The Delmore

About the Project

When DAMAC International — the Dubai-based powerhouse behind more than 43,700 delivered homes across ten countries — chose to make its United States debut, it did not select an ordinary address. The company, founded and led by billionaire chairman Hussain Sajwani, acquired the 1.8-acre oceanfront parcel at 8777 Collins Avenue in Surfside at a court-ordered auction in 2022, paying $120 million for the right to write the next chapter on one of the most emotionally charged sites in American real estate history. Sajwani, a University of Washington graduate who built DAMAC from a single catering venture in the 1990s into a global luxury developer whose partnerships span Trump, Versace, Fendi, Paramount Pictures, and Tiger Woods, brings to Surfside the same conviction that transformed Dubai’s skyline: that a building, at its most ambitious, can be an act of cultural statement. The Delmore is that statement — the crown jewel of a portfolio that stretches from Dubai Marina to Riyadh to London, and now to the Atlantic shore of South Florida.

To design the tower, DAMAC turned to Zaha Hadid Architects, the London studio founded by the late Dame Zaha Hadid and the only firm in Miami’s history to have previously completed a residential skyscraper on the same level of architectural ambition — the iconic One Thousand Museum, whose concrete exoskeleton redefined Biscayne Boulevard when it was finished in 2019. For The Delmore, ZHA has conceived a 12-story sculptural form in sand-colored concrete and floor-to-ceiling glass, its facades curving and folding in the fluid, parametric language for which Hadid became known as the Queen of the Curve. The geometry is not merely aesthetic: terraces ranging from 65 to 85 feet in width wrap each residence, allowing the architecture to breathe with the oceanfront environment, while the building sits elevated seven feet above sea level — a deliberate resilience strategy in the post-Champlain Towers era. Interiors were entrusted to Hirsch Bedner Associates, the storied Santa Monica-based firm whose hospitality pedigree infuses each residence with a seamless transition between private living and resort-level luxury. Landscape architecture was designed by CLAD, whose 20,000-square-foot oceanside meditation garden transforms the building’s ground plane into a contemplative retreat of rare botanical depth.

At the top of The Delmore sits what is arguably the most audacious aquatic engineering feat in South Florida: a 75-foot glass-bottom swimming pool, suspended 125 feet in the air above the Atlantic. The pool’s transparent acrylic floor renders the distinction between water and sky — and between swimmer and coastline — effectively nonexistent, creating a perspective available nowhere else in Miami. Floating at roof level, it crowns an amenity program that spans over 55,000 square feet of curated indoor and outdoor space. On the lower levels, a second 75-foot indoor lap pool opens via retractable glass walls directly onto the meditation garden, creating a seamless aquatic and botanical sequence that extends from the building’s interior to the sea. A state-of-the-art fitness center, a full wellness spa with beauty salon and treatment rooms, private beach butler service, temperature-controlled parking, and a five-tier security system designed by Active Security of Washington, D.C. — unprecedented for Miami residences — complete a program of singular residential comprehensiveness.

The Delmore’s 37 residences — no more than four per floor — are homes in the truest sky-mansion tradition. Ranging from approximately 4,400 to over 12,000 square feet with four- and five-bedroom configurations, each flows through the full depth of the building from ocean to bay, commanding simultaneous views of the Atlantic, Biscayne Bay, and the Miami skyline. Private elevator foyers provide direct in-unit access, and floor-to-ceiling glass walls dissolve the boundary between interior and exterior on terraces of exceptional scale. Every residence is delivered fully finished and fully furnished — with sculptural marble islands, separate chef’s kitchens, bespoke cabinetry, and natural stone finishes throughout — a turnkey commitment that reflects DAMAC’s longstanding philosophy of total hospitality living. Five bespoke penthouses, beginning at 10,000 square feet and ascending to prices in excess of $145 million, represent perhaps the most rarified residential offering in the continental United States. Residences across the building begin at $15 million, with an average asking price in the range of $33 to $40 million, positioning The Delmore firmly above every comparable offering in Miami-Dade County.

Rounding out the residential experience is a private dining room overseen by a Michelin-starred culinary team, available exclusively to residents and their guests — a hospitality flourish drawn directly from the world of ultra-luxury hotel living that DAMAC has perfected in Dubai and exported, here, to the Americas for the first time. Residential butlers, a dedicated residence manager, a children’s club, and a private business lounge ensure that the building functions as a self-contained world of service. Sales are handled exclusively by Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, whose team previously managed the neighboring Eighty Seven Park.

The Delmore rises on a site that carries enormous weight in Miami’s collective memory: the footprint of the Champlain Towers South, the condominium whose catastrophic collapse in June 2021 claimed 98 lives and forced an industry-wide reckoning with aging coastal infrastructure. In the years since, Surfside has undergone a profound repositioning — older buildings across the neighborhood face stringent structural remediation requirements, and the land itself commands a premium as one of the last stretches of beachfront between Bal Harbour’s storied shops and the estate island of Indian Creek, the so-called Billionaire’s Triangle. The Delmore does not merely occupy this geography; it responds to it with structural seriousness and architectural ambition proportionate to the moment. With deep-soil mixing foundation work already underway as of 2025, carried out by specialist contractor Keller North America using eco-conscious techniques that stabilize the coastal soil without traditional pile-driving, the building is on track for delivery in 2029 — poised to become the defining address of a neighborhood, and a city, in the midst of its own reinvention.

Amenities

Location

Surfside, FL 33154