Casa Grande
834 Ocean Drive, Miami Beach, FL 33139
South Beach
Folio 0242031700001
- Year built
- 1923
- Residences
- 38
- Building area
- 29,840 sq ft
- Median residence
- 660 sq ft
- FEMA flood zone
- Zone AE · BFE 8 ft
- Latest arms-length sale
- $837,500 · Feb 2026
- Median sale (10 yr)
- $400,000
- Recorded transfers
- 193
Casa Grande is a 38-residence condominium building at 834 Ocean Drive, in South Beach. County records list 1923 as the year built. It has a median residence of 660 square feet.
The recorded market runs to 118 arms-length sales since 1993, an annual turnover rate of 5.5 percent of the building over the past decade, and a median of $423 per square foot. Across 80 same-unit resales, 83 percent sold above their prior recorded price, with a median gain of 43 percent over a median hold of 7.1 years. The 9 sales since 2023 carry a median of $702 per square foot, against a record that opens in 1993 and spans several market cycles. Recorded deeds show 9 parties that acquired more than one residence in the building.
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At a glance
Condominium: The condominium is named Casa Grande.
Building type: Five-story residential condominium in a historic apartment building, with separate parking and retail units
Architect: August Geiger
Builder: George M. Fowler
Style: Mediterranean Revival
Historic status: Within the Miami Beach Architectural District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, and the Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue local historic district, designated in 1986
Floors: Five
Unit sizes: About 550 to 2,010 square feet
Amenities: Elevators and laundry
Policies: Set by the association; see Policy framework.
Source: The Roebling Research Desk.
Why Casa Grande matters
Casa Grande is one of the oldest residential buildings on Ocean Drive. Architect August Geiger designed it in 1923 for original owner H. L. Belcher, and George M. Fowler built it, a decade before the Art Deco hotels that define the street today. It is a Mediterranean Revival apartment house standing among them.
840 Ocean Drive, to the north, was built in 1958 as an addition to the property, to a design by Gilbert Fein with Art Deco-influenced detailing. The two buildings connect through enclosed passages at the rear on each floor, and at the front on the ground floor. 840 Ocean Drive operates today as the Casa Grande Suites hotel and timeshare property. Ask for the recorded agreements covering shared entries, services and obligations between this condominium and that operation.
The property is a 1920s building with Ocean Drive frontage and plans from studios to three-bedrooms, in a historic district.
Ocean Drive and the Art Deco District
834 Ocean Drive faces Lummus Park and the beach, in the middle of the Art Deco District, which runs roughly from 5th to 15th Streets. The district's hotels, restaurants and bars line the west side of Ocean Drive, facing the park, and the street carries heavy pedestrian traffic and sidewalk dining day and night. Lincoln Road is about a ten-minute walk north, and Collins Avenue and Washington Avenue are one and two blocks west.
The location is the beach at the door, the district's restaurants below, and a building that predates nearly everything around it. Street noise is part of the location; visit at night before you commit.
Architecture and unit composition
The building rises five stories. The mix is about 8 studios, 24 one-bedrooms, 4 two-bedrooms and 2 three-bedrooms, with sizes from roughly 550 to 2,010 square feet. The condominium also includes seven separate parking units and two retail units. Parking units are separate from the apartments and may be bought and sold apart; check whether a given residence includes a space.
Exterior work visible from the street, including window replacement, painting, signage and balcony work, is subject to review by the City's Historic Preservation Board. Local designation and National Register listing carry different protections.
Building operations
The building has elevators and laundry facilities. Ask about any shared-service costs with the neighboring hotel, and how facade, windows, roof, plumbing and electrical costs are funded in the budget.
Florida's milestone inspection and structural integrity reserve study rules apply to condominium buildings of three or more stories; ask for the inspection report, the reserve study and any assessment history before going under contract. Impact-rated windows and doors are generally required in Miami-Dade for any replacement.
Policy framework
Pet, rental and minimum-lease rules are set by the association; confirm at offer stage. The residential classification of the apartments does not settle short-term rental use. State law, Miami Beach zoning and licensing rules, and the recorded Declaration of Condominium each control.
Sales context
A sale in February 2026 closed at $837,500. It is one sale, not a building price. Price varies with size, floor and condition, and the retail and parking units trade on a different basis.
Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.
What to know if you're buying at Casa Grande
Establish the use. Check the Declaration and the City's rules for what rental and short-term use is allowed before you underwrite income.
Ask about the hotel connection. Request any recorded agreements with the neighboring property covering entries, services, shared systems and costs.
Read the capital picture. Request the milestone inspection report, reserve study, budget and any assessments, planned or in progress.
