La Maré Bay Harbor Islands: Selling a Bay Harbor Condo to Buy New

La Maré Bay Harbor Islands is a collection of boutique waterfront condominium buildings on East Bay Harbor Drive. For anyone who already owns a condo in town, it raises a practical question: sell the existing unit first, or hold it while committing to a new one? The answer depends on how your unit would be received by today's resale buyers and how closely your move-in needs track the delivery schedule of the building you are considering.

According to the official La Maré Bay Harbor website, the Regency Collection at 9927 East Bay Harbor Drive is an 8-story building with 33 residences ranging from two to four bedrooms, while the Signature Collection at 9781 East Bay Harbor Drive is an 8-story building with nine residences. The same site presents a third project, the Bay Collection. REHUB Miami's guide to the Signature Collection describes the development as being by Regency Development Group, with architecture by Kobi Karp and interiors by Debora Aguiar Arquitetos.

For a remote worker choosing Miami as a home base, the decision is as much about daily function as address. Bay Harbor Islands places residents close to Miami Beach, Downtown and Bal Harbour Shops, according to the Miami Residential listing for La Mare Signature. That access matters if your week alternates between a home office and travel. It also means the comparison with your existing condo should be made on layout, light, work space and building services, not on price per square foot alone.

The most recent published snapshot in the supplied research comes from Vanessa Frank Miami's summary of the Miami Realtors report for the fourth quarter of 2025. According to that summary, Bay Harbor Islands recorded 28 closed condo sales, a median sale price of $767,500 (up 25.8% year over year) and an average sale price of $922,197 (up 11.0%). It also reported 168 active listings, 20.8 months of supply, a median of 161 days to contract and sellers receiving 87.6% of original list price.

Those figures describe the town's whole condo market, not only luxury inventory, so they should not be read as a verdict on a specific unit. The same Vanessa Frank Miami post notes that 18 of the 28 closings were cash sales and that the town's 20.8 months of supply sits above Miami-Dade County's 13.2 months. Its reading is that buyers have more room to compare and negotiate than in tighter segments. For a seller, the practical implication is that a well-presented, correctly priced unit has to stand out in a field of 168 active listings.

A median that rises while time to contract stays long is a reminder that averages can mislead in a small town. A handful of high-end closings can move the numbers significantly, and 28 sales in a quarter is a thin sample. The sound approach is to review the closed sales most similar to yours in building age, view, size and condition, rather than leaning on the headline median.

If 87.6% of original list price was the typical outcome in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to Vanessa Frank Miami's summary of the Miami Realtors data, then an aggressive opening price carries a real cost: time on the market. The same post reports a median of 161 days to contract. A listing that sits tends to be judged against its own price history, so many sellers are better served by setting the number near the evidence of closed sales rather than testing the market from above.

Because you are likely tying the sale to a purchase, build the pricing conversation around your own numbers. Define the proceeds you need, the date by which you need them and the amount of flexibility you can accept on each. A pricing plan with a clear walk-away point is easier to execute than an open-ended one, and it avoids the situation where a strong offer arrives and you are unsure whether it meets your purchase needs.

Presentation deserves attention in a market with this much supply. The Vanessa Frank Miami post describes a luxury setting where presentation, timing and product quality matter. For an owner, that points to practical steps: refresh finishes where buyers will notice, document recent building and unit improvements, and make the home-office and terrace spaces legible in photographs. Buyers coming from newer product will compare your unit with new construction, so condition and clarity carry weight.

The difference between a resale unit and a La Maré residence starts with scale and layout. The Miami Residential floor plan table for La Mare Signature lists three-bedroom residences of roughly 2,627 to 2,655 square feet of total residence, a three-bedroom-plus-den line of 3,975 square feet and four-bedroom lines from 4,447 to 5,395 square feet. REHUB Miami's guide gives the published interior sizes as 2,141 to 4,276 square feet, with totals including terraces from 2,627 to 5,395 square feet. The difference between interior and total figures is the terrace, which is worth keeping in mind when you compare against a resale unit measured differently.

