Solimar of Key Biscayne
255 Galen Drive, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
Folio 2452050420001
- Year built
- 1979
- Residences
- 39
- Building area
- 40,536 sq ft
- Median residence
- 1,036 sq ft
- FEMA flood zone
- Zone AE · BFE 9 ft
- Latest arms-length sale
- $720,000 · Apr 2026
- Median sale (10 yr)
- $440,000
- Recorded transfers
- 242
Solimar of Key Biscayne is a 39-residence condominium building at 255 Galen Drive, on Key Biscayne. County records list 1979 as the year built. It has a median residence of 1,036 square feet.
The recorded market runs to 161 arms-length sales since 1979, an annual turnover rate of 3.8 percent of the building over the past decade, and a median of $133 per square foot. Across 121 same-unit resales, 93 percent sold above their prior recorded price, with a median gain of 33 percent over a median hold of 5.7 years.
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At a glance
Common name: Solimar of Key Biscayne. The condominium is named Solimar Condominium of Key Biscayne.
Building type: Mid-rise condominium
Source: The Roebling Research Desk.
Why Solimar of Key Biscayne matters
Solimar is a condominium on Key Biscayne completed in 1979. At 39 residences it has a small association, and reserve and repair decisions carry weight per unit.
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.
Key Biscayne and Galen Drive
Key Biscayne is a barrier island village south of Virginia Key, reached by the Rickenbacker Causeway, which becomes Crandon Boulevard. The island is mostly residential, with Crandon Park to the north and Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park at the southern tip. Daily life runs on a short list: the Village Green, the beaches, the marina area and Crandon Boulevard's shops and restaurants. Downtown Miami and Brickell are a drive across the causeway.
Galen Drive is a residential street in the village. Check the distance from 255 Galen Drive to the beach, the bay and the village center on a map before assuming a walk time.
Architecture and unit composition
The building was completed in 1979, and it has 39 residences.
Request the floor plans from the association or the seller. Inspect each unit's condition.
Building operations
Ask about the pool, parking, storage and amenities. Ask whether it is self-managed or professionally managed, and whether there is an on-site manager.
Request the current budget and recent financial statements, the structural integrity reserve study (SIRS) and reserve funding level, the inspection report and any resulting repair scope, pending or planned special assessments, and the building's master insurance policy and deductible. The property is in flood zone AE, so ask for the elevation certificate and the flood coverage on the master policy.
Policy framework
Pet, rental and minimum-lease rules are set by the association; confirm at offer stage.
Sales context
One recorded sale, April 2026, at $720,000. It is one sale, not a building price.
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 Solimar of Key Biscayne
Underwrite the association first. Get the SIRS, the budget, the last two years of financial statements and the milestone inspection report before pricing the unit.
Ask about flood and wind coverage. The building is in a special flood hazard zone. The master policy, the deductible and your own unit-owner coverage affect carrying cost.
Pull the basics. Get unit size, parking and amenities from the floor plan and the declaration.
What to know if you're selling at Solimar of Key Biscayne
Have the documents ready. A current budget, financials, SIRS and inspection status shorten diligence.
Price against island comparables. Use recent closings in similar small buildings on Key Biscayne, adjusted for floor and condition.
Comparable buildings
- Commodore Club
- Key Colony
- Ocean Club
The neighborhood
For the full neighborhood — its buildings and recorded pricing — read The Roebling Index guide to Key Biscayne.
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 Dec 1979. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $720,000 | ✓ |
| Nov 2024 | 3L | 1,036 sf | $637,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2023 | 2H | 1,058 sf | $254,300 | |
| Aug 2022 | 2I | 1,036 sf | $600,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2022 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $296,400 | |
| Jul 2021 | 4G | 1,036 sf | $480,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2021 | 4D | 1,036 sf | $430,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2021 | 3H | 1,058 sf | $470,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2021 | 2E | 1,036 sf | $412,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2021 | 2H | 1,058 sf | $400,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2020 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $440,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2019 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $385,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2018 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $440,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2018 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $410,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2018 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $460,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 2018 | 2I | 1,036 sf | $420,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2017 | 4B | 1,036 sf | $465,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2017 | 2E | 1,036 sf | $10,000 | |
| Aug 2015 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $78,000 | |
| Jun 2015 | 3H | 1,058 sf | $440,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2015 | 4B | 1,036 sf | $440,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2014 | 2L | 1,036 sf | $425,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2014 | 2M | 1,058 sf | $415,000 | ✓ |
| May 2014 | 4L | 1,036 sf | $415,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2012 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $300,000 | ✓ |
| May 2011 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $275,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2010 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $206,500 | ✓ |
| Sep 2010 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $250,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 2008 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $340,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2007 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $450,000 | ✓ |
| Nov 2005 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $480,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2005 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $494,500 | ✓ |
| Jul 2005 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $530,000 | ✓ |
| Nov 2004 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $345,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2004 | 4L | 1,036 sf | $320,000 | ✓ |
| May 2004 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $305,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 2004 | 4L | 1,036 sf | $300,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2003 | 3G | 1,036 sf | $300,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2003 | 4I | 1,036 sf | $285,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2003 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $290,000 | ✓ |
| May 2003 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $300,000 | ✓ |
| Nov 2002 | 4F | 1,036 sf | $230,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $245,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2002 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $195,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 2002 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $255,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 2002 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $225,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 2002 | 4I | 1,036 sf | $205,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 2001 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $235,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 2001 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $165,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 2001 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $185,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 2000 | 3I | 1,036 sf | $195,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 2000 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $189,200 | ✓ |
| May 2000 | 3G | 1,036 sf | $195,500 | ✓ |
| Sep 1999 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $178,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1999 | 4I | 1,036 sf | $180,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1999 | 2M | 1,058 sf | $180,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1998 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $157,500 | ✓ |
