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Brickell Key Miami
History
Brickell Key Miami is an
artificial triangular island at the mouth of the Miami River in
Miami, Florida in Miami's Brickell neighborhood. Brickell Key is
occasionally referred to as "Claughton Island", in honor of
Edward Claughton who purchased the land that forms Brickell Key
today. History The history of Brickell Key real estate can be
traced to 1896, when Henry Flagler had a 9-foot (2.7 m) deep
channel dug from the mouth of the Miami River. In the process,
Mr. Flagler created an off-shore property composed of two small
islands.
In 1943, a real
estate investor, Edward N. Claughton, Sr. acquired the Brickell
Key islands and eventually purchased additional bay bottom land
to combine them to a 44-acre (180,000 m2) triangle-shaped tract
separated from the mansions of Miami's fashionable
Brickell Avenue by only
a few hundred feet of water. In the late 1970s, Swire Properties
purchased most of the island
Brickell Key real estate
property from the Claughton, and began to put into place a
master plan that would ultimately transform it into one of the
most distinctive island condo communities in the world.
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Brickell Key Miami Street Entrance
Brickell Key Real
Estate has a well established reputation for luxury. Its
high-rise condo buildings represent some of nicest condos on the
famous Miami skyline. Brickell’s successful banking industry and
amazing restaurants and malls has made this Miami community a
successful, sought-after place to live. Brickell is home to one
of the first strip condos, located on
Brickell Avenue, to be
referred to as “Millionaires Row”. This name suggests that only
the most high-end buyers could afford the luxurious Brickell
condo lifestyle. Brickell’s location just south of the Miami
River means that it’s central to all things entertaining in
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