488 NE 18th Street #5009, Miami, FL 33132

Fifty floors above Biscayne Bay at Aria on the Bay, Residence 5009 is a fully furnished two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath home with bay, Miami Beach, and ocean views. From the moment the elevator opens into your private foyer, you are greeted by designer wallcoverings and the attention to detail of a top bicoastal interior designer, who renovated it as her own Miami pied-à-terre. No one has lived in it since. Floor-to-ceiling impact glass and 9-foot ceilings frame the view: across the bay to the heart-shaped Pace Picnic Island, the Venetian Causeway, the Miami Beach skyline, and the Atlantic. At this height it is private and quiet, and the northern exposure keeps the rooms cool through the afternoon. The living room is built around a floor-to-ceiling media wall in white lacquer and wood veneer, its floating unit topped in hand-selected Tempest Crystal quartzite. Concealed LED lighting, a backlit wallpapered soffit, and Sonos surround sound turn it into the centerpiece of the room at...