If you ask any serious luxury real estate professional in South Florida which building sets the standard for ultra-luxury condo living in Sunny Isles Beach, the answer is almost always the same: the Estates at Acqualina. Not because it is the newest building on Collins Avenue — it is not. Not because it has the most recognizable automotive brand on the facade — it does not. The Estates at Acqualina holds its position at the top of the Sunny Isles Beach hierarchy for a simpler, more durable reason: it delivers more of everything — more space, more amenities, more service, more beach — than virtually any other residential address in the United States.
This is the definitive guide to the Estates at Acqualina. It covers both towers, every floor plan configuration, current pricing and market data, the full amenity offering, and the honest competitive comparison that buyers deserve before committing at this price point.
What Is the Estates at Acqualina?
The Estates at Acqualina is a two-tower ultra-luxury development comprising 245 residences situated on a 5.6-acre oceanfront site at 17901 and 17975 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, enjoying 502 linear feet of private Atlantic Ocean beachfront. Both towers rise 50 stories and were delivered between 2022 and 2023, making them among the newest fully completed ultra-luxury buildings in the Sunny Isles Beach market.
The development is the third chapter of a multi-decade residential legacy by the Trump Group — Jules, Eddie, and Stephanie Trump, no relation to President Donald Trump — who opened the original Acqualina Resort and Spa in 2006 and followed it with the Mansions at Acqualina in 2015. The Estates represents the pinnacle of that legacy: a purpose-built residential community sharing the infrastructure, service standards, and beachfront of a Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond resort hotel.
The lobbies and common areas of both towers were designed by Karl Lagerfeld — the legendary Creative Director of Chanel and Fendi — in one of his final major residential design commissions before his passing in 2019. The result is a visual signature unlike anything else in the South Florida market: crystalline, silvery, flower-adorned spaces that feel more like a couture atelier than a condominium lobby.
The Two Towers: Understanding the Difference
One of the most common questions buyers ask about the Estates at Acqualina is which tower, and the answer depends entirely on what matters most to you.
Via Acqualina 777 — The North Tower (91 residences)
The North Tower is the boutique option — 91 residences across 50 floors, with a maximum of two residences per floor for most of the building. Half-floor and full-floor configurations give the North Tower a scale and privacy profile closer to a private residence than a traditional high-rise. Residence sizes range from 4,505 to 5,146 square feet for standard half and full-floor units, expanding to 8,945 square feet for the tower suite and a spectacular 15,332 square foot two-story penthouse estate — all featuring private leisure pools.
Every North Tower residence features wrap-around terraces that function as full outdoor living rooms, complete with private saunas, summer chef kitchens, and spa areas. The density — two neighbors per floor at most — is what drives a meaningful share of the North Tower’s buyer demand.
Via Acqualina 888 — The South Tower (154 residences)
The South Tower offers more configurations and a broader price entry point, with four residences per floor across the majority of the building. Residence sizes range from 2,897 to 3,672 square feet for standard configurations, with tower suites, single-family homes, and two-story penthouses — all with private pools — at the upper tiers.
For buyers who want the full Estates at Acqualina experience at a more accessible entry point, the South Tower is where the conversation typically begins. For buyers whose priority is maximum privacy, minimum neighbors, and estate-scale square footage, the North Tower is the answer.
Both towers share the same Villa Acqualina amenity center, the same beach service, the same resort staff, and the same Karl Lagerfeld lobby design.
Residences: What You Actually Live In
Every residence at the Estates at Acqualina is delivered furniture-ready — one of the defining distinctions of the building that matters significantly for international buyers and investors. You are not purchasing a white box. You are purchasing a finished, furnished, move-in-ready home.
Standard residence specifications across both towers include:
- Floor-to-ceiling impact glass windows framing panoramic Atlantic Ocean views
- 10-foot 6-inch smooth-finish ceilings throughout
- Custom Italian cabinetry in kitchens and bathrooms
- La Cornue gas range and full Gaggenau, Sub-Zero, and Wolf appliance packages
- Imported stone countertops and backsplashes throughout
- Master bathroom suites with imported onyx countertops and walls, marble floors, steam mist shower, freestanding tub, ocean-view shower, and heated floors
- His and her separate dressing rooms with built-in millwork
- Savant smart-home automation system with integrated lighting, climate, security, and AV control
- Private elevator access with formal entry foyer
- Summer kitchen with Gaggenau electric grill on oversized terraces
- Private sauna in North Tower residences and upper-tier South Tower configurations
- Private leisure pool on penthouse, tower suite, and single-family home residences
- Full-size washer and dryer in a dedicated laundry room
The furniture-ready delivery standard means buyers receive custom millwork, specified furniture packages, and complete bathroom and kitchen installations without the 12 to 18-month buildout timeline typical of other ultra-luxury buildings. For buyers purchasing as an investment who intend to rent during periods of non-occupancy, the furniture-ready delivery accelerates the income timeline significantly.
