Fisher Island Beach Penthouse!

Fisher Island Beach Penthouse!

Fisher Island is a manmade barrier island created in 1905 from dredging the Government Cut channel, which also created Dodge Island, now consisting of commercial shipping docks and berths for as many as six cruise ships. It was also the channel that acted as a "runway" for Chalk’s seaplanes that was based in Miami Beach from 1926 until it closed in 2007. Fisher Island was originally owned by Dana A. Dorsey, South Florida’s first African-American millionaire. From Dorsey, it changed hands to Indy 500 creator and Miami Beach developer Carl Fisher in 1919, and later in 1925 to William K. Vanderbilt II who built a large estate in the Spanish style where the family wintered. In 1963, it was sold to investors Bebe Rebozo, future President Richard Nixon and United States Senator George Smathers. Many owners later, it wasn’t until the 1980s that development started on the island, which has now turned into a high security luxury resort with access only by ferry or private yacht. Many of the Vanderbilt estate buildings have been incorporated into the Spanish-style development plan. Lavished with a golf course, beaches, hotel, spa and gourmet restaurant, it is only a water’s ride away from South Beach nightlife and all that Miami and Miami Beach have to offer.

Now for sale is a luxurious ocean-facing beachfront penthouse of 7,610 square feet that accommodates five bedrooms, eight baths, media room, pool, and formal and family spaces with outdoor terraces spanning the length. Views take in the Atlantic Ocean horizon, island beaches, South Beach, the Miami skyline and the terraces that make a good vantage point for watching the line of cruise ships leaving on Friday evening and returning early Monday morning. Priced at $25 million.

Source: www.sothebysrealty.com