619 Brickell by Nobu · Foster + Partners

619 Brickell by Nobu is a 75-story, 306-unit tower planned for 619 Brickell Avenue, Miami, with a design architect team of Foster + Partners and Sieger Suarez (also architect of record) and interiors by DesignAgency. It is in preconstruction, with a stated completion of 2031.

The evidence supplied does not name the developer. That is not a minor omission — a buyer putting down a deposit on a $3 million to $60 million unit is, in effect, lending money to an entity whose identity is not in the record we were given. We flag it rather than fill it in.

Units range from 1,160 to 5,526 square feet, priced from $3,000,000 to $60,000,000, at an average of $2,600 per square foot. The amenity list is long: multiple pools, a hammam, cryotherapy and hyperbaric chambers, padel courts, a VR simulator suite, a Nobu restaurant and café, and a roster of recovery and wellness technology that reads more like a clinic than a clubhouse. None of that changes the fact that six years separate a deposit today from a closing in 2031.

A press account from June 2026 quotes the developer describing more than $1 billion in unit reservations and a push to close sales before summer. That is a reservation figure, not a closed-sale figure, and the evidence does not give us a percentage sold.

Residences run 1,160 to 5,526 square feet, priced from $3,000,000 to $60,000,000, at $2,600 per square foot on average — the top edge of the neighborhood's published $1,500–$2,600 per-square-foot band.

The deposit schedule is not published. Neither is the escrow percentage the developer intends to hold, nor the rental policy for owners who plan to lease the unit rather than occupy it. HOA dues per square foot are also not published; the carrying-cost score for this building was set at the category midpoint specifically because that figure is missing, not because it is known to be moderate.

What is included at closing — finish level, appliance package, cabinetry, whether the wellness and spa facilities carry separate membership fees — is not in the evidence available to us. Buyers should ask for the condominium documents directly rather than infer standards from the renderings or the amenity list.

No developer name, delivery history, average construction delay, defect-suit record, lender-default history, or founding year is published in the material we reviewed. The developer track-record score of 5 reflects that absence — it is a midpoint assigned in the absence of data, not a rating of adequate performance.

One piece of litigation is on record concerning this specific project: a complaint by an unnamed member of First Miami Presbyterian Church sought to block the church's sale of the development site to the 619 Brickell developers. The evidence states the deal was initially threatened by that action but does not record a final disposition.

Separately, later coverage (August 2026) quotes a resident referencing a court decision on process — 'a good outcome not just for one community, but for every Brickell resident who believes decisions that shape our neighborhood should be made fairly, and in the open' — and quotes the developer characterizing that ruling as 'procedural' with 'no impact on plans for 619 Brickell.' We report both statements as given; the underlying legal filing and its resolution are not detailed enough in our evidence to independently confirm the developer's characterization.

None of this is litigation at other developer projects being read onto this one — the one legal matter in the record concerns this site's acquisition directly, and we have not been given anything to suggest the developer has, or lacks, a track record elsewhere.

Florida law requires escrow of only the first 10% of a buyer's deposit. Whatever a developer collects beyond that threshold — and preconstruction contracts commonly do collect more — sits outside that statutory protection unless the developer voluntarily agrees to escrow a higher percentage in the purchase contract. The deposit-escrow percentage for 619 Brickell is not published, and the deposit-protection score of 3 reflects that specific gap.

HOA dues per square foot are not published either; the carrying-cost score of 6 was built on the category midpoint for that missing figure plus one concrete positive: as new construction, the building has no SB-4D milestone structural inspection due within the next ten years, which is a real cost the resale market in older Miami condos is currently absorbing and this building is not.

No construction loan amount or construction lender is disclosed. That is standard omission at this stage of preconstruction marketing, but it means the project's financing depth cannot currently be assessed from public information.

The address is 619 Brickell Avenue, in the Brickell submarket. Two towers under construction nearby are disclosed: 888 Brickell Dolce & Gabbana (1,049 feet, 90 floors, to the southwest, partial view impact, expected 2029) and Baccarat Residences Miami (approximately 835 feet, 75 floors, to the northwest, partial view impact, expected early 2028). Both are described as having a partial impact on views from this building, which matters directly for any unit marketed on its outlook.

We were not given a FEMA flood zone designation, a walk-time to transit, or a record of what additional towers are permitted (as opposed to under construction) nearby. The location-durability score of 6 was set without that information; it should be treated as provisional rather than a clean bill of health on view protection.

A local resident, quoted in August 2026 coverage, raised the more immediate issue: 'we're going to be affected by the construction, the noise, the added crowding and the increase in people coming to the neighborhood.' That is a comment about the surrounding construction environment during the build-out period, not about this building's own delivery, but it is relevant to anyone weighing the next several years on this stretch of Brickell Avenue.

The pricing is the clearest number in the file, and it sits at the very top of the disclosed neighborhood band — $2,600 per square foot against a band of $1,500 to $2,600. That is not a defect, but it does mean there is no room in the comps for this project to be considered a value entry; the price-vs-comps score of 2.5 says exactly that.

Delivery risk is scored at 3, driven by two facts: the project is still in preconstruction, with six years to completion, and there is one open construction-related legal matter tied to the site. Neither fact alone is unusual for a project at this stage, but the combination, with no percentage-sold figure and no construction loan disclosed, leaves little to independently corroborate the developer's claim of strong reservation volume.

The more general risk is the volume of missing disclosure itself: 20 of the 26 inputs behind these scores are unverified, against 6 that are confirmed. Escrow structure, HOA dues, sales pace, developer identity and history, and adjacent permitting are all open items. An honest read of this file is that the design and the address are the known quantities; the financial and legal architecture around the deposit is not yet visible.