WGM Weekender: Interview w Rachel Robinson of Barry's Bootcamp & Harbor Club Shake Up
+ The Week's Best Home Listings in 3 Sizes, First Move, Power Move, Forever Home
SUMMER SHAKE UP BEGINS: JAMES JULIUS OUT AT HARBOR CLUB
The Bermuda Triangle of Sunset Harbor has claimed another victim.
The Harbor Club, the Sunset Harbor spot that never quite resolved the tension between restaurant and private club, is parting ways with its founder, James Julius. By all accounts, James is talented and turned out genuinely good food and experiences. But in the hospitality business, great product doesn’t always survive the investor relationship. James and his backer Joe Sitt have chosen to go in different directions, and James is moving on.
Sitt is reportedly bringing in new operators from London to take the club in a different direction. Meanwhile, there’s positiv e buzz around the Caracas Bakery that recently opened on the main floor, though whether that’s a Julius initiative or a Sitt initiative remains unclear.
What is clear: The Harbor Club as Miami has known it is no longer. Whether the new direction can break the Sunset Harbor curse is the only question that matters now.
James Julius, we wish you well. The city will be watching what you do next.
A Fully Furnished Waterfront Remodel on Biscayne Point. This is a rare turn-key opportunity on one of Miami Beach’s most secure gated islands.
1792 Cleveland Road is a meticulous 2024 total transformation that brings high-end contemporary utility to a classic single-story footprint. Located within a 24/7 guard-gated island community, this residence serves as a private waterfront sanctuary that feels entirely fresh and modern. It is the ideal play for a buyer who wants the “new construction” experience without the multi-year wait, complete with 60 feet of canal frontage and a private dock for easy bay access.
The 2,770 SF interior is a study in premium finishes, anchored by massive 48”x48” porcelain tile floors and a gourmet kitchen featuring Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances. Every one of the four bedrooms is a full en-suite, offering a level of privacy and comfort usually reserved for much larger estates. The technical details are equally elevated, including a whole-house water filtration system and an epoxy-finished two-car garage. Outside, the property is built for the Miami lifestyle, centered around a saltwater pool and a fully equipped BBQ cabana. Sold fully furnished and ready for immediate occupancy, it’s a high-design retreat in a neighborhood known for its security and seafaring culture.
THE DEETS:
Price: $4,999,000
Neighborhood: Biscayne Point, Miami Beach
Square Footage: 2,770 SF
Lot Size: 9,000 Square Feet
Built: 2024 (Complete Remodel)
Rooms: 4 Bedrooms, 5.5 Bathrooms
Amenities: Waterfront with Private Dock, Saltwater Pool, Outdoor BBQ Cabana, Sub-Zero/Wolf Appliances, 24/7 Gated Security
Listing Agency: Global Luxury Realty LLC by Kid Leitao
A Balinese-Inspired Tropical Oasis in Shorecrest. This double-lot compound is a complete departure from the typical Miami mainland aesthetic.
994 NE 78th Street is a sprawling, 2015-built modern retreat that functions more like a private nature preserve than a standard residence. Set on a massive 36,369 SF double lot, the property transports you into a serene jungle environment, detailed with 300-year-old handcrafted doors imported from Bali. With 175 feet of wide canal frontage and no fixed bridges to the bay, it delivers an elite-level boating setup complemented by its own private sandy beach.
The 3,255 SF interior emphasizes architectural soul and warmth, moving away from the “sterile” feel of many new builds. The two-story, elevated floor plan features floor-to-ceiling impact glass and an open-concept living area that flows into a gourmet kitchen outfitted with Gaggenau appliances. Upstairs, four en-suite bedrooms each open onto private balconies, offering immersive views of the lush canopy and water. The outdoor grounds are a true “lifestyle compound,” featuring a resort-style pool, a volleyball court, a children’s playhouse, and even an oversized garden chess set. For the buyer who values privacy and character over high-gloss minimalism, this is one of the most unique waterfront holdings in the Upper East Side.
THE DEETS:
Price: $7,900,000
Neighborhood: Shorecrest, Miami
Square Footage: 3,255 SF
Lot Size: 36,369 Square Feet (Double Lot)
Days On the Market: 1
Built: 2015
Rooms: 5 Bedrooms, 4.5 Bathrooms
Amenities: 175’ Waterfront, Private Beach, Boat Dock, Resort Pool, Bali-Imported Details, Gaggenau Appliances, Volleyball Court
Listing Agency: Charles Rutenberg Realty FTL by Ana Maria Mendiola
A Modern Tropical Compound on the Sunset Islands. Architectural scale of this magnitude rarely hits the open market.
