Roberto Carlos Bought Two Units. A Race Car Driver Bought Another. Florida's Luxury Residences Are Being Designed for Athletes.

You don't have to be a professional athlete to live like one. But it helps if your building was designed with one in mind.

Across Florida, developers are incorporating performance-driven amenities that go well beyond traditional fitness centers — bringing boxing studios, cold plunges, saunas, pickleball courts, and even racing simulators into residents' everyday routines. And professional athletes are taking notice. Brazilian soccer legend Roberto Carlos has purchased two residences at Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale. Professional race car driver Jason Bell has purchased at ONE Tampa.

With Roberto Carlos among its buyers, Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale offers dedicated boxing facilities, fitness spaces, a yoga terrace, cold plunges, saunas, and steam rooms. Residents also receive a one-year membership to The FORT, a premier pickleball destination featuring 43 courts.

At JEM Private Residences, residents move between a dedicated boxing studio, state-of-the-art fitness center, and yoga spaces before transitioning into recovery with a plunge pool, Himalayan salt room, steam room, and sculptural wood sauna.

At Continuum 12000, the athlete lifestyle is the whole premise. An F1 Simulator Lounge, outdoor putting green, TOP Golf sport simulator, and indoor courts for pickleball, basketball, soccer, hockey, and volleyball. Recovery gets equal attention: a spa with infrared, cold plunge, hammam, and hydrotherapy pools, plus a longevity locker stocked with biohacking tools. A traditional sauna is built into every primary bathroom.

Kempinski Residences brings motorsport and golf to the Design District with a Formula 1 simulator and a golf simulator. Residents can also play padel — one of the fastest-growing racquet sports among Miami's athletic set — and train in a Wright Fit-designed fitness center. Recovery moves between cold plunge, dry and infrared saunas, a steam room, and experiential showers.

The Wellness Club at 1428 Brickell features a hyperbaric chamber, red light therapy, cryotherapy chamber, cold plunges, and treatment rooms, alongside meditation spaces and a sky-level outdoor yoga pavilion. A dedicated wellness concierge helps residents personalize fitness, recovery, and nutrition services.

Mandarin Oriental Residences offers cold plunges, infrared saunas, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, IV treatments, and red-light therapy — the full recovery toolkit for anyone preparing for the next competition or simply prioritizing longevity.

Also notable: 2200 Brickell (one-acre rooftop with pickleball court, quarter-mile walking track, and a cycling lounge with workshop), Palm Tree Residences (F1 simulator, double padel court, climbing wall, thermal spa circuit), Ritz-Carlton Residences Fort Lauderdale Beach (75-foot pool, multi-sport simulator, hammam, meditation garden), and Nora House (rooftop pickleball courts).