2430 NE 184th Terrace North Miami Beach, FL 33160
17875 Collins Avenue · Sunny Isles Beach
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01Acqualina Resort & Residences
At Acqualina Resort & Residences a hotel and private residences are held in one condominium, recorded with 284 units in all. The developer, the Trump Group, gives 188 residences and 98 guest rooms and suites, on 4.5 beachfront acres on the ocean side of Collins Avenue at 17875, in Sunny Isles Beach. The tower was completed in 2006 and rises 550 feet.
Most of what sells here falls below the $5 million line this site uses for the coast. Between February 2025 and June 2026 the state's 2026 tax roll recorded 19 arm's-length sales, meaning sales between unrelated parties on market terms, at a median of about $3.4 million. Only 2 of the 19 reached $5 million or more.
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§ 03Acqualina Resort & Residences
Acqualina is the oldest of the four buildings that carry its name, and two of the younger ones flank it. To the south stands The Mansions at Acqualina (17749 Collins Avenue), completed in 2015; to the north, The Estates at Acqualina South Tower (17901 Collins Avenue), completed in 2022. The address lies in the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Miami-Dade County, not in the City of Miami; the city's own operating rate for 2025 was 1.7000 mills.
The developer describes the site as 4.5 beachfront acres. Beyond that, no source used for this page documents views by orientation or floor, or any rules on beach access for residents.
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CTBUH credits the design to Robert M. Swedroe, and Swedroe Architecture lists itself as designer and architect of record for the 51-story building, completed in 2006. Swedroe had spent 12 years as senior design architect for Morris Lapidus, architect of the Fontainebleau.
The city-authorized book "A Source of Community Pride: The Architecture of Sunny Isles Beach", by Ellen J. Uguccioni, reads the tower through the Mediterranean Revival style. It points to motifs and materials that recall that tradition, to changes of color between bays that break up the building's bulk, and to a dome clad in overlapping pieces of cut tile.
Beneath the ornament stands an all-concrete structure, 550 ft (167.6 m) tall, engineered by CHM Consulting Engineers; Pavarini Construction Southeast was the contractor and HJ Foundation built the foundations. In 2014, according to the press, Isabel Tragash of STA Architectural Group redesigned the guest rooms. The original interior designer and the landscape architect were not found. Unit counts differ by source, with 281 from the architect, 284 in the recorded condominium and 244 residential parcels on the roll. The architects of the neighboring towers are on Architecture of the coast.
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The developer describes residences of three, four and five bedrooms, from 2,200 sq ft (204 m²) to over 6,000 sq ft (557 m²). Under the hotel-residence arrangement, it states, owners may live in a residence all year or for as little as 16 weeks a year.
The county's record runs wider, with living areas of 649 to 8,158 sq ft (60 to 758 m²) and a median of 2,214 sq ft (206 m²). Twenty parcels are under 1,500 sq ft (139 m²); they may be hotel units, but the roll does not say. The developer and the county measure area under different rules, so their figures do not compare directly.
Services follow the hotel. The developer lists 24-hour security and valet parking, two restaurants, three pools, room service, housekeeping and a 20,000 sq ft (about 1,860 m²) oceanfront spa. It also states that the hotel and spa have held a Forbes Five-Star award for 14 consecutive years. This page describes the residences and the record; it does not assess the hotel.
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The market has no single definition of a luxury home, so this site draws the line at a recorded sale of $5 million or more. Thirty deeds at this address carry dates in 2025 or 2026 on the 2026 roll. The Department of Revenue, which codes every recorded deed in Florida, marks 19 of them as arm's-length sales, recorded between February 2025 and June 2026.
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Median price:
$3.4 million ($3,396,000).
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Range:
$2.95 million to $5.2 million.
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Sales at $5 million or more:
2 of the 19, with a median of $5.175 million and $1,534 per sq ft (about $16,500 per m²).
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Price per square foot:
$1,166 to $1,901 of county-recorded living area (about $12,600 to $20,500 per m²), median $1,423 (about $15,300 per m²).
How these figures compare. On the 2026 roll, the highest count of arm's-length sales at $5 million or more at any Sunny Isles Beach condominium address was 15, shared by The Estates at Acqualina South Tower next door and Turnberry Ocean Club. In all, 13 condominium addresses in the city recorded at least one such sale, and 18 hold at least one residence valued at $5 million or more.
