Bentley lovers have a new, and pricey, place to park in Miami

Discuss residing in your automotive.

The British luxurious automotive model Bentley is the newest car producer racing towards the residential actual property market.

“Bentley DNA doesn’t solely should be in vehicles,” stated Christophe Georges, president and CEO of Bentley’s Americas division. “It’s not solely a automotive, it’s a way of life.”

Apparently, that way of life is go huge and go house.

At the moment beneath development in Sunny Isles, Miami, the world’s first Bentley Residences shall be 70 tales of five-star, EXP 100 GT-inspired opulence.

Overlook preventing over road parking with the plebs. The constructing’s 216 models will all characteristic connected three- or four-car garages. Like its neighbor, Porsche Design Tower, the construction’s centerpiece is its core of 4 futuristic automotive elevators. Different facilities embrace a whisky bar, restaurant and wellness suite.

“We’re pushing innovation boundaries throughout the constructing trade,” stated Brett Boydell, Bentley’s head of design collaborations. “No person is doing this, and the reason being as a result of it’s extremely costly.”

Thankfully, the phrase “costly” is a turn-on for Bentley’s clients, a lot of whom have units of wheels value greater than the typical American house. The brand new Bentley Residences at 18325 Collins Ave. vary from $4.6 million for the three-bed, three-bath Bacalar unit, to $14.4 million for the four-bed, five-baths combo unit.

When it’s completed in 2026, it is going to be the tallest beachfront high-rise within the nation. It would even have probably the most swimming pools per capita, with every unit boasting its personal balcony pool. 

However the sexiest characteristic — for automotive fans, not less than — would be the floor-to-ceiling glass partitions.

“We designed the storage so you’ll be able to see your vehicles out of your house,” stated Chris Cooke, Bentley’s product and way of life design supervisor. “You possibly can have your delight and pleasure on show when you’re stress-free and cooking.”

Cooke and Boydell, who say their clients are very discerning with “big calls for,”  drew a lot of their inspiration from Bentley’s present vary of vehicles — i.e., count on the extent of luxurious you’d discover within the new Flying Spur (MSRP $198,000) and the GT (MSRP $202,000).

“We’ve even gone past these vehicles as a result of we’re working 5 years sooner or later,” stated Cooke. “This constructing provides glimpses into the following technology of our vehicles.” 

The most important problem for each designers was not making the within of the constructing appear like the within of a automotive, regardless of utilizing lots of the identical finishes and supplies like wooden, glass and leather-based.

“We would like the essence of the Bentley expertise with out overkill,” stated Boydell.

As an alternative of slapping the Bentley brand in every single place, they’re subtly incorporating its signature diamond motif in every thing from the home windows to the ground tiles. They’re additionally working with Dezer Improvement and Sieger Suarez Architects on the constructing’s eye-catching exterior. The 749-feet-tall construction shall be supported by two wings a la the long-lasting Bentley badge.

Vehicle aficionados will even go gaga for the video games room the place they will slip on digital actuality headsets and race at speeds larger than 200 mph from behind the wheel of a Bentley Continental GT. “I say it’s for the children however we could discover loads of adults in there as nicely,” laughs Boydell. The constructing’s different over-the-top facilities embrace a golf simulator, cigar lounge and cinema.  

Why Miami? “America is our largest market on the earth,” stated Georges. “And Florida and California are our two most important markets within the US”

Maybe a greater query is that this: Do you must drive a Bentley to maneuver in? The reply isn’t any.

“You received’t be common,” stated Boydell. “However you’re allowed in.”