Pricing: What Does the Estates at Acqualina Cost in 2026?
The median list price at the Estates at Acqualina was $4,995,000 in May 2026 — up from $3,492,000 in May 2025, representing a 43% year-over-year increase in median asking price driven by the delivery and absorption of North Tower inventory and the overall appreciation of the Sunny Isles Beach ultra-luxury condo corridor.
The average list price per square foot at the Estates at Acqualina is $2,787 — making it the highest average price per square foot of any building in Sunny Isles Beach and among the highest in all of South Florida.
Current pricing by configuration:
- South Tower three and four-bedroom residences (2,897–3,672 sq ft): From $3.9 million to approximately $7 million, depending on floor and view
- North Tower half-floor residences (4,505–5,146 sq ft): From approximately $6 million to $12 million for upper floors
- North Tower full-floor residences: From approximately $10 million
- Tower suites (8,858–9,134 sq ft): From approximately $15 million
- Penthouses and penthouse estates: The crown penthouse — “Palazzo di Ricchezze,” Italian for Palace of Riches — is listed at $50 million, setting the pricing ceiling for the entire Sunny Isles Beach market
For context, a record transaction at the Estates closed in May 2025 at $4,925,000 for a South Tower unit on the 41st floor. With the median list price now approaching $5 million and the average per-square-foot at $2,787, buyers who entered early in the building’s resale cycle have seen significant appreciation in a short period.
Contact me directly for a current availability matrix, active listing details, and off-market opportunities before the next significant transaction resets comparable pricing.
Villa Acqualina: 50,000 Square Feet of Amenities, Unlike Anything Else
The amenity offering at the Estates at Acqualina is the most frequently cited reason buyers choose this building over every other option in Sunny Isles Beach real estate — and for good reason. The Villa Acqualina amenity center is not a collection of standard gym-and-pool amenities dressed in luxury finishes. It is a genuinely singular lifestyle infrastructure that took years and tens of millions of dollars to build and cannot be replicated.
The full Villa Acqualina amenity offering spans over 50,000 square feet and includes:
The Circus Maximus — a dedicated full floor of entertainment amenities including a regulation ice skating rink with a hand-painted ocean mural, four bowling lanes, a Formula One racing simulator, a golf simulator, a Wall Street Trader’s Clubroom with live market feeds and Bloomberg terminals, a movie theater with plush seating, a billiard room, and a children’s playroom. There is no comparable amenity floor in any other residential building in the United States.
Dining and food and beverage — five restaurants on the property, including a world-renowned 10,000 square foot five-star restaurant, a romantic beachfront restaurant and bar, and access to the full Acqualina Resort dining program.
Wellness and fitness — a world-class fitness center designed by The Wright Fit, a 20,000 square foot ESPA spa, salt rooms, saunas, steam rooms, treatment rooms, and an outdoor terrace fitness area.
Pools — six pools total, including a rooftop social pool, an indoor lap pool with spas, an infinity-edge oceanfront pool, a zero-entry family pool, a children’s pool with water slides, and a FlowRider surfing wave pool — the only residential FlowRider installation in South Florida.
Beach — 502 linear feet of private Atlantic Ocean beach with Acqualina’s signature red umbrella and sunbed service, beach butler attendants, food and beverage delivery, and chaise lounges on the sand. This is a private beach, not a public beach adjacent to a residential building. Owners and their guests only.
Sports and recreation — a regulation basketball court, bocce court, soccer field, running path, dog park, and volleyball court across the 5.6-acre grounds.
Services — 24-hour valet and security, a house Rolls-Royce with driver, resident concierge, limousine service, housekeeping, children’s programs and child care, pet care, spa and wellness programming, and full access to the Acqualina Resort’s Five-Star service infrastructure.
The Acqualina Service Standard: What Five-Star Resort Living Actually Means Day-to-Day
The Estates at Acqualina’s service infrastructure flows directly from the Acqualina Resort and Spa — a Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond hotel that TripAdvisor has recognized as the top luxury beachfront hotel in the continental United States. This is not a building where “hotel-style service” is a marketing phrase. It is an operational reality backed by a hospitality team that has been delivering at this standard since 2006.
What that means in practice: the same staff who manage guest experiences at one of the country’s highest-rated resort hotels manage the residential service program at the Estates. The beach attendants know your preferred umbrella position. The concierge has your car preferences logged. The restaurant team knows your dietary requirements without being reminded.
For buyers who have stayed at the world’s finest resort hotels and want that operational standard as a permanent feature of their home address — not a feature that requires booking a reservation — the Acqualina service model is the clearest expression of that lifestyle available in the Miami market.
Seventy percent of owners at the Mansions at Acqualina — the predecessor building completed in 2015 — were previously associated with the Acqualina Resort as guests or members. That loyalty data point is the strongest possible signal of what the Estates delivers: buyers who experienced the service as guests came back and paid premium prices to live inside it permanently.
Location: The Best of Sunny Isles Beach
The Estates at Acqualina sits at the heart of Sunny Isles Beach’s most prestigious oceanfront corridor, at the intersection of the two-mile Collins Avenue stretch where the greatest concentration of branded ultra-luxury residences in the United States is located. The address provides immediate access to everything that defines life in this part of South Florida:
- Bal Harbour Shops — 10 minutes by car, the most productive retail center per square foot in the United States, home to Chanel, Hermès, Prada, Valentino, and Cartier
- Aventura Mall — 11 minutes by car, one of the largest retail destinations in the Southeast
- Miami Beach — 15 to 20 minutes south
- Wynwood and Design District — 25 to 30 minutes
- Downtown Miami and Brickell — 30 minutes
- Miami International Airport — approximately 25 minutes
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport — approximately 20 minutes
The dual-airport access — equidistant between MIA and FLL — is a practical advantage for owners with international travel demands and private aviation users.
Who Buys at the Estates at Acqualina?
The Estates at Acqualina attracts a specific buyer profile that is distinct from every other building in the Sunny Isles Beach market. Understanding that profile helps you assess whether this building fits your own priorities.
The typical buyer here is an ultra-high-net-worth individual or family for whom service — not architecture or brand — is the primary criterion. These are buyers who have likely owned or stayed at properties with Forbes Five-Star hotel management and have made the decision that they will not accept anything below that standard as a permanent living environment. The Acqualina Resort’s longstanding Five-Star rating is the guarantee that they are purchasing.
The furniture-ready delivery standard attracts a significant share of international buyers — particularly from Latin America, the Middle East, and Europe — who want a Miami residence that is immediately livable without a multi-year buildout and interior design process. They wire the funds, receive the keys, and move in. That operational simplicity has meaningful value for buyers managing multiple residences across multiple countries.
The 70% retention rate from the Mansions at Acqualina to the Estates — buyers who lived in the prior building and upgraded — indicates a community effect that is rare in the condo market. These are not transient buyers or speculative investors. They are long-term owners who have made Sunny Isles Beach their primary or secondary home and chose the Acqualina ecosystem specifically because of the service and community it delivers.
Estates at Acqualina vs. the Competition
Estates at Acqualina vs. Bentley Residences: The most frequently compared pair in the Sunny Isles Beach ultra-luxury market. Bentley is pre-construction, offering the Dezervator sky garage innovation and a newer building at Q1 2028 delivery. The Estates is fully delivered, with an operating service infrastructure and a proven resale track record. Buyers choosing between them are almost always making a decision between a known, operating luxury product and a compelling pre-construction innovation. Both are defensible positions — they simply serve different buyer motivations.
Estates at Acqualina vs. Porsche Design Tower: Porsche Design Tower pioneered the in-residence car elevator concept that Bentley has refined. It is fully delivered and has an active resale market. The Estates offers significantly more living space — residences starting at 2,897 square feet versus Porsche’s typical 4,600 square foot full-floor configurations — and a more comprehensive service infrastructure through the Acqualina Resort connection. Porsche appeals to the automotive collector buyer; the Estates appeals to the service and lifestyle buyer.