Most sales here stay below that line, while the newer Acqualina buildings beside it, The Mansions and the two Estates towers, sell above it; per square foot, the building stands close to The Mansions, its southern neighbor. Medians are of all arm's-length sales:
| Building | Arm's-length sales | Of them at $5M+ | Median price | Price per m² (per sq ft) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acqualina Resort & Residences | 19 | 2 | $3.4M | about $15,300 ($1,423) |
| The Mansions at Acqualina | 7 | 7 | $7.0M | about $16,400 ($1,519) |
| The Estates at Acqualina, South Tower | 15 | 15 | $10.2M | about $26,400 ($2,454) |
How to read them. The count is a floor. The roll keeps only each residence's two most recent sales, and deeds closing long pre-construction contracts can fall outside the arm's-length code. Asking prices are set by sellers and are not recorded prices. No unit numbers and no owners appear anywhere on this site.
Values for tax. The county appraiser's estimate of market value, the just value, runs from $0.68 million to $7.51 million across the 244 residential parcels; it is an appraisal, not a price. Twenty-six of them (10.7%) carry a homestead exemption, a floor for the share of homes their owners live in.
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Property tax. The combined property-tax rate in Sunny Isles Beach for 2025 was 16.7227 mills: $16.72 for every $1,000 of taxable value, or about 1.67% a year. A residence assessed at $5 million that is not the owner's Florida homestead would pay about $83,600 a year. After a purchase, the assessment resets to full market value on the next 1 January. The appraiser's just value can differ from the price paid; here the median just value on the 2026 roll is $2.64 million.
Assessment caps. For a residence that is not the owner's Florida homestead, the assessed value used for non-school taxes may rise by no more than 10% a year. Amendment 3, which Florida voters approved on 3 November 2026, lowers that cap to 5% from the 2027 roll; the state had not yet certified the result on 9 November 2026. The homestead exemption itself is open only to an owner who makes the home a permanent Florida residence in good faith, a test a person in the United States on a temporary visa cannot meet.
Association fees. The association's budget was not found in a public source. In a building that combines a hotel and residences, ask the seller for the last two budgets, the reserve schedule and the building's insurance policies before an offer. Ask too about special assessments: extra payments the association votes for a specific purpose.
At purchase. Florida's documentary stamp tax on the deed is $0.60 for every $100 of the price in Miami-Dade County, about $20,400 at this building's median of about $3.4 million; the purchase contract decides which party pays it. Miami-Dade's additional surtax of $0.45 per $100 does not apply, because state law counts a condominium unit as a single-family residence, which is exempt. A mortgage adds documentary stamp tax of $0.35 per $100 of the loan and an intangible tax, a state tax on the loan itself, of $2 per $1,000.
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After the 2021 collapse in Surfside, Florida requires two checks of every condominium building three or more habitable stories high.
Status here. The state's Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) keeps two SIRS databases. In their full exports of 9 November 2026, neither shows an entry for the project, the address or its association, "Acqualina Ocean Residences & Resort Condo Assoc., Inc.". A missing filing is not proof that no study was done. By law the study was due by 31 December 2025, or by 31 December 2026 if combined with a milestone inspection, so one should exist: ask the seller for it. No building-by-building milestone list was found on the City of Sunny Isles Beach Building Safety page.
What a resale buyer is entitled to. On a resale the seller must give the buyer, at the seller's cost, the declaration of condominium, the articles, bylaws and rules, the annual financial statement and budget, and the association's question-and-answer sheet and governance form. The package also carries the most recent structural integrity reserve study, or a statement that none was done, and the summary of the milestone inspection report where one applies. If the developer handed control to the owners after 1 July 2023, the turnover inspection report is included too.
The buyer may cancel within 7 days of receiving the documents, weekends and legal holidays not counted. That right falls away if the contract records receipt more than 7 days before signing, and it ends at closing. A buyer who purchases from the developer has 15 days instead.
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The building stands outside the 1% flood area on both FEMA maps, though the revised maps of 2027 move it from minimal to moderate risk. The current maps, in force since 11 September 2009, place it in Zone X (unshaded), where flood risk is minimal. Toward the sea the parcel enters Zone AE, the area with a 1% chance of flooding in any year, at a base flood elevation of 8 feet (2.4 m). Nearer the water lies Zone VE, where storm waves strike and building rules are strictest, at 10 feet (3.0 m). In Zone AE a mortgage lender usually requires flood insurance.
The base flood elevation is the height water is expected to reach in a 1%-a-year flood, measured from the map's reference level (NGVD29 on the current maps), never a depth of water above the ground.
