Estates at Acqualina — North Tower Residences

Estates at Acqualina — North Tower: 91 Boutique Half- and Full-Floor Residences at 17975 Collins Avenue

The North Tower of the Estates at Acqualina is the boutique half of the Trump Group's Estates development — a 50-story, 91-residence tower at 17975 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, delivered in 2022–2023. It stands alongside its 154-unit sibling, the Estates South Tower at 17901 Collins, and shares the 45,000-square-foot Villa Acqualina amenity center that links the two buildings. Where the South Tower offers a wide variety of floor plans across a larger unit count, the North Tower was designed for buyers who want something harder to find on Collins Avenue: low density, oversized private layouts, and the exclusivity that comes from only 91 households sharing a single oceanfront address.

This page covers every available residence at 17975 Collins — current inventory, pricing context, floor-plan formats, HOA narrative, and how the North Tower sits inside the four-building Sunny Isles Beach Acqualina campus: the original Acqualina Residences (2006, 188 units), the Mansions at Acqualina (2015, 79 units), and the sibling Estates South Tower (2022, 154 units).

Quick Facts

About the North Tower

When the Trump Group broke ground on the Estates at Acqualina, the intent was a two-tower composition that would complement — not duplicate — the original Acqualina Resort & Residences next door. The South Tower was designed as the more varied floor-plan volume, capturing a broader slice of the luxury market across a range of residence sizes. The North Tower was designed as the foil: smaller, rarer, tighter in format, and — as a direct result — priced above the South on a per-unit basis.

That boutique discipline is visible in the unit count. Fifty floors divided across 91 residences averages fewer than two residences per floor. By design, the North Tower contains only half-floor and full-floor residences — there is no two-bedroom entry-tier inventory here, no compact layouts, no dense corridor floors. Each residence occupies either half of a floor-plate or the entire floor-plate, with private elevator access to the unit's foyer and the kind of layout widths that are simply impossible when more units share a floor.

Architecturally, the tower is the work of Cohen Freedman Encinosa & Associates (CFE Architects), the Miami firm responsible for much of the South Florida ultra-luxury high-rise vocabulary over the past two decades. The interiors were delivered by STA Architectural Group, and the shared campus-level amenity center — the 45,000-sqft Villa Acqualina — was designed by Rafael Portuondo. These are the same names behind the South Tower; the difference is the distribution of residences inside the North Tower envelope, not the architectural team.

North Tower Residences for Sale — Current Market

Active inventory at 17975 Collins is, by design, thin. With only 91 residences total and the building still inside its first major ownership cycle after 2022–2023 delivery, the resale list at any moment typically shows single-digit availability. The live listings panel on this page reflects what's currently on market; what follows is the qualitative picture of what buyers encounter when a North Tower residence does come up for sale.

• Half-floor residences — the majority of the tower's inventory. Floor-plates split east/west between ocean and Intracoastal orientations, typically delivered with four-plus bedrooms, private elevator foyers, and terrace depths that read more like outdoor living rooms than balconies.
• Full-floor residences — the rare end of the inventory. A single residence occupies the entire floor, with 360-degree exposure, direct private elevator from the lobby, and the kind of square footage that the rest of Sunny Isles Beach does not offer in condominium form. These residences sit at the top of the North Tower pricing stack and trade with the longest cycles.
• Upper-floor premiums — view and exposure premiums scale steeply with floor number, as is standard for Sunny Isles oceanfront, but the effect is more pronounced in a boutique tower where every floor has a substantially larger residence than typical.

Price-per-square-foot at the North Tower consistently runs above the Estates South Tower — a direct function of both larger average residence size and meaningfully lower supply. Buyers comparing North and South should treat them as different products, not interchangeable inventory. If you're looking for a two- or three-bedroom oceanfront residence on the Acqualina campus, the South Tower and the original Acqualina Residences are the right pages. If you're looking for a half-floor or full-floor private home in the sky, this is the tower.

