Las Olas Condos

Las Olas is Fort Lauderdale in concentrated form — the boulevard that carries the city's social life from the New River out to the sand, lined with restaurants, galleries and century-old banyans. At its downtown head the Riverwalk curves along the water past the Broward Center and the museum district, megayachts sit idling beneath the drawbridges, and the towers of Florida's second-largest downtown climb straight up from the riverbank. To live here is to walk to dinner, to work, and — if you're willing — to the beach.

The river is where the market gathers. Las Olas River House and Las Olas Grand hold down the Riverwalk with the district's established luxury; WaterGarden and Esplanade line the same stretch of water; Nu River Landing and Las Olas by the River look back at them from across it. Up on the boulevard, 100 Las Olas — the tallest tower in the city — and 350 Las Olas Place lift residents above the restaurant row, while Symphony's twin towers, Strada 315 and Waverly cover the district's more attainable end, and Venezia and AquaMar extend it toward the Isles' canals.

A Las Olas buyer is paying for downtown's walk-to-everything premium plus Fort Lauderdale's own extra: the river. No other South Florida downtown frames working yachts, an arts district and a restaurant mile in a single view. With Brightline three blocks off and the airport ten minutes away, the district has turned into the go-to landing spot for professionals moving to Broward — and its condo supply has barely expanded to keep up. Every building's live inventory, pricing and twelve-month market report is linked from the directory above.