Sunny Isles Beach oceanfront condos for sale

Sunny Isles Beach is South Florida's most vertical stretch of waterfront: a slim barrier island, roughly 2.5 miles of Atlantic beach, packed with branded oceanfront towers, the ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other. They call it the "Florida Riviera" for a reason. Buyers come for the amenities, the views, and an unapologetically international, resort-style lifestyle.

Ocean access for boaters sits just south at Haulover Inlet, next to Haulover Park and its marina, a direct route to the Atlantic. But almost everything here is condo living, so the real questions are about the building, the line, the view corridor, and the association's health. Because Sunny Isles is in Miami-Dade, I handle these listings directly through the Miami MLS rather than this site's Broward search.

The towers, building by building

Sunny Isles isn't one market, it's a lineup of distinct addresses, each with its own price logic, amenities, and rules:

• Acqualina & the Estates at Acqualina, five-star oceanfront resort residences on Collins Avenue, among the most exclusive addresses in the city.
• Porsche Design Tower, the landmark tower famous for its "Dezervator" car elevators that lift vehicles to sky garages beside each unit.
• St. Regis Residences, a newer branded oceanfront condominium delivering hotel-style service on the beach.
• Jade Signature, an architect-designed beachfront tower known for floor-through residences and amenity decks.
• Trump Towers (International / Palace / Royale), a cluster of established oceanfront towers on Collins Avenue with resort amenities.
• Golden Shores, a low-rise single-family and townhome enclave on the Intracoastal side, for buyers who want a house with private dockage, a rare product type in an otherwise condo city.

Which building fits your budget, your view, and your plans for the unit is a conversation worth having early. Tell me oceanfront or Intracoastal, and I'll narrow the lineup.

Where a REALTOR actually earns their keep

Here's the honest truth about this market: the brochures are gorgeous and mostly interchangeable. Sunny Isles is where South Florida stacks its branded oceanfront towers, so the real value isn't finding a beautiful unit, it's navigating the building-by-building differences that don't show up in a listing photo.

Reserves and reserve studies. Forty-year recertification status. Insurance and pending special assessments. Rental restrictions if you plan to lease. In a city with one of the highest concentrations of branded and older beachfront buildings in South Florida, and a heavily international buyer base, those details decide whether a purchase is a smart one. Bilingual (English/Spanish) representation is a practical advantage on many of these transactions, and it's how I work.

The Sunny Isles Beach market right now

Here's the honest read. As of June 2026, the median list price was about $780K, at roughly $587 per square foot across all condos, with homes taking around 102 days to sell, up about 7% year over year, and a sale-to-list ratio near 93% (Realtor.com). That combination points to a patient, buyer-favorable condo market where sellers are negotiating.

The averages hide a wide luxury spread. LuxLife's Q1 2026 report puts the oceanfront luxury tier around $1,200 per square foot, with older units trading below $500 and ultra-luxury above $2,700. A citywide median tells you almost nothing about a specific building, which is exactly why I price a unit against its own tower, line, and view corridor, not a headline.

What I check before you offer

For every Sunny Isles condo you're serious about, I confirm four things before we talk price:

• The reserve study & funding, is the association fully funding reserves, as Florida law now requires, or is a shortfall waiting to become your assessment?
• 40-year recertification status, where the building stands on its milestone and structural inspections, especially in the older Collins Avenue towers.
• Special assessments & insurance, recent and pending assessments, plus the building's insurance picture, quoted inside your inspection window.
• Rental & use rules, lease minimums and restrictions if you plan to rent, since they vary sharply building to building and shape the investment case.

New to how ocean access and inlets work? Start with ocean access vs. Intracoastal for the fundamentals.

Selling a Sunny Isles Beach condo

If you own here, the marketing has to sell the address, the tower, the line, the view corridor, and the lifestyle, to a global, often bilingual audience. See how I market luxury waterfront homes, with media that shows an international buyer exactly what they're buying, in English o en español.