On finishes, LUXE Interiors + Design's May 2024 partner content states that the interiors incorporate Poliform kitchens, Miele appliances and Antonio Lupi bath fixtures, and that the buildings are designed to stand on elevated pilings. The official La Maré website says the Signature Collection offers panoramic bay views from every residence, terraces and private plunge pools. Regency Collection amenities listed by CondoBlackBook include a rooftop pool deck, a fitness center, spa facilities, an on-site doorman and boat slips available for purchase.

Those are the points where an existing condo may or may not match. If your current building lacks a doorman, a rooftop pool deck or boat access, you are comparing services as well as square footage. If it has them, you may be comparing age and design instead. Either way, a side-by-side list of the features you actually use each week is more useful than a general sense that new is better.

Published delivery information for La Maré varies by source, so treat every date as something to confirm with the developer. Miami Residential lists La Mare Signature as 2026 and under construction, and lists the Bay Collection as 2027 and pre-construction. CondoBlackBook shows a 2026 year built for the Regency Collection, while a Miami Residence listing page shows 2025 delivery for the same building. Building stories and unit counts also differ across listings. The official La Maré website describes Signature as 8 stories, whereas Miami Residential describes it as 7 stories in one place and 8 in another.

That inconsistency is the reason to separate marketing summaries from what you can verify. The developer's official site and press page are the better starting point, and a written confirmation of the current construction status is the best foundation for planning your sale. The official press page records construction beginning on the Signature Collection in October 2024 and the Regency groundbreaking the same month, which gives a reference point but not a delivery date.

For a remote worker, the sequencing question is mostly about continuity. You need a functioning workspace and reliable daily routine throughout the transition. If your current condo sells quickly and your new residence is not ready, you may need interim housing. If you hold the existing unit too long, you carry two homes. Neither is inherently wrong, but it helps to decide in advance which risk you prefer, and to set your listing date around the answer rather than the other way around.

Residence selection is where the remote-work lens becomes concrete. The Miami Residential floor plan tables for both La Mare Signature and La Mare Bay Collection include lines labeled with a den, which can serve as a dedicated office, and the CondoBlackBook Regency Collection floor plan list shows several residences with a den. A den is not the same as a separate room with a door and acoustic separation, so request the plan and review it for the layout you need, including where video calls would take place relative to living areas.

Terrace and view orientation also affect a workday. The Miami Residence listing page gives the Regency Collection's range as two to four bedrooms with a maintenance figure per square foot, but it does not state an as-of date, so we do not repeat that figure here. Ask the sales team for current carrying costs on the specific residence, because those costs belong in any comparison with your existing unit.

Pricing for the new buildings is similarly something to confirm directly. Listings from Koya Bay, Miami Residential, Luxlife Miami and Maya Vander show different starting figures and ranges without a clear publication date, and the official La Maré website directs buyers to a fact sheet instead. Rather than rely on any single published number, request the current price list for the residences you are considering and compare it with your expected net proceeds from the sale.

Start by assembling evidence on both sides. For the sale, gather closed comparable sales in Bay Harbor Islands and nearby, a record of building amenities and any recent assessments or improvements, and a candid view of how your unit's condition compares with competing listings. For the purchase, collect the current availability, floor plan, construction status and timeline for the residence you want, in writing from the developer or its sales team.

Then decide your order of operations. Some owners prefer to list first for certainty on proceeds. Others prefer to secure the new residence first because inventory in a nine-residence building is limited by design. The Miami Residential listing for La Mare Signature describes a collection of just nine residences, which means that a particular line you prefer may not be available later. That is a consideration, not a reason to rush, and it should be weighed against the long marketing period that the Q4 2025 resale data suggests.

Finally, keep expectations measured. The research here does not support any claim about how either market will behave, and published resale statistics describe the past. A durable plan works across a range of outcomes: a sale price within the range of recent closings, a purchase timeline confirmed with the developer and a practical bridge if the dates do not line up. If you would like help comparing your unit with current closed sales and the La Maré residences, Denis Smykalov and the team at Wolsen Developments can walk through both sides of the move with you.