Sunset Estates is a once-in-a-generation waterfront assembly that feels more like a private island than a residential lot. Positioned within the guard-gated security of Sunset Island III, this 2025-completed estate spans over 32,000 SF of prime land with an incredible 187 feet of combined water frontage. It is a one-of-one collaboration between architect Kobi Karp and developer Todd Michael Glaser, delivering a primary residence and an elegant detached guest house that function together as a unified modern tropical fortress.
The 10,791 SF living space is a masterclass in organic modernism, utilizing Brazilian Ipe wood, exposed concrete, and soaring 12-foot ceilings to create a seamless indoor-outdoor experience. The primary residence is an entertainer’s dream, featuring six bedrooms, an elevator, a gated motor court for 10+ cars, and a primary suite equipped with an outdoor shower and private terrace. Steps away, the detached guest residence is a high-functioning wing of its own, housing a waterfront gym, a conference lounge, and a double-height garage. Anchored by an Olympic-length lap pool and surrounded by lush landscaping, this estate provides a level of privacy and utility that is nearly impossible to replicate in Miami Beach’s most coveted enclave.
THE DEETS:
Price: $110,000,000
Neighborhood: Sunset Islands (Island III), Miami Beach
Square Footage: 10,791 SF
Lot Size: 32,845 Square Feet
Days On the Market: 1
Built: 2025
Rooms: 9 Bedrooms, 11 Bathrooms (9 Full, 2 Half)
Amenities: 187’ Waterfront, Olympic Lap Pool, Waterfront Gym, 13-Car Garage, Guest House, Elevator
Listing Agency: ATR Luxury Homes by Ana Teresa Rodriguez
“Consume Less, Create More”: Interview with Rachel Robinson of RachelFitness & Barry’s Bootcamp
A conversation with Rachel Robinson at What’s Good Miami’s new content studio at The Moore, on freedom, family, and the discipline of showing up every single day, for six straight years.
There’s a moment, sitting in any room with Rachel Robinson, when you realize the workout isn’t actually the workout. The sweat is real. The treadmill is real. The 10.0 sprints she calls out by name yours, mine, the woman in the back are real. But the thing Rachel is actually doing, the thing that has packed her 9:30 a.m. Monday class on Purdy Avenue for years on end, is something else entirely. She’s having a conversation with herself out loud, and inviting fifty people to listen in.
I sat down with Rachel last week at What’s Good Miami’s new content studio at The Moore. The room felt right for it. She came up on reality television, where the cameras turn the room into the performance. She built her business on Instagram Live, where the bedroom is the studio. And she’s spent the last decade teaching one of the most kinetic group fitness classes in the city, where the studio is, in the end, a kind of broadcast. Rachel doesn’t really exist in private. Or maybe more accurately: Rachel doesn’t really make a distinction between the two. The whole point of what she does and the reason it works is that there isn’t one.
If her name doesn’t immediately ring a bell, it should.
The Lineage
Rachel is Miami fitness royalty in the most Miami way possible. Born in the Chelsea Hotel in New York to a photographer mother who, in her own words, “always had a camera on me.” Raised in Miami since she was five. A true OG of a city that has very few of them left.
She came up on reality television during the original Road Rules era the analog days, before social media, before the playbook, before anyone went on the show planning to make a career out of it. She left it behind to live a life, got married to Natalie (the founder of G-Beauty, the family-built skincare and facial studio business that’s expanding into a new flagship in Toronto), had three kids under three, and built the kind of family life that most reality TV alumni quietly envy.
Then, after an eleven-year hiatus, she went back. The producers had been calling her for years. The timing finally worked. She returned to The Challenge as an all-star and won. A literal Cinderella moment for a woman in her late thirties who hadn’t been on television in over a decade. She’ll tell you herself: that doesn’t normally happen.
But by then, she wasn’t really a reality TV person anymore. She was a fitness person.
The Barry’s Story
The Barry’s Miami origin story is, by itself, worth the price of admission.
Rachel had been a client of Barry’s in LA. She loved the workout the club-in-a-room intensity, the treadmill-and-weights structure, the way it functioned as both a physical experience and a social one. When she heard Barry’s was finally opening in Miami, she reached out to CEO Joey Gonzalez through mutual friends and asked to be introduced to the franchise owners, Derek and James.
Every other instructor candidate sat down for a job interview.
Rachel sat down and told them what time slot she wanted.
“I basically told them I was hired and what time slot I wanted,” she said in our conversation. “They literally left the meeting and were like, ‘We’ve never had another meeting like that.’”
She got the slot. And then she got every slot. For nearly a decade, Rachel’s classes have been the ones in Miami that people plan their week around not the ones they fit into a free hour.
