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The first residents will arrive at Vita at Grove Isle soon, proving that private island living can offer both privacy and seamless access to culture, convenience, and a true neighborhood. A decorated development team and international design experts assembled with a clear vision — a project scaled for intimacy rather than spectacle, built with materials that signal craft over flash, positioned on twenty acres that saw no new construction for over forty years. As keys turn in locks for the first time, a new benchmark emerges.
Grove Isle is a 20-acre man-made island from the 1920s land boom era, spanning the Biscayne Bay waterfront, connected to Coconut Grove by a single bridge. Ugo Colombo's CMC Group broke ground on 65 residences at 5 Grove Isle Drive, a seven-story development across three linked buildings that curve along the bay. Construction topped off last year, with the delivery set for the end of 2025. Most units are spoken for, roughly 80% pre-sold, and the project represents the first new luxury residential construction on any private island in Miami in more than 40 years. The chance to buy into a new luxury private island residence closes with this project; who knows when another opportunity like it will surface on the island?
CallisonRTKL and S&E Architects handled the building's shape — a seven-story arc along the bay — while A++, the Italian studio run by Carlo and Paolo Colombo, took on everything else. Ugo Colombo, the developer, has the same last name, same Milanese background, but is from a different family. What connects them, however, is the idea that luxury means editing rather than adding. People are moving into residences with floor-to-ceiling windows and terraces 13 feet deep, across three buildings – named Mare, Luce, Sole (Italian for sea, light, sun). Square footage ranges from 2,400 to 6,500, with three or four bedrooms per unit, each with a private elevator. Kitchens are by Molteni&C, fabricated in Italy, with Miele appliances hidden throughout. Bathrooms are done in book-matched Margraf marble. Effegibi showers with a Turkish mode — steam, scent, sound — controlled via remote. Acoustic insulation runs throughout, plus smart systems that manage lighting, temperature, and music.
Residents have access to the club pool, a bar, and La Sponda, the restaurant on the clubhouse's second floor. It opens in 2026, designed by Martin Brudnizki, the visionary behind Soho Beach House Miami, Annabel's in London, and The Beekman in New York, and run by Gioia Hospitality, the group behind Michelin Guide-recommended Daniel's in Fort Lauderdale. Expect coastal Italian cooking where understated, expert technique allows the ingredients to shine, interiors featuring reclaimed wood and vintage European details, and views that justify the reservation.
The third floor is for Vita’s residents only: a gym, yoga studio, residents-only pool, and spa with a sauna, steam room, and treatment rooms, all designed by A++. Outside, there are tennis courts with night lighting, as well as padel and pickleball courts. The marina offers deep-water slips for boats, alongside The Baywalk Promenade, which circles the island with landscaping that includes native palms, sea grape, and the occasional iguana. Concierge books tables, valet parks cars.
Residents settling in are discovering that Grove Isle's single-bridge connection to Coconut Grove delivers privacy when you want it, and proximity when you need it. The Grove is less than ten minutes away, with its tree-lined streets that predate most of Miami, sidewalk cafés operating since the '70s, galleries in converted bungalows, and boutiques that don't exist online. CocoWalk handles your errands. Dinner at Le Bouchon, drinks at Monty's, brunch at Greenstreet — places locals return to not because they're trendy, but because they are beloved. Schools include Ransom Everglades and Carrollton, anchors for multigenerational Grove families. The neighborhood has the canopy of a forest and the infrastructure of a small city, which makes it feel older and quieter than the rest of Miami. For people unpacking on the island now, the appeal is access without obligation: the Grove is there when you want it, yet the island stays quiet when you don't.
Living on Grove Isle means waking to dolphins in the marina channel and manatees cruising the shallows, coffee in hand. The island is fully gated with 24-hour security and has one bridge in and out, which keeps the population fixed and foot traffic predictable. Bay breezes blow through continuously, cooling things down and keeping humidity from settling the way it does a mile inland. Residents settling in are realizing that privacy here isn't about walls or setbacks — it's structural. The bay encloses you, the bridge controls access, and the island's size limits how many people can live here. The result is peace, which isn't engineered; it's inherent and prioritized.
Architectural elegance, natural beauty, resort-level amenities — Vita delivers on that premise and then some. Curious about remaining availability? Reach out to the sales team today.