Check the parking. Parking can be separate from the apartment. Check what conveys.
Check the flood exposure. The parcel is in FEMA zone AE. Get the master policy and price your own coverage.
What to know if you're selling at Casa Grande
Price by size, not by building. Studios and three-bedrooms are different products. Use trades in your plan type and size band.
Document the building. Have the historic-district review history, the milestone inspection status and the reserve study ready.
Comparable buildings
- Helene Marie — 1052 Jefferson Avenue, a 1947, 16-residence condominium a few blocks inland in South Beach.
- Essenza at 1410 Euclid — 1410 Euclid Avenue, a 1935 ten-unit Art Deco-era condominium in South Beach.
- 1 Hotel & Homes South Beach — 2399 Collins Avenue, an oceanfront condominium and hotel, for buyers weighing hotel-linked ownership.
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings and recorded pricing — read The Roebling Index guide to South Beach.
Run the numbers
- Miami buyer closing cost calculator — documentary stamps on the mortgage, intangible tax, title insurance and the condo estoppel.
- Miami seller closing cost calculator — the deed documentary stamp tax, title, closing and association transfer fees.
Related guides
- Post-Surfside Miami condo diligence — milestone inspections, structural integrity reserve studies and special assessments.
- Florida Save Our Homes, explained — the assessment cap, the homestead exemption and portability.
Recorded sales history
Recorded transfers for this building in Miami-Dade County public records, back to Mar 1993. Prices reflect the recorded consideration; transfers the Property Appraiser does not qualify as arms-length are shown unmarked. Nominal-consideration paper transfers (deeds into trusts and LLCs, estate and family transfers, corrective deeds) are part of the record but not sales, and are omitted from this table. Recording lags closing, so the newest sales can take several weeks to appear.
| Date | Residence | Size | Price | Arms-length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2026 | 509 | 620 sf | $837,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 2026 | 507 | 820 sf | $837,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 2026 | 306 | 590 sf | $375,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2025 | 409 | 620 sf | $450,000 | ✓ |
| May 2025 | 212 | 620 sf | $396,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2025 | 402 | 900 sf | $1,120,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2025 | 205 | 730 sf | $460,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2023 | 501 | 1,330 sf | $850,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2023 | 506 | 570 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| May 2023 | 308 | 580 sf | $335,000 | |
| Mar 2022 | 406 | 570 sf | $390,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2021 | 502 | 1,600 sf | $800,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2021 | 211 | 570 sf | $340,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 2021 | 508 | 830 sf | $600,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2020 | 402 | 900 sf | $745,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2019 | 404 | 700 sf | $280,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2019 | 506 | 570 sf | $320,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2019 | 406 | 570 sf | $285,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2019 | 211 | 570 sf | $345,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2019 | SP-7 | 130 sf | $8,500,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2019 | SP-6 | 130 sf | $8,500,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2019 | SP-5 | 130 sf | $8,500,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2018 | 306 | 590 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2018 | 506 | 570 sf | $260,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2017 | 408 | 850 sf | $465,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2016 | 306 | 590 sf | $305,000 | ✓ |
| May 2016 | 508 | 830 sf | $585,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2015 | 312 | 620 sf | $318,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2015 | 203 | 910 sf | $450,000 | ✓ |
| May 2015 | 210 | 780 sf | $380,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2015 | 305 | 730 sf | $360,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2015 | 309 | 760 sf | $365,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2015 | 209 | 760 sf | $365,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2014 | 207 | 550 sf | $250,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2013 | 310 | 780 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2013 | 203 | 910 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 2013 | 204 | 780 sf | $475,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2013 | 308 | 580 sf | $250,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2012 | 509 | 620 sf | $764,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2012 | 507 | 820 sf | $764,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2012 | 206 | 590 sf | $229,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2012 | 208 | 580 sf | $170,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2012 | 505 | 560 sf | $280,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2012 | 206 | 590 sf | $256,000 | |
| Jul 2011 | 207 | 550 sf | $325,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 2011 | 402 | 900 sf | $660,000 | ✓ |
| May 2011 | 305 | 730 sf | $260,000 | ✓ |
| May 2011 | 404 | 700 sf | $230,000 | ✓ |
| May 2011 | 309 | 760 sf | $230,000 | ✓ |
| May 2011 | 209 | 760 sf | $230,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2011 | 202 | 610 sf | $429,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2010 | 502 | 1,600 sf | $575,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2010 | 210 | 780 sf | $285,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2010 | 205 | 730 sf | $320,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2010 | 409 | 620 sf | $305,000 | |
| Oct 2009 | 204 | 780 sf | $335,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2009 | 407 | 760 sf | $335,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2009 | 308 | 580 sf | $215,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2009 | 304 | 780 sf | $325,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2009 | 307 | 550 sf | $160,500 | ✓ |
| Apr 2009 | 207 | 550 sf | $160,500 | ✓ |
| Mar 2009 | 201 | 610 sf | $400,000 | |
| Mar 2009 | SP-4 | 150 sf | $670,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2009 | SP-3 | 150 sf | $670,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2009 | SP-2 | 150 sf | $670,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2009 | SP-1 | 150 sf | $670,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2009 | 301 | 610 sf | $325,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2007 | 507 | 820 sf | $700,000 | ✓ |
