Violist David Aaron Carpenter and his family, known for their involvement in violin dealing and art collecting, have secured a buyer for their waterfront property assemblage in Golden Beach. The collection of properties was listed with an asking price of $60 million.
This transaction represents the highest-priced among 29 contracts signed in Miami-Dade County between January 19 and January 25, as reported by the Eklund-Gomes team. The report monitors homes and condos listed at $4 million or more on the Multiple Listing Service. On average, these properties were on the market for 89 days.
During this period, 42 new luxury listings were introduced to the market, bringing the total number of available high-end properties in Miami-Dade to 1,356. In comparison, the previous week saw buyers sign contracts for 14 properties with a combined asking price of $138 million.
The recent contracts included 11 single-family homes and 12 condos under contract last week, amounting to a total asking dollar volume of $301 million according to data from Douglas Elliman’s team led by Fredrik Eklund and John Gomes. The single-family homes had an average asking price of $12 million and also spent about 89 days on the market. Collectively, these homes accounted for $253 million in asking value.
At the top end of last week’s report are three waterfront residences located at 343, 345, and 349 Center Island Drive in Golden Beach. Property records indicate that members of the Carpenter family—Sean and Lauren—purchased these sites through LLCs in three separate transactions totaling $11.9 million in 2021. David Carpenter previously told The Real Deal that he was drawn to Florida’s quality of life and intended to convert one room into a music studio. Together, these properties cover nearly nine-tenths of an acre with over 400 feet of water frontage.
The condos that went under contract last week averaged an asking price of $6 million each and typically spent about 87 days on the market. Their combined value reached $48.2 million with an average rate per square foot standing at $2,500.
In New York during the same timeframe, buyers signed contracts for 23 homes as documented by the Olshan report; those properties had a collective asking price of $190.4 million and remained on the market for an average of 507 days.
