Sunny Isles Beach occupies a unique position in South Florida's luxury taxonomy: it is a city of towers on a barrier island, unabashedly vertical, with oceanfront pricing that has consistently outperformed broader market cycles because it serves a global buyer pool that treats Florida real estate as an asset class rather than a lifestyle preference.

Key market shifts

Three active projects in Sunny Isles Beach as of Q1 2026 represent the neighborhood's most significant new supply event in years. Bentley Residences at 18401 Collins Avenue — 216 units, 62 stories, oceanfront, designed by Sieger Suarez Architects for Dezer Development — offers 3-to-5 bedroom residences from 5,256 to 6,333 square feet at $1,900–$2,600/sqft. At 50% absorbed with a Q3 2027 completion, meaningful inventory remains. Pricing from $5.8M to $35M. The car-elevator feature — an amenity that allows residents to bring their vehicles to their unit floors — has generated global media coverage and created a brand differentiation that transcends the conventional luxury condominium conversation.

St. Regis Sunny Isles South Tower at 95% absorbed and $2,950/sqft average — 170 units, 2–5 bedrooms, $6.2M entry — is effectively concluded for new buyers. The North Tower at 30% absorbed, $2,750/sqft, $5M entry for a 2-bedroom, represents the last meaningful allocation opportunity in this project and arguably the last opportunity to buy into the St. Regis brand in Sunny Isles at pre-completion pricing.

Buyer and investor implications

All three Sunny Isles projects enforce 6-month minimum rentals at 2 periods per year — a near-universal standard in this submarket. Sunny Isles is a wealth preservation and principal residence market. Yield-seeking investors will not find the flexibility they need here.

Strategic takeaway

Bentley Residences remaining inventory at $5.8M+ in the world's first car-elevator residential tower represents a genuinely singular product story — one that will be fully absorbed before completion and will not be repeated. The North Tower St. Regis allocation is the other significant remaining opportunity in a market that is closing its book.

The Worth Group offers priority access to Sunny Isles' most critically allocated remaining inventory. Inquire privately for current availability.

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