The Big Apple might have it all, but it definitely doesn’t have good weather — especially now.

Fed up with cold, dark days, deep - pocketed New Yorkers are buying second homes in sunny Miami. And despite reports of a market slowdown, there are still plenty of projects both ready for occupancy and still in development.

The residences currently available range in styles and tastes. From large - scale to small, riverside to oceanfront, Fort Lauderdale to South Beach, builders anticipate buyers of all demands and budgets.

Read on for a look at our favorites.

From Cipriani Downtown to Casa Tua, Miamians are well familiar with the work of Florentine designer Michele Bonan. His revered work extends from palatial estates to hospitality to luxury yachts. Now, with The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach, where prices start at $2.5 million, Bonan will be catering to rarefied South Florida residential clientele. 

In an extreme example of buying on spec, an unbuilt Florida penthouse was recently scooped up for $21 million. The 7,735-square-foot oceanfront condo will occupy the top floor of the Ritz-Carlton Residences in Sunny Isles Beach, a soon-to-be-constructed property designed by by Miami-based firm Arquitectonica with interiors by Italian designer Michele Bönan. What’s more, the condo will include five bedrooms, six and a half baths, a 3,560-square-foot garden terrace, and a private pool. 

"Sunny Isles has had the biggest transformation of all of Miami" says Edgardo Defortuna, CEO of Fortune International Group which is developing The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach. "It's difficult to find oceanfront sites in Miami Beach. Here, developers can do large volume and expressive architecture."

His project is located on the first site coming from Bal Harbour and, when complete in 2018, the 52-storey tower will comprise 212 residences ranging from 2 bedroom units of 1605sf to four-bedroom penthouses.