The revised maps, effective 19 February 2027, place the building in Zone X (shaded), with a 0.2% annual chance of flooding, and the beach side of the parcel in Zone VE. The AE band between them disappears. The revised VE zone carries a base flood elevation of 12 feet, measured from a newer reference level (NAVD88). It begins about 70 meters east of the building's map point, against about 40 meters today: some 30 meters farther away. These are readings of FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer, not official flood-zone determinations.
Like all of Sunny Isles Beach and Golden Beach, the address sits in Miami-Dade Storm Surge Planning Zone B, where storm surge, the sea water a hurricane pushes ashore, is a risk from Category 2 storms upward. The county orders evacuations by each storm's track and projected surge, not by category alone.
Flood insurance. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) covers up to $250,000 for a residential building and $100,000 for contents. A condominium association's building policy can reach $250,000 multiplied by the number of units, or $71 million for the 284 units in the recorded condominium. At these values, cover above the NFIP limits is bought privately.
Windstorm insurance. Citizens, Florida's state-backed insurer of last resort, may not write a unit owner's policy where the unit's combined dwelling and contents replacement cost is $700,000 or more. The threshold rises to $1 million in counties where the state insurance regulator finds too little competition. What counts is the cost of rebuilding and refitting the unit, not the price paid; the association's policy for the building is a separate matter. An insurance agent can say whether a given unit qualifies.
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Three rules weigh most for a buyer from abroad, and each carries conditions. When the seller is a foreign person, the buyer generally must withhold 15% of the price and pay it to the IRS, under the federal rule known as FIRPTA. A nonresident who is not a US citizen and holds US real estate directly is exposed to US estate tax. The third rule is Florida's own.
Florida's foreign-ownership law of 2023 covers people domiciled in China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Syria or under the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro who are not US citizens or green-card holders. It limits their purchases near military and critical-infrastructure sites and, for those domiciled in China, anywhere in Florida, with one narrow exception for a single home.
On this coast that exception is the only way in. The law counts a facility only where it is fenced, barred or guarded, and two that meet the test lie within 10 miles of every address. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport is secured under the federal airport security program and Port Everglades under federal port security rules; both are about 6 to 10 miles away.
Two more facilities of the kinds the law lists are nearby: the Miami-Dade North District wastewater treatment plant, about 1 to 4 miles away, and North Perry airport, about 6 to 10. The nearest military installation, at Dania Beach, is about 8 to 12 miles away, beyond the 5 miles the exception requires.
A covered person may therefore buy here only one residential property of up to 2 acres, in their own name, with a current US visa not limited to tourism or with official asylum documentation. The purchase must be registered with the Florida Department of Commerce within 30 days. Companies and other entities covered by the law may not buy here. Each rule is set out in full in the guide to buying from abroad; this is general information, not legal or tax advice.
Rentals of six months or less need, among other requirements, a city short-term rental license for each unit and either the association's written consent or a copy of its bylaws; the condominium's documents may restrict rentals further. The same documents decide whether the association must approve a buyer, whether a company may hold title and what minimum lease term applies. They were not found in public sources.
Acqualina Resort & Residences
On the state's 2026 roll, 19 arm's-length sales between February 2025 and June 2026 ran from $2.95 million to $5.2 million, with a median of about $3.4 million. Only 2 reached $5 million or more. Asking prices of current listings are a separate matter.
About $15,300 per m² ($1,423 per sq ft), the median of 19 arm's-length sales.
17875 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160, recorded in the state registry as Acqualina Ocean Residences & Resort. It is in Miami-Dade County, inside the City of Sunny Isles Beach rather than the City of Miami.
The developer states that owners may live in a residence all year or for as little as 16 weeks a year. The condominium's documents set the rules on use and rental; they were not found in a public source, so the declaration is the document to read before buying.
The Trump Group developed it, Robert M. Swedroe designed it and Pavarini Construction Southeast built it; it was completed in 2006.
550 ft (167.6 m) on 51 floors, by CTBUH's count. The developer gives 188 residences beside the hotel's 98 rooms and suites.
The developer describes residences of up to five bedrooms and over 6,000 sq ft. The roll's largest living area is 8,158 sq ft, and the highest recorded sale in the window was $5.2 million.
The developer lists three pools and a 20,000 sq ft oceanfront spa. No beach club was found in the sources consulted.
No budget was found in a public source. A resale buyer is entitled to the budget and the annual financial statement, which show the fees, the reserves and any special assessments.
Pet rules sit in the declaration, which no public source reproduces; ask for it before an offer. Assistance animals must be allowed in every case.
