Miami, FL
An Architect’s Party Palace Hits the Market in Miami Beach for $33 Million
On a December afternoon, architect Chad Oppenheim served drinks to about 100 guests on the stone motor court of his roughly 8,000-square-foot home in Miami Beach, Fla. Partygoers faced a 23-foot-tall covered courtyard entry, shrouded in a large curtain. Drums began to beat.
When the curtains opened, the guests passed through the courtyard into a darkened living and dining room filled with candles. They pulled back a second curtain to reveal an opera singer gliding toward them in a gondola on Biscayne Bay. Stepping out of the boat, she serenaded them.
The event, a fundraiser for the Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami Beach, was one of many bashes Oppenheim has thrown at the house. The property has hosted parties for a Netflix documentary release and brands like Audi and Ferrari, and served as a set in the 2006 movie “Miami Vice.” When it rained during his daughter’s 3rd birthday party, Oppenheim said, he brought the bouncy house inside the open-plan living and dining room, along with real ponies dressed up as unicorns with pink and blue manes, he said.
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But for all the fun Oppenheim has had in the home, he said he is itching for a new project, and has decided to list the Tropical Modern-style waterfront home for $33 million.
The six-bedroom home in the Sunset Islands has 80 feet of waterfront on Biscayne Bay, said listing agent Oren Alexander of the brokerage Official, who has the listing with his brother and colleague Tal Alexander. Measuring about 0.32 acres, the lot has two docks and a pool with a 25-foot-tall outdoor shower, said Oppenheim.
The roughly 0.32-acre property has a swimming pool.
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The coral and limestone house is Oppenheim’s primary home with his wife, Ilona Mattli Oppenheim, and their two children. They bought the lot for $1 million in 2001 and spent about $5 million to build the house, completing it around 2003. Then, during Covid, they spent about $6 million refinishing it with natural materials and soft colors, Oppenheim said.
A reflecting pool fed by rain water sits outside the home’s entry. Inside, a media room has a hidden door concealed by a bookcase. But Oppenheim said his favorite area of the house is the primary suite’s private travertine terrace, which has another outdoor shower, a soaking tub, a seating area and roughly 75-year-old Bonsai trees.
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Oppenheim founded his eponymous architecture practice in 1999 and is known for designing the Miami high-rise Ten Museum Park and a Los Angeles home for “Transformers” director Michael Bay. Oppenheim said he also has homes in Aspen, California and the Bahamas.
Single-family homes in Miami Beach sold for a median $3 million in the third quarter, up 7.1% from the same time last year, according to Douglas Elliman. A nearby home on the Sunset Islands recently sold for $32 million in cash, according to the developer. The Sunset Islands are in high demand for their location near shopping and restaurants in Sunset Harbor, Alexander said.
Alexander said he expects prices in the area to continue rising this winter, as the Miami area enters its busy season.
The Miami Dolphins wasted little time filling their need for a temporary long-snapper, and they’re again going the practice squad route.
Per NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, the Dolphins are signing Tucker Addington to the practice squad to replace veteran Matt Overton, who was released Monday after being elevated his maximum three times to fill in while Blake Ferguson remains on the Reserve/Non-Illness list.
Addington, who played collegiately at Sam Houston State, has played seven NFL games, including one with the New England Patriots this season. He also played three games for New England in 2022 and three games for the Washington Commanders last season.
Because of NFL rules, Overton was not allowed to play another regular season game for Miami as a practice squad elevation, which meant the Dolphins had to sign him to the active roster at some point before the game against the Los Angeles Rams next Monday night or pick up another long-snapper.
Ferguson has one more game to sit out after being placed on the Reserve/Non-Football Illness list on October 19, making him eligible to return for the game against the Las Vegas Raiders on November 17.
With Addington now aboard, here is where the Dolphins practice squad stands. As a reminder, the Dolphins have 17 openings because they have an exemption for Dominican offensive lineman Bayron Matos.
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It was a slow first half but the Miami Hurricanes women’s basketball team took care of business against Stetson 78-53 in the opening game of the season.
With children streaming at the top of their lungs after anything the Lady Canes did, they started to find their rhythm as a team thanks to the dominant performance from Notre Dame Transfer Nat Marshall and the dynamic duo between Hanna and Hailey Cavinder.
Hanna finished with the highest plus/minus on the team with 34 and played often with her sister(something that did not happen a lot during their previous tenure with the Hurricanes)
The Hurricanes hounded the glass finishing with 58 rebounds. That tell you how much miss was going on but in the first game of the season, the hustle effort was all that could be asked.
The Canes will return to the court next Monday, Nov. 11, when they are slated to host Jacksonville at 7 p.m.
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Men’s Basketball: Miami 113, FDU 72
Women’s Basketball: Miami 78, Stetson 53
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The Miami Central High School football team is being forced to forfeit a number of games over an ineligible player.
The Florida High School Athletic Association deemed the Miami Central Rockets used an ineligible player and they must now forfeit all 8 victories, according to a report released Monday.
The team was also placed on administrative probation until Nov. 1, 2025, and was fined $900 for the violation.
According to the ruling, the Rockets used a fifth-year student-athlete and self-reported the violation. The name of the student was redacted from the report from the FHSAA.
The Miami-Dade County School Board has not sent over a statement, but the report said the school will take corrective actions and mentioned “The alleged player has been removed from the practice and will never play football again at Miami Central.”
Sports Illustrated ranked The Rockets as No. 6 in Florida before this ruling came down.
The report says school administrators have the right to appeal the decision within the next 10 business days.
NBC6 reached out to the school board and are waiting on a statement.
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