| May 2005 | 208 | 580 sf | $353,100 | ✓ |
| Apr 2005 | 506 | 570 sf | $280,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2005 | 509 | 620 sf | $334,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2005 | 206 | 590 sf | $358,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2005 | 306 | 590 sf | $339,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2005 | 307 | 550 sf | $332,400 | ✓ |
| Dec 2004 | 505 | 560 sf | $340,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2004 | 310 | 780 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2004 | 508 | 830 sf | $330,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2004 | 305 | 730 sf | $250,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2004 | 301 | 610 sf | $470,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2004 | 312 | 620 sf | $295,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2004 | 311 | 570 sf | $286,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2004 | 212 | 620 sf | $285,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2003 | 406 | 570 sf | $305,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2003 | 207 | 550 sf | $179,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 2003 | 211 | 570 sf | $284,400 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 509 | 620 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 507 | 820 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 406 | 570 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 404 | 700 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 407 | 760 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 312 | 620 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 310 | 780 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 308 | 580 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 306 | 590 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 304 | 780 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 311 | 570 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 309 | 760 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 307 | 550 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 301 | 610 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 212 | 620 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 210 | 780 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 208 | 580 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 206 | 590 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 204 | 780 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 211 | 570 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 209 | 760 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 205 | 730 sf | $4,900,000 | ✓ |
| May 2002 | 201 | 610 sf | $240,000 | ✓ |
| May 2000 | 305 | 730 sf | $228,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1999 | 508 | 830 sf | $261,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 1999 | 506 | 570 sf | $204,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 1999 | 505 | 560 sf | $210,200 | ✓ |
| Jan 1999 | 409 | 620 sf | $241,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 506 | 570 sf | $114,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 509 | 620 sf | $130,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 507 | 820 sf | $168,800 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 505 | 560 sf | $133,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 406 | 570 sf | $106,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 404 | 700 sf | $135,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 409 | 620 sf | $139,200 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 407 | 760 sf | $163,800 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 312 | 620 sf | $119,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 310 | 780 sf | $135,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 308 | 580 sf | $103,100 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 306 | 590 sf | $103,100 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 304 | 780 sf | $187,700 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 311 | 570 sf | $113,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 309 | 760 sf | $135,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 307 | 550 sf | $100,600 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 305 | 730 sf | $126,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 301 | 610 sf | $195,200 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 212 | 620 sf | $116,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 210 | 780 sf | $132,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 208 | 580 sf | $100,100 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 206 | 590 sf | $100,100 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 204 | 780 sf | $184,700 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 211 | 570 sf | $110,400 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 209 | 760 sf | $132,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1997 | 205 | 730 sf | $123,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1997 | 303 | 840 sf | $315,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1996 | 207 | 550 sf | $158,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1996 | 502 | 1,600 sf | $690,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1993 | 401 | 2,010 sf | $590,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1993 | 203 | 910 sf | $255,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 1993 | 408 | 850 sf | $277,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 1993 | 202 | 610 sf | $227,000 | ✓ |
| May 1993 | 302 | 610 sf | $200,000 | ✓ |
| May 1993 | 201 | 610 sf | $225,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1993 | 501 | 1,330 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1993 | 402 | 900 sf | $320,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 1993 | 508 | 830 sf | $250,000 | ✓ |
✓ = qualified arms-length per the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser. 42 nominal-consideration paper transfers omitted.
This page reflects publicly available information compiled by The Roebling Research Desk. Specific building details should be confirmed with the association during due diligence; the recorded Declaration of Condominium, the current building budget, the current tax bill, the structural integrity reserve study and milestone-inspection status should be reviewed for any specific transaction. © 2026 The Roebling Team at Compass.
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Building facts and sales records are compiled from Miami-Dade County public records (Property Appraiser) and reviewed against recognized architectural references. Figures are reported as recorded and may be updated as the county updates its records. This page is informational and is not an offer or solicitation. Apartment estimates are automated, from public records, and are not appraisals.
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