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Amenities of a Residential Community of Luxury and Splendor
Fisher Island is a 216-acre private island residential community of unrivaled luxury and splendor.
Fisher Island corporate rental residents, Club members and Hotel
& Resort guests enjoy a host of sumptuous amenities including:
- Fisher Island corporate rental and The Fisher Island Hotel & Resort voted as Miami's Best Hotel by
Zagat's Survey.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and The Spa Internazionale rated as America's top ten by Town & Country
Magazine.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and an experienced catering staff for all banquets, private receptions
and meetings.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and a world-renown Marina & Yachting Center, encompassing two-deep-water
marinas.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and a grand slam Tennis Center with 18 tennis courts.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and a prestigious championship golf course, The Links.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and 8 of Miami's exquisite fine dining and casual restaurants.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and a commercial center with a high-end gourmet market and sophisticated
shopping.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and a polo field and private pristine beaches over a mile and half long.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and The Fisher Island Day School Pre-K-5 grade, a large playground for
kids of all ages.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and an on-Island fire & emergency station and post office.
- Fisher Island corporate rental and car ferry, seaplane, yacht and helicopter access 24 hours a day.
Deep in the throes of creating Miami Beach, a real estate investor and developer, Carl Graham Fisher,
turned his exuberant attention to a piece of property - a wedge of coconut palms and mangroves cast adrift
in Biscayne Bay when Miami's ship channel sliced through to the ocean in 1905.
Carl Fisher bought the 200 odd-acres that now bear his name from Dana A. Dorsey, South Florida's first
black millionaire. Fisher promptly, set up a new corporation, the Peninsula Terminal Company, and embarked
on building deepwater docks and expanding the island to fit his grand scheme. But political pressure
thwarted Fisher's persistent attempts to secure state and federal dredge permits. The battle raged into the
1930s.
Fifteen years before his death, Fisher's path crossed that of William Kissam Vanderbilt II, eldest son of
William K. Vanderbilt and great-grandson of famed "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt. Fisher coveted
Vanderbilt's 250-foot yacht, Eagle. But no less than Vanderbilt, an avid sportsman and frequent visitor
to Miami and Key West between world cruises, desired Fisher's property on Biscayne Bay. "My island for
your boat," Fisher proposed. Vanderbilt promptly accepted. So was the legendary trade.
Initial deed in hand, America's richest sportsman set about fashioning a $1.5 million private retreat
rivaled by few in the world. He began with a Mediterranean-style mansion facing the Atlantic, lavished
with imported English oak, Victorian mahogany paneling and sprawling marble fireplace.
Vanderbilt encircled the palace with lush landscaping, gracious guest homes, tennis courts, swimming pools
and a nine-hole golf course. To provide the most comfortable living amenities, he installed an electric
power plant and pumping station.
When done, he had created a resplendent residence where anyone of wealth, regardless of how incredible,
would feel right at home. Here, over the next 20 years, the railroad tycoon and his second wife, Rosamond
Lancaster Burton, held royal court, hosting some of America's society's most lavish and elegant parties
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