Residence Floor Plans & Views

The North Tower's floor-plan philosophy is the inverse of the South Tower's variety strategy. Here, the answer to "what layouts are available?" is: half-floor or full-floor. That constraint produces residences with structural characteristics that are uncommon in the rest of the Sunny Isles Beach condominium market:

• Private elevator access to every residence — either a private foyer off a shared cab for half-floor homes, or a dedicated elevator cab for full-floor residences.
• Floor-through exposures on full-floor residences — sunrise over the Atlantic to the east, sunset over the Intracoastal to the west, plus both north (toward Golden Beach) and south (toward Bal Harbour) ends of the floor-plate.
• Dual-exposure layouts on half-floor residences — each half-floor unit captures either east-and-north or east-and-south, or a full-ocean east exposure paired with a long beach-axis view.
• Deep private terraces — floor-to-ceiling glass with impact-rated sliding doors opening onto terraces sized for full outdoor dining and lounge furniture, not just a chair and a railing.
• Primary bath and closet dimensions that read as master-suite-plus-dressing-room — the extra square footage per residence goes disproportionately into the primary suite and the kitchen.
• Kitchen layouts designed for both resident cooking and catering — dual-island configurations are common on full-floor residences, with panel-concealed appliance packages.
• Staff and service entry on full-floor residences — separate back-of-house circulation for housekeeping, deliveries, and catering events.

Because every North Tower residence is either a half-floor or a full-floor home, there are no interior-only units and no residences without a direct ocean component. Every unit has an Atlantic view; the full-floor residences add the Intracoastal sunset and the Miami skyline as additional exposures on the west side of the floor-plate.

The Shared Villa Acqualina — Amenity Narrative

The 45,000-square-foot Villa Acqualina is the single most important piece of context for buyers evaluating the North Tower, because it resolves the boutique tower's natural amenity question: with only 91 residences, can the building justify full-scale resort-grade amenities? The answer is that it doesn't have to — the North Tower shares amenities with the South Tower through the Villa Acqualina campus-level facility, designed by Rafael Portuondo and delivered as part of the Estates development in 2022.

The complete list of shared amenities and Residences Services is shown in the Property Information section below.

HOA Fees & Monthly Costs

HOA fees at the North Tower are in the upper tier of Sunny Isles Beach carrying costs and scale with residence size. Because every North Tower unit is either a half-floor or full-floor home, every residence here pays a correspondingly larger monthly assessment than a comparable smaller-format unit in another Sunny Isles building would — there is no "starter" HOA at 17975 Collins. That fee covers the residence's participation in the full Villa Acqualina campus service package: 24-hour valet, concierge, housekeeping coordination, building insurance, water, internet, cable, shared pool and spa access, the ice rink and simulator rooms, the theater and bowling lanes, and the attended beach service.

What the fee does not cover is unit-metered electricity, personal content insurance, and residence-specific upgrades such as dedicated staff or enhanced housekeeping contracts. For buyers underwriting the total cost of ownership, the HOA line is only one part — a realistic carry model should also include Miami-Dade property tax (run your target residence through the Florida property tax calculator), the residence's unit-metered power bill, and any personal content coverage.

The Full Acqualina Campus — Four Buildings on 6+ Oceanfront Acres

The North Tower is one building in a four-building, four-address assemblage that spans roughly six oceanfront acres on Collins Avenue. The campus — developed in sequence by the Trump Group from 2006 forward — is connected by shared amenities, shared beach, and a shared staffing pool:

All four buildings share the 45,000-sqft Villa Acqualina amenity center (designed by Rafael Portuondo, delivered with the Estates in 2022), the Acqualina Spa by ESPA, the three restaurants anchored at the original Acqualina Resort, the attended beach service, and the campus-wide concierge staffing. The practical implication: buyers evaluating the North Tower are not evaluating an isolated 91-unit building — they are evaluating a boutique residence inside a four-building campus with deep amenity depth.