Estates at Acqualina vs. Turnberry Ocean Club: Both are ultra-luxury delivered towers in Sunny Isles Beach. Turnberry Ocean Club features three sky amenity floors, including an adults-only Sky Club at the top of the 54-story tower. The Estates offers more total square footage in amenities and a more integrated resort service model. The buyer profiles overlap, but the Estates’ private beach infrastructure and service depth consistently position it as the premium choice at equivalent or higher pricing.
Investment Outlook: The Case for the Estates at Acqualina in 2026
The investment thesis for the Estates at Acqualina rests on a combination of factors that are unusual in the condo market: a fully delivered building with a proven resale track record, a service infrastructure that drives owner retention, and a land position that cannot be replicated.
The 43% year-over-year increase in median asking price from May 2025 to May 2026 is the most important data point in the current market. It reflects the absorption of North Tower inventory at prices that have reset the comp base for the entire development. Buyers who purchased in the South Tower at delivery in 2022 are sitting on meaningful paper gains.
The HOA fees at the Estates are among the highest in Sunny Isles Beach — a direct consequence of the resort-standard service and amenity package. For buyers who are evaluating the carrying cost per month, this is a significant line item that needs to be factored into the total cost of ownership analysis alongside property taxes and insurance. For buyers who understand what those fees are purchasing — full resort service, private beach, Circus Maximus, ESPA spa, five-star concierge — the value calculation looks different.
For long-term hold buyers, the Acqualina ecosystem’s track record across three buildings and two decades provides the most credible evidence available in South Florida that this is an address that holds its value across market cycles.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the price range at the Estates at Acqualina?
As of Q2 2026, pricing ranges from approximately $5.9 million for South Tower residences to $39.995 million for the crown penthouse “Palazzo di Ricchezze.” The average list price per square foot is $2,787, the highest of any building in Sunny Isles Beach.
What is the difference between the North Tower and South Tower at the Estates at Acqualina?
The North Tower — Via Acqualina 777 — offers 91 residences with a maximum of two units per floor, larger square footage from 4,505 square feet, and wrap-around terraces. The South Tower — Via Acqualina 888 — offers 154 residences with a maximum of four units per floor and configurations starting from 2,897 square feet. Both towers share all amenities and beach access.
Who designed the Estates at Acqualina lobbies?
The lobbies and common areas of both towers were designed by Karl Lagerfeld — the Creative Director of Chanel and Fendi — in one of his final major residential design commissions.
Are residences at the Estates at Acqualina delivered furnished?
Yes, in most cases. Every residence is delivered furniture-ready with completed kitchen, bathroom, and living area installations. Buyers do not need to manage a buildout or furnishing process, other than for a select few that have not been lived in.
Does the Estates at Acqualina have private beach access?
Yes. The development enjoys 502 linear feet of private Atlantic Ocean beach — exclusively for owners and their guests — with full Acqualina Resort beach service including attendants, chairs, umbrellas, and food and beverage delivery.
What is the FlowRider at the Estates at Acqualina?
The FlowRider is a stationary surfing wave machine installed in one of the development’s six pools. It is the only residential FlowRider installation in South Florida and is included in the Villa Acqualina amenity offering available to all residents.
Who developed the Estates at Acqualina?
The Estates at Acqualina was developed by GSF Acquisition, LLC — an affiliate of the Trump Group, founded by Jules, Eddie, and Stephanie Trump. There is no relation to President Donald Trump. The Trump Group has developed all properties in the Acqualina ecosystem, including the Acqualina Resort and Spa and the Mansions at Acqualina.
Ready to Explore the Estates at Acqualina?
The Estates at Acqualina is the reference standard for ultra-luxury condo living in South Florida — a building that every other Sunny Isles Beach address is measured against. Whether you are evaluating the South Tower as an entry point into the Acqualina ecosystem, considering the North Tower for full-floor privacy and estate-scale living, or looking at the upper collection including the $40 million crown penthouse, the conversation starts with accurate, current market data — not a brochure.
I am Ashton Coleman, a luxury real estate specialist with One Sotheby’s International Realty, holding the Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS) Million Dollar Guild designation, Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE), Transnational Referral Certification (TRC), and Resort & Second-Home Property Specialist (RSPS) designations. I represent buyers and sellers across the Sunny Isles Beach ultra-luxury market, with a deep knowledge of the Acqualina ecosystem.
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