No filing was found in either state database as of 9 November 2026. That is not proof that no study was done, and a resale buyer is entitled to the latest study, or a statement that none was done, at the seller's cost.
This page is not a review and quotes no testimonials. What an adviser can check is the public record cited below: the condominium registry, the recorded sales, the SIRS databases and the FEMA map.
The city's short-term rental ordinance does not limit how often a condominium unit is rented, but each unit needs a city license. The condominium's documents may restrict rentals further; they were not found in a public source.
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Viewings of residences at Acqualina are arranged through a licensed broker. A buyer abroad can begin with a video walk-through instead of a first visit.
The documents to read first are the association's last two budgets, the declaration's rules on use, leasing and pets, and any structural integrity reserve study the seller holds. Pet rules always allow assistance animals as the law requires.
Andrey Rossin, licensed Florida real estate broker, CASHFLOWINMIAMI REALTY LLC, broker license BK3069599 · 2430 NE 184th Terrace, North Miami Beach, FL 33160 · +1 (786) 942-0502 · 247deal@gmail.com
Florida Department of Revenue, 2026 final tax roll for Miami-Dade, file dated 16 October 2026 (sales, values, living areas, homestead), including a query of every condominium address in Sunny Isles Beach. DBPR condominium registry and full exports of both SIRS databases (9 November 2026). FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, panel 12086C0153L, and FEMA's pending layer for the revised maps, panel 12086C0153M (study case 15-04-4157S). Miami-Dade County storm surge planning zones (county GIS layer, 2023 update) and the City of Sunny Isles Beach hurricane page. Florida Statutes 553.899, 718.112, 718.503, 692.201–692.205, 193.1554, 196.031, 201.02, 201.031 and 627.351. Miami-Dade Property Appraiser millage table. Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 1445 (FIRPTA), 2001, 2102 and 2104 (estate tax); 44 CFR 61.6. City of Sunny Isles Beach short-term rental rules and Building Safety page. CTBUH Skyscraper Center; Swedroe Architecture's project page; Ellen J. Uguccioni, "A Source of Community Pride: The Architecture of Sunny Isles Beach". Developer and press statements are marked as such. Photos of Acqualina Resort & Residences on this page carry their author and license. Full source list with dates: Method and sources; corrections: corrections log.
Collins Avenue
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15701 Collins Ave
The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach, 15701 Collins Ave: 18 recorded sales in 2025–26, median $4.475 million; five at $5 million or more.
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16901 Collins Ave
Jade Signature condominium by Herzog & de Meuron, 16901 Collins Ave: 19 recorded sales in 2025–26, median $4.25 million, six at $5 million or more.
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17141 Collins Ave
Muse condo by Carlos Ott, 17141 Collins Ave: 7 recorded sales in 2025–26, median $4.8 million, and a lower flood zone from 2027. Costs and filings, sourced.
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17475 Collins Ave
Chateau Beach Residences, 17475 Collins Ave: 81 residences by Kobi Karp; 10 recorded sales in 2025–26, median $3.975 million, a reserve study on file.
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17749 Collins Ave
The Mansions at Acqualina, 17749 Collins Ave: 7 recorded sales since February 2025, all above $5 million, median $7.0 million, and a new flood zone in 2027.
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17901 Collins Ave
The Estates at Acqualina south tower, 17901 Collins Ave, recorded as 777 Via Acqualina: 15 recorded sales above $5 million, median $10.2 million.
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17975 Collins Ave
The Estates at Acqualina north tower, 17975 Collins Ave, recorded as 888 Via Acqualina: all 8 recorded sales above $5 million, median $9.9 million.
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18201 Collins Ave
Trump Royale, 18201 Collins Ave, in the Trump Grande complex: 26 recorded sales in 2025–26, median $1.39 million; one at $5 million or more. Sourced.
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18501 Collins Ave
Turnberry Ocean Club Residences, 18501 Collins Ave: 15 recorded sales at $5 million or more since January 2025, median $5.6 million. Costs and filings.
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18555 Collins Ave
Porsche Design Tower, 18555 Collins Ave: 12 recorded sales since January 2025, median $4.1 million. The car elevator, costs, filings and 2027 flood maps.
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18975 Collins Ave
Residences by Armani/Casa, 18975 Collins Ave: 308 residences by Pelli Clarke Pelli; 19 recorded sales in 2025–26, median $3.7 million. Costs and filings.
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The Estates at Acqualina, South Tower
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