| Jul 1998 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $183,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1998 | 4M | 1,058 sf | $210,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 1997 | 4C | 1,036 sf | $162,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 1997 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $172,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1997 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $168,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 1997 | 2J | 1,036 sf | $170,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1997 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $162,500 | ✓ |
| Apr 1996 | 2L | 1,036 sf | $175,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1996 | 4M | 1,058 sf | $173,500 | ✓ |
| May 1995 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $180,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1994 | 2G | 1,036 sf | $152,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1994 | 4M | 1,058 sf | $155,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1993 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $142,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1993 | 3J | 1,036 sf | $160,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 1993 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $168,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1993 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $148,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 1993 | 4I | 1,036 sf | $120,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 1993 | 4J | 1,036 sf | $143,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1993 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $148,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1993 | 2M | 1,058 sf | $155,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1992 | 2I | 1,036 sf | $139,500 | ✓ |
| Aug 1992 | 3G | 1,036 sf | $141,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1992 | 3B | 1,036 sf | $140,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1992 | 2E | 1,036 sf | $138,000 | ✓ |
| May 1992 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $139,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1992 | 3I | 1,036 sf | $136,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1991 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $145,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1991 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $140,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 1991 | 4L | 1,036 sf | $139,200 | ✓ |
| Jul 1991 | 2L | 1,036 sf | $135,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1991 | 4I | 1,036 sf | $125,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1991 | 4G | 1,036 sf | $125,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1991 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $137,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 1991 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $144,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1991 | 4B | 1,036 sf | $125,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1990 | 3I | 1,036 sf | $135,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1990 | 4J | 1,036 sf | $132,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1990 | 3K | 1,036 sf | $126,500 | ✓ |
| Mar 1990 | 2I | 1,036 sf | $129,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1990 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $130,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1989 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $126,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 1989 | 3M | 1,058 sf | $130,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 1989 | 2G | 1,036 sf | $124,500 | ✓ |
| Aug 1989 | 4K | 1,036 sf | $127,000 | ✓ |
| Jul 1989 | 3L | 1,036 sf | $125,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1989 | 4L | 1,036 sf | $130,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1989 | 3G | 1,036 sf | $126,000 | ✓ |
| May 1989 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $127,700 | ✓ |
| May 1989 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $125,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1988 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $120,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1988 | 3B | 1,036 sf | $115,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 1988 | 2L | 1,036 sf | $111,800 | ✓ |
| Oct 1987 | 3H | 1,058 sf | $107,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1987 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $107,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1987 | 2L | 1,036 sf | $98,000 | ✓ |
| Mar 1987 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $92,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1986 | 3E | 1,036 sf | $90,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1986 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $120,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 1986 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $90,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1986 | 4B | 1,036 sf | $92,500 | ✓ |
| Apr 1986 | 3M | 1,058 sf | $90,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1984 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $110,000 | ✓ |
| Oct 1984 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $85,700 | |
| Apr 1983 | 3A | 1,036 sf | $120,000 | ✓ |
| Sep 1982 | 4E | 1,036 sf | $105,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1982 | 3F | 1,036 sf | $105,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1982 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $120,000 | ✓ |
| Jun 1981 | 4J | 1,036 sf | $105,750 | ✓ |
| Jun 1981 | 2M | 1,058 sf | $128,500 | ✓ |
| Nov 1980 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $118,000 | ✓ |
| Aug 1980 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $120,000 | ✓ |
| May 1980 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $117,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1980 | 2M | 1,058 sf | $110,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1980 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $105,000 | ✓ |
| Apr 1980 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $105,000 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 4K | 1,036 sf | $75,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 4I | 1,036 sf | $77,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 4G | 1,036 sf | $77,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 4E | 1,036 sf | $83,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 3G | 1,036 sf | $76,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 3D | 1,036 sf | $80,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 3C | 1,036 sf | $80,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 3B | 1,036 sf | $80,500 | ✓ |
| Feb 1980 | 2E | 1,036 sf | $82,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 4L | 1,036 sf | $80,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 4H | 1,058 sf | $80,800 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 4C | 1,036 sf | $76,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 4B | 1,036 sf | $81,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3M | 1,058 sf | $81,700 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3L | 1,036 sf | $76,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3K | 1,036 sf | $76,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3J | 1,036 sf | $71,100 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3I | 1,036 sf | $77,100 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3F | 1,036 sf | $115,000 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3E | 1,036 sf | $77,100 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 3A | 1,036 sf | $82,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2J | 1,036 sf | $78,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2G | 1,036 sf | $77,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2F | 1,036 sf | $83,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2D | 1,036 sf | $76,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2C | 1,036 sf | $76,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2B | 1,036 sf | $76,500 | ✓ |
| Jan 1980 | 2A | 1,036 sf | $77,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 4M | 1,058 sf | $91,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 4J | 1,036 sf | $72,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 4F | 1,036 sf | $100,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 4D | 1,036 sf | $80,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 4A | 1,036 sf | $77,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 3H | 1,058 sf | $76,000 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 2L | 1,036 sf | $83,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 2K | 1,036 sf | $83,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 2I | 1,036 sf | $77,500 | ✓ |
| Dec 1979 | 2H | 1,058 sf | $85,000 | ✓ |
✓ = qualified arms-length per the Miami-Dade Property Appraiser. 72 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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