They say everything is bigger in Texas, but in , just one mansion—that’s anything north of 8,000 square feet—just isn’t enough anymore.

For the city’s wealthiest buyers, the play now is to scoop up surrounding properties: the house or vacant lot next door, and sometimes even the whole block. The result is a growing trend among UHNWIs creating super-compounds that stretch across streets, islands, and waterfronts. It’s part status symbol, part lifestyle upgrade, and part investment strategy.

“Miami has become a place where the world’s wealthiest are planting roots and not just vacationing,” says Norma-Jean Callahan, who leads sales for the Witkoff portfolio at Douglas Elliman Development Marketing. “They’re moving companies, relocating families, and treating Miami as a true home base. In o

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