Estates at Acqualina — South Tower Residences | 17901 Collins, Sunny Isles Beach

Estates at Acqualina — South Tower Residences at 17901 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach

Estates at Acqualina South Tower is the 50-story phase-1 tower of the two-building Estates development, delivered in 2022 at 17901 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Developed by The Trump Group (Jules and Eddie Trump — no relation to Donald) and designed by Cohen Freedman Encinosa & Associates with interiors by STA Architectural Group, the South Tower introduced a fundamentally new product tier to the Acqualina campus: 154 furniture-ready ocean-facing residences — a mix of half-floor and full-floor homes — backed by the 45,000-square-foot Villa Acqualina amenity center designed by Rafael Portuondo. For buyers comparing Sunny Isles Beach condos for sale, Estates South is the building that redefined what "turnkey delivery" means at this price point on Collins Avenue.

This page covers every Estates at Acqualina South Tower condo currently for sale at 17901 Collins, the tower's residence floor plans, the shared Villa Acqualina amenity layer, HOA carrying costs, and how South Tower compares with the three sister buildings on the same oceanfront assemblage: the original Acqualina Resort & Residences (188 units, 17875 Collins, 2006), the Mansions at Acqualina (79 full-floor residences, 17749 Collins, 2015), and the sibling Estates at Acqualina North Tower (91 half and full-floor residences, 17975 Collins).

Quick Facts

About Estates at Acqualina South Tower

By the time the Trump Group began planning the Estates, the campus already had two successful generations of product on the ground — the flagship 2006 Acqualina Residences integrated with a Forbes Five-Star hotel, and the 2015 Mansions tower, where every residence is an entire floor of the building. The brief for the Estates was different again: take the amenity and service depth that residents had come to expect on this assemblage, pair it with a modern residence product, and deliver it furniture-ready so that buyers arriving from New York, São Paulo, Mexico City or Moscow could move in on the day of closing. South Tower, at 17901 Collins, is the building where that brief first shipped.

The South Tower is physically the larger of the two Estates towers — 154 residences against the North Tower's 91 — and that difference shapes the resident experience in concrete ways. Half-floor residences at South Tower are paired two-per-floor across a substantial portion of the stack, giving buyers a unit typology that didn't exist on the Acqualina campus before 2022: a true oceanfront residence with the dedicated elevator vestibule and corner exposure of a full-floor home but at a more accessible size. Full-floor residences occupy the upper portion of the tower. Every residence in the building is ocean-facing — there are no interior-only units, no partial-view lines, no "garden view" inventory at Estates South.

CFE Architects' exterior reads as a crisp, contemporary tower — glass-dominant, disciplined, with deep private terraces on every residence. Inside, STA Architectural Group specified a neutral stone-and-wood material palette intended to carry a wide range of buyer aesthetics without locking the building into a single decade's taste. The furniture-ready delivery program was engineered around that discipline: buyers received turnkey residences with finish packages coordinated to the building, not aftermarket catalog kits dropped on a bare slab.

Estates South Condos for Sale — Current Market Picture

Active inventory at 17901 Collins typically covers the full half-floor-to-full-floor spectrum the tower was built with. The live listings panel on this page shows the current for-sale residences with pricing, square footage, and days-on-market; what follows is the qualitative picture of what each residence tier actually delivers.

• Half-floor residences — the tower's largest residence count, typically two per floor, each with direct ocean exposure, private elevator vestibule, and deep oceanfront terraces. This is the most liquid Estates South inventory and the tier where most transactions happen.
• Full-floor residences — occupying the upper floors of the tower, these are complete "mansion-in-the-sky" homes with sunrise and sunset exposures, wraparound terraces, and private elevator access directly into the foyer. Longer sale cycles, smaller sample size, and per-sqft figures that often sit in a separate conversation from the half-floor inventory.
• Penthouse-level inventory — the top of the stack rarely trades. When a penthouse does list, it trades on a buyer-by-buyer basis with meaningful lead time between marketing and close.

Per-square-foot pricing at Estates South Tower tends to run in the premium tier of Sunny Isles Beach new-construction inventory, a reflection of three compounding factors: the 2022 vintage (the tower is still structurally young and post-SB-4D clean), the furniture-ready delivery layer (buyers aren't committing to an 18-month build-out after close), and the shared Villa Acqualina amenity center (a feature the 2006 Acqualina and 2015 Mansions gained retroactively in access terms but did not build). Qualitatively, Estates South tends to price above the original Acqualina Residences per sqft at the same residence size — and that premium has held through the 2023–2026 cycle.

Residence Floor Plans & Views at South Tower

The Estates South floor-plate is organized around ocean orientation. Every residence faces the Atlantic directly; the variation in layout is about residence depth (half vs. full floor), corner treatment (ocean-only vs. ocean plus lateral exposure), and stack height on the 50-story tower. Layout notes worth knowing before you write an offer:

• All residences are ocean-facing — no partial-view or interior-only units. East exposure is pure Atlantic; north and south corners extend the view toward Golden Beach and Bal Harbour respectively.
• Private elevator vestibules in every residence; full-floor units have direct private elevator access into the residence foyer rather than a shared corridor.
• Floor-to-ceiling glass with impact-rated sliders throughout — the tower was built post-Hurricane-Wilma-era to current Florida high-velocity-hurricane-zone standards.
• Deep oceanfront terraces — typically 10–14+ feet deep on the east face, engineered as genuine outdoor rooms rather than narrow Juliet balconies.
• Kitchens delivered with top-tier European cabinetry, stone counters, and integrated high-end appliances as part of the furniture-ready specification.
• Primary baths include separate shower and freestanding tub, book-matched stone walls, and dual vanities on the larger residence typologies.
• Closet counts scale with residence size — full-floor residences routinely include dual primary walk-ins, guest-suite en-suites, and dedicated service quarters.
• Smart-home wiring delivered at the building level, integrated into the unit at handover — lighting, climate, shade control standardized across the tower.
• Orientation matters: east = pure Atlantic; north corner = ocean + Golden Beach + Hollywood skyline on clear days; south corner = ocean + Bal Harbour + the Miami Beach silhouette; west (on the rare residences with west exposure) = Intracoastal and sunsets.

The Villa Acqualina Experience — What South Tower Residents Access

Describing Estates South only as a residential tower understates the product. The defining feature of the building isn't the floor plate — it's the 45,000-square-foot Villa Acqualina amenity center, designed by Rafael Portuondo and delivered alongside the Estates development, which functions as the residents' social and wellness hub. Villa Acqualina is shared with the sibling North Tower but was built as part of the Estates phase, and the Estates resident profile treats it as an extension of the home rather than a building amenity that gets occasional use.

Rather than reciting the full amenity inventory (the Property Information widget on this page covers that), the qualitative experience: a resident can wake up in a 17901 Collins residence, walk children to an on-property ice-skating rink or formula-one simulator before school, come back to a workout in a world-class fitness facility, book a mid-morning treatment at the Acqualina Spa by ESPA, take a meeting in the Wall Street Trader's Clubroom with live market feeds, have lunch by one of six pools, take a golf-simulator session in the afternoon, watch an evening film in a private theater, and close the day with dinner at one of the campus restaurants — all without leaving the assemblage. The building was engineered around that density of experience. The 24-hour valet, full beach service, basketball court, and bowling lanes all sit inside that same envelope.

The Acqualina Spa by ESPA — shared across the campus and routinely ranked among the top resort spas in North America — and direct private beach access with attended cabana service are the two amenities Estates South residents use most frequently. The building's service layer (concierge, housekeeping on request, 24/7 valet, on-call maintenance) is staