The Next Era · October 1, 2026 · Edgewater

You weren’t in the room.Jerry was.

“An intimate conversation on the city’s future.” Inside a three-story Edgewater penthouse, the people building, selling and financing Miami talked about what happens next. One neighborhood kept coming up. Jerry’s team turned that conversation into one clear report.

Douglas EllimanTwo Roads DevelopmentJ.P. Morgan

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Jerry Katz inside the Edgewater penthouse during The Next Era event — Inside the penthouse · Edgewater

Invitation to The Next Era, an intimate conversation on the city’s future, October 1 — The invitation

Douglas Elliman leadershipTwo Roads DevelopmentJ.P. Morgan~35 guests3-story penthouse

Inside the room · Edgewater

What I heard inside the room

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The penthouse gets your attention. What was said inside it is what matters.

Jerry sat with developers, brokerage leadership, private banking and luxury-market professionals while they discussed what they believe happens next in this part of Miami. The report takes that conversation further.

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Why listen to this room

These people don’t comment on Miami from the sidelines. They operate inside it.

An intimate private discussion inside an Edgewater penthouse, with the people who develop, sell and finance some of the city’s most significant real estate.

~35People in the room

3Stories of penthouse

4Leaders on the panel

1Neighborhood on everyone’s mind

The Next Era panel discussion inside the penthouse — The panel · The Next Era · October 1, 2026

Jerry Katz with a guest at The Next Era — Jerry Katz CEO at The Next Era

Anthony Santiago, Taylor Collins and Jerry Katz in the penthouse — Left to rightAnthony Santiago, COO of Premier · Taylor Collins, Two Roads · Jerry Katz CEO

Jerry Katz with guests at The Next Era — Inside the room

The Next Era panelists in the penthouse — The Next Era

#3In Florida by sales volume · Douglas Elliman

Lourdes Alatriste

Luxury broker, Douglas Elliman

Deals up to $38 million. Represented Elle Macpherson on her $18.5 million Coral Gables sale.

1,200+Agents across 20+ Florida offices

Jay Parker

CEO of Brokerage, Douglas Elliman Florida · President of Development Marketing, Florida

A key leader in a development-marketing business that grew from roughly $2 billion to more than $40 billion in portfolio.

$39.8BIn annual sales

Michael Liebowitz

President & CEO, Douglas Elliman

Flew in from California specifically for this event of about 35 people.

3Edgewater towers, built and building

Taylor Collins

Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Two Roads Development

Biscayne Beach, then Elysee, and now EDITION Residences Miami Edgewater. A track record, not just a thesis.

Also on the panelGosia LewisExecutive Director, Lending Specialist, J.P. Morgan

Development+Luxury brokerage+Private banking

The invitation described it as a conversation with leaders in development, finance and Miami market intelligence. Private banking at the table made this bigger than a conversation about condos.

The neighborhood

One name kept coming up all night.

Developers, brokerage leadership and private bankers rarely agree on much. Inside that room, the conversation kept returning to the same few blocks of waterfront between Downtown and the Design District.

25.7975° N · 80.1875° WBiscayne Bay frontageMiami, Florida 33137

Downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay from the air — Downtown Miami and Biscayne Bay, just south of Edgewater

Why Edgewater

Most people look at a luxury development and ask: ~~How nice is the building?~~

Jerry asks what is happening around the building.

Buildings don’t exist in isolation. One of the strongest themes inside the room was what follows once people move in.

People move in
Demand grows
Restaurants follow
Retail follows
Public spaces matter
Walkability improves
Businesses arrive
Talent moves nearby
A neighborhood

Actual words from the room

They weren’t just talking about more condos.

“You’re going to see better retail…”

From the panel

“High-end boutiques…”

From the panel

“Great restaurants…”

From the panel

“Our goal is to totally connect this whole neighborhood…”

Taylor Collins · Two Roads Development

“You have to invest in the community…”

From the panel

Build another tower. Build the neighborhood around the towers.

Restaurants. Retail. Parks. The Baywalk. The waterfront.

The Edgewater catalyst map

Don’t just watch what’s being built. Watch what’s being built around it.

