Palau Sunset Harbor

Common name: Palau Sunset Harbour. The condominium is named Palau Sunset Harbor Condominium; the neighborhood and the building are usually spelled "Harbour."

Building type: Canal-front condominium with ground-floor retail

Architect: Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design

Floors: Five

Unit sizes: From about 780 square feet to well over 2,000, in one- to three-bedroom layouts.

Waterfront: About 320 feet of canal frontage; boat slips are available to select owners

Amenities: Rooftop pool and sun deck, fitness center, library, media room, gardens, bicycle storage

Services: Valet and 24-hour concierge

Source: The Roebling Research Desk.

Palau is a five-story, boutique-scale condominium on the water in South Beach. At 43 residences, it is built at the edge of the Sunset Harbour canal rather than on the ocean.

Sunset Harbour is on the bay side of South Beach, and Palau offers a low-rise building with water frontage, a rooftop pool, valet and ground-floor retail. Boat slips are available to select owners.

The building is small: 43 owners share the amenity and operating costs.

Sunset Harbour is a pocket of South Beach on the bay side of Alton Road, built around a small harbor, canal frontage and a stretch of low-rise commercial streets. The ocean is a short drive or bike ride east; the bay and the marina are close.

Palau fronts 20th Street and the canal, with retail on the ground floor. Alton Road and Sunset Harbour's streets are within walking distance.

Kobi Karp designed the architecture and the interiors. The building rises five stories over a ground-floor retail level, with about 320 feet of canal frontage and a landscaped promenade.

Unit mix. Residences range from one to three bedrooms. Plans cover roughly 780 to 2,045 square feet, and the largest residences are larger than that; take square footage from the specific floor plan. Floor-to-ceiling windows face the canal, bay and city. Not every plan has the same view or terrace.

Amenity levels. The rooftop has a pool and landscaped sun deck. A fitness center overlooks a garden, and there is a library and a media room. Bicycle storage is provided.

The building has valet parking with an internal arrival and drop-off area, and a 24-hour concierge.

Ask for the budget, reserve funding, insurance coverage, and the arrangement between the residential association and the ground-floor retail. Because the building is on the water, ask about seawall responsibility, flood insurance and the terms for boat slips: whether they are deeded, assigned or leased.

Pet, rental and minimum-lease rules are set by the association; confirm at offer stage.

One recorded sale, May 2026, at $3,000,000. It is one sale, not a building price. Value turns on size, floor, view, terrace and slip rights.

Unit-level transaction history is maintained in The Roebling Research Library and shared with clients during diligence.

Confirm the plan. Get the floor plan and the association's unit schedule.

Ask about the slips. If a slip matters, get its status in writing.

Check the water-side risk items. Request flood insurance terms, seawall status and any assessments.

Price against same-size, same-view residences.

Lead with the water. Canal view, slip availability and the rooftop are the points to lead with; state which apply to your residence.

• Sunset Harbour North and South towers — high-rise condominiums in the same district.
• Mondrian South Beach Residences — a bay-side condominium on West Avenue.
• Venetia — a bayfront condominium tower on the Venetian Causeway.