With five luxury brand-affiliated buildings set to open in South Florida by 2021, the sunny region has seemingly become the unofficial home of the branded building, helped in large part by its international buying demographic. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE

The east tower, known as Caoba, is already topped off, with 43 stories and 444 units. The west tower is not yet under construction and hasn’t been named, but will include 40-story and 429-units. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE

CK Privé Group’s Uptown Biscayne project just received City Council approval to build a complex that includes a 16-story residential tower, 35,000 square feet of offices, and more than 170,000 square feet of retail. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE

At what looks like an abandoned airfield, the Miami’s Construction Research Lab has 38 sealed test chambers and all the equipment to replicate the forces of nature to subject a growing crop of building facades to mock hurricanes, monsoons and arctic blasts. CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE

Submitted to the city of Miami for review, developers are proposing to build 17 buildings that will include residential units, office space, retail space, and hotel rooms, CLICK ON THE HEADLINE FOR MORE