Every major Miami node is a short distance from Edgewater. Tap any of them to see what it adds to the story.

Straight-line distances from Edgewater. Drive times vary with traffic.Coastline data © OpenStreetMap contributors

The new catalyst · Wynwood, 0.8 mi from Edgewater

Then something much bigger was announced next door.

Ken Griffin has committed more than $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University. Two billion of it supports the launch of Carnegie Mellon University Miami, in Wynwood.

Ken Griffin → Carnegie Mellon University Miami $2B for a new campus in Wynwood

35+Acres

3,500+Students

~300Faculty

600+Staff

“Wynwood is going to become AI education hub…”Heard on the panel

Carnegie Mellon is one of America’s leading institutions in computer science and artificial intelligence. The plan connects research with Miami’s entrepreneurial economy through industry labs, venture studios and new companies.

Computer scienceAIRoboticsResearchEntrepreneurship

2026Gift announced
2027Construction begins
2028First graduate students

Jerry’s question

Is Miami becoming the AI capital of the South?

We don’t know yet. But a $2 billion university launch next door is a signal sophisticated real-estate buyers should at least understand.

Follow the price per square foot

Same neighborhood. A very different price.

Launch pricing, closed sales and current asking prices are not the same thing. The report keeps them separate, and so do these charts.

The Edgewater progression

Approximate price per square foot

~$750

~$1,240

~$1,800

ElyseeAt launch
Launch

ElyseeRecent sales, median
Closed

EDITIONCurrent inventory
Asking

Against Miami’s trophy markets

Price per square foot

Edgewater · EDITIONNew-development inventory Asking

~$1,800

Brickell · Echo penthouse$33 million sale Closed

~$3,000

Miami Beach · ContinuumSingle residence Closed

$4,200+

Brickell and Miami Beach figures are individual trophy sales, not neighborhood averages. They are shown for context, not as a forecast for Edgewater.

Miami waterfront towers from the air — Miami’s established waterfront districts

The question isn’t whether Edgewater becomes Miami Beach. It’s what could narrow the gap.

Brickell already has

Restaurants
Retail
Offices
Walkability
Business infrastructure

Miami Beach already has

Global recognition
Luxury hospitality
Restaurants and retail
The beach

Edgewater is building

Restaurants and retail
Walkability
Parks and the Baywalk
Waterfront activation
Community

Two Roads Development

This isn’t their first Edgewater bet.

Sophisticated buyers shouldn’t only ask what a developer is promising. They should ask what that developer has already built.

Built

Biscayne Beach

391 residences

Built

Elysee

57 stories

Building now

EDITION Residences

55 stories · 185 residences
800+ ft of bay frontage

Not only: what are they promising? What have they already built?

The most important thing said all night

Taylor Collins told the room about a project where roughly half the building was reserved within ninety days. The team thought they had nailed the market. Then they went to convert those reservations into contracts.

“We reserved fifty percent of this building within… ninety days.”“We’re like… we are geniuses.”

Not one converted.

Markets punish certainty.

Good operators listen.

They adapt.

They keep building.

The full report explains why that lesson matters to buyers today.

04 · Catalyst map

Edgewater sits inside a bigger story

06 · Price per sq ft

Follow the price per square foot

Private Miami real estate intelligence

Miami Inside Buy Report

Edgewater

Jerry Katz CEO2026

15 · Due diligence

Before you write a check

Launch, closed or asking?
What is the developer’s track record?
Carrying costs and HOA
Supply coming to market
What could go wrong?

Inside the report

Miami Inside Buy Report: Edgewater

This is not a glossy “10 reasons to buy Miami” brochure. It is designed to help you think.

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01Why Edgewater is on Jerry’s radarThe thesis in plain English.
02What Jerry heard inside the roomKey themes from the developer, broker and private-banking conversation.
03Who was in the roomThe people, businesses and perspectives behind the discussion.
04The Edgewater catalyst mapDesign District, Wynwood, Midtown, Downtown, Brickell, Miami Beach, airport, waterfront.
05The development track recordBiscayne Beach, Elysee, EDITION.
06The price-per-square-foot storyLaunch pricing, closed sales and current asking inventory, clearly separated.
07Brickell and Miami Beach comparisonsContext without pretending trophy comps are neighborhood averages.
08The retail and restaurant thesisWhy the streets may matter as much as the towers.
09The Design District effectLuxury infrastructure immediately north of the neighborhood.
10Wynwood and Carnegie MellonThe $2 billion CMU Miami catalyst and what it could mean.
11The AI and technology questionWhy Jerry is watching Miami’s emerging tech ecosystem.
12Airport and connectivityWhy access matters to globally mobile buyers.
13What could go rightThe bullish case, clearly labeled as analysis.
14What could go wrongPricing, supply, rates, carrying costs, execution and market-cycle risk.
15The buyer due-diligence checklistThe questions to ask before writing a check.
16Jerry’s takeWhat he believes matters, and what he would still want to understand.

Why this report is different

This isn’t “Buy Edgewater.”

That would be easy, and intellectually lazy. The report gives you the signals for the thesis and the signals against it.

First

Don’t fall in love with the story.

Then

Understand the story.

Only then

Decide.

Why Jerry

He isn’t a residential salesperson. He approaches real estate as an

OwnerOperatorEntrepreneurRelationship builder

He spends time around the people operating inside commercial real estate, insurance, capital and development. His job in this report isn’t to tell you what to think. It’s to:

Get into the room
Listen
Ask better questions
Do the research
Bring you back the signal

Jerry’s lens

“Everybody watches the building. I watch what happens around the building.”

The Design District matters.Wynwood matters.Carnegie Mellon matters. Restaurants and retail matter.Airport access matters.The waterfront matters. The developers matter.The price matters.The risks matter.

None of those things guarantee an investment works. But when multiple signals begin pointing in the same direction,

I pay attention.

Jerry Katz CEO

You didn’t have to be in the penthouse.
You didn’t have to be in the room.
Jerry was.

And now his team has turned what he heard, what he saw and what they researched afterward into one clear report.

Understand the neighborhood.
Understand the developers.
Understand the pricing.
Understand the catalysts.
Understand the risks.
Then make your own decision.

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The developments and the people behind them
Launch, closed and asking prices, clearly labeled
The catalyst map and the CMU Miami story
The risks and the buyer due-diligence checklist

The family of companies

One ecosystem. Different problems.

Jerry gets into the room, and he doesn’t walk in alone. At The Next Era, he was there with Anthony Santiago, COO of Premier and formerly the Chief Operating and Compliance Officer of a billion-dollar, vertically integrated infill luxury condo developer that built and developed $4 billion exclusively in New York City. The companies behind them solve what comes after: protecting what you own and preparing operators for institutional capital.

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Different needs. One relationship ecosystem.

Questions

Before you read it

Is this a recommendation to buy real estate in Edgewater?

No. The report helps readers understand the Edgewater thesis, the supporting signals, the market context and the risks. It does not guarantee performance or tell every reader that Edgewater is right for them.

Is Jerry selling one particular building?

No. The report examines the broader neighborhood and includes specific developments where they help explain how Edgewater is changing.

Does it include EDITION, Elysee and Biscayne Beach?

Yes. Those projects show Two Roads Development’s Edgewater track record and how luxury development in the neighborhood has progressed.

Does it cover Carnegie Mellon University Miami?

Yes. Carnegie Mellon announced that $2 billion of Ken Griffin’s gift will support the launch of its Miami campus in Wynwood, another major nearby catalyst buyers should understand.

Does the report discuss risks?

Yes, and that is essential. The goal is not to manufacture FOMO at the expense of judgment. The report covers the thesis and the questions that could challenge it.

Who is this for?

Real estate owners, investors, entrepreneurs, executives and sophisticated buyers who want context before making significant Miami real estate decisions.

Does it cost anything?

No. The report is free.

By the time everybody agrees where the next great neighborhood is…

everybody already knows.

The goal is not to predict the future. The goal is to understand the signals before they become obvious.

Miami Inside Buy Report: Edgewater

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You weren’t in the room. Jerry was.