888 Brickell Dolce&Gabbana Miami

888 Brickell Avenue will rise 90 stories with 259 residences, developed by JDS Development Group. Studio Sofield holds the architect and façade concept design credit, with O'Donnell Dannwolf & Partners Architects Inc as executive architect of record. The interiors carry Dolce&Gabbana's name — the brand's first residential real estate collaboration anywhere.

The project is under construction, tracking toward a disclosed schedule of groundbreaking in Q2 2026, top-off in Q4 2027, and closings in Q2 2029. No overall completion date beyond that closing target has been published.

Sales stand at 14.4% of the 259 units as of the most recent reporting (The Real Deal, May 2026). An unnamed source cited roughly $350 million in presales, a figure not verified against a ledger.

Unit sizes span a wide range, from 2,435 to 11,150 square feet, with pricing from $2.2 million to $88 million. Price per square foot has not been published, so the range cannot yet be measured against Brickell's broader luxury band of roughly $1,500–$2,600/sf.

Dolce&Gabbana's design direction is described by the brand as built on 'fatto a mano' — handmade — craftsmanship, per its own statement on the collaboration. Specific finish schedules, floor plans, and included fixtures beyond that design language are not detailed in the material available.

The amenity list leans toward a hotel-adjacent, service-forward daily life: two lobby bars, a pool club, a theater, a resident lounge, an indoor padel court, a golf simulator, a yoga and Pilates studio, a spa, and a lap pool. The developer describes private resident facilities and services 'that retain the same discretion as experienced in your home,' layered on top of what it calls world-class hotel hospitality.

The address sits in Brickell, Miami's financial and residential core, with a Walk Score of 96 and Metromover access five minutes on foot. No data on nearby development or sightline durability is available to say how the view corridor will hold as the neighborhood continues to build out.

JDS Development Group is a Miami-headquartered developer founded in 2002, with one delivered Miami-Dade condominium to its name — Monad Terrace in Miami Beach, completed 2020 — alongside two completed New York towers, Walker Tower and 111 West 57th Street. It is not an unproven shop, but its Miami-Dade luxury condo track record is thin at one building.

The only financing recorded against 888 Brickell is a $35.7 million loan from G4 Capital Partners, described as covering acquisition rather than the vertical construction; a dedicated construction loan was still being arranged as of an April 2026 report. Dolce&Gabbana's involvement is the project's clearest differentiator — its own statement frames the tower as the brand's 'world debut in the real estate sector.' The developer score on this project reflects capital-markets pressure across the sponsor's broader portfolio, not conduct specific to 888 Brickell's construction.

Deposits are front-loaded toward the back end of construction: 20% at contract, 10% at groundbreaking (targeted Q2 2026), 20% at top-off (targeted Q4 2027), and the remaining 50% at closing (targeted Q2 2029) — meaning buyers carry full exposure to the project's completion before the bulk of funds are due. No escrow percentage above Florida's statutory 10% has been disclosed, and HOA dues and rental/short-term-rental policy are not published.

Three open matters name the project or its ownership entity directly: a Kimley-Horn construction-lien suit over roughly $72,000 in alleged unpaid work, a One Sotheby's International Realty suit alleging over $500,000 in unpaid commissions and fees, and a GV Development Group complaint alleging misrepresentation of a $25 million investment tied specifically to this project's financing — all reported as filed, with no disposition stated in the cited reports.

Ask sales for price per square foot, HOA estimates, confirmed escrow terms, rental policy, and written confirmation of construction loan closing before signing.

Value sits at 5: no price-per-square-foot figure is published to test against Brickell's band, and 14.4% sold hasn't yet given the market's verdict on pricing. Delivery also scores 5 — the construction loan gap and three open project-named suits, including a fraud allegation tied to project capital, cap it below what a straightforward under-construction project would earn.

Location scores 7 on Brickell's own strength — a 96 Walk Score and five-minute Metromover access — with no data available on view durability. Developer scores 4, reflecting capital-markets strain across the sponsor's wider book rather than this address specifically. Liquidity scores 7: Brickell's resale market is deep and the Dolce&Gabbana name should aid differentiation, though unit sizes above 2,400 square feet narrow the buyer pool. Market momentum sits at 5, and buyer protection at 4 — the deposit structure collects the bulk of funds before a 2029 closing with no escrow disclosure above statutory minimums and open litigation naming the project.

This suits a long-hold buyer drawn to the brand and the address, comfortable underwriting a project still short of confirmed construction financing. It does not suit anyone who needs price-per-square-foot, HOA, or rental terms in hand today, or who wants a sold-out, fully financed building at contract.