to the specific unit line and floor, not a price gap between the two buildings.

My Recommendation

There is no universal winner here. I help clients decide based on their specific use case: primary residence, second home, or investment. If you have narrowed your search to these two, let me pull the actual available units in each and run a unit-level comparison on exact floor, view, and layout.

"When buyers can't decide between these two, I ask one question first: do you want the tallest residential address south of New York, or do you want a Brickell front door with Cipriani downstairs? That answer settles it faster than any spreadsheet."Gerardo Gonzalez, Licensed Real Estate Agent at Compass

"Waldorf and Cipriani are not the same product at two prices. One is a 100-story supertall with a hotel in the lobby; the other is an 80-story Brickell tower with an Italian restaurant on the ground floor. Pick the lifestyle, then we pick the floor."

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