For side-by-side comparisons, the sibling landings are live: Acqualina Residences (2006), Mansions at Acqualina (2015), and the Estates South Tower (2022, 17901 Collins). Each has its own residence mix and pricing tier; the four buildings together form the anchor of the Sunny Isles Beach ultra-luxury market.

The Sunny Isles Beach Context

The North Tower sits at the northern end of the Estates campus on a barrier-island strip of Sunny Isles Beach that runs from approximately 157th Street to the Golden Beach border at 193rd Street. Immediately north is the gated town of Golden Beach — single-family oceanfront only, no high-rises — which gives the North Tower an uninterrupted northern ocean vista. To the south, inside Sunny Isles itself, are Jade Ocean, Regalia, the original Acqualina Residences, Porsche Design Tower, the Residences by Armani/Casa, the St. Regis Residences, and the emerging Bentley Residences.

Access-wise, the North Tower is positioned for a buyer profile that drives or is driven. Bal Harbour Shops is about 8 minutes south on Collins; Aventura Mall is roughly 10 minutes west across the 192nd Street causeway; Miami International Airport is about 20 miles south and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is approximately 13 miles north, which in typical South Florida traffic often makes FLL the faster of the two gateways.

Who Buys at the North Tower

The North Tower's buyer profile skews narrower than the other three buildings on the Acqualina campus — a direct consequence of the unit format. A half-floor or full-floor residence filters for a specific set of buyers:

1. Ultra-high-net-worth second- and third-home buyers whose primary residence is in New York, London, Monaco, Paris, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, Mexico City, or the Middle East, and who want the Florida residence to function as a private home — not a pied-à-terre. The half-floor and full-floor formats are large enough to host extended family, staff, and multi-week stays without the compromises of a compact condominium.
2. Trust and LLC structures — a significant share of North Tower closings run through single-asset LLCs or family-office trust entities, reflecting the estate-planning and privacy considerations that accompany purchases in this residence format and price tier.
3. Relocating principals — founders, senior executives, and private-capital partners relocating their primary residence from high-tax jurisdictions to Florida under the state's homestead and Save Our Homes tax structure. Our Florida property tax guide covers the mechanics. For this buyer the North Tower's full-floor residences function as primary-residence alternatives to single-family homes in Bal Harbour, Golden Beach, or Fisher Island.

Due Diligence Checklist

Before writing an offer on a North Tower residence, work through the following:

• Obtain the most recent HOA budget, reserve study, and association insurance renewal statements. The building is still inside its first five-year reserve window post-delivery.
• Confirm the Villa Acqualina shared-amenity agreement — as the campus amenity facility is shared between North and South Tower, buyers should understand how the cost allocation and access rules are documented.
• Review residence-specific floor plan and square footage in the recorded condominium documents. Half-floor and full-floor residences vary in exact configuration floor-to-floor; the recorded plan is the authoritative reference.
• Review rental restrictions — the North Tower enforces minimum lease periods and caps on rentals per year. Short-term rental income should not be a material part of the investment thesis.
• Confirm Save Our Homes (SOH) reset implications. If the seller has homesteaded the residence, your first-year assessed value and tax bill will materially exceed the seller's — underwrite accordingly using the Florida property tax calculator.
• Verify any post-delivery customizations the seller has made to the residence — permitted, unpermitted, and any open building department items.
• Request the developer punch-list status on the residence — some units closed in 2022 and some in 2023, and the early-delivery unit cohort may have different punch histories than later-delivery neighbors.

Schedule a Showing or Get Market Analysis

If you're evaluating the North Tower, the South Tower, the Mansions at Acqualina, or the original Acqualina Residences, use the contact form below to connect with a Sunny Isles Beach specialist who covers the entire four-building campus and can provide the inventory and pricing context that a single-page summary cannot. For broader Sunny Isles Beach inventory and Miami-Dade ultra-luxury context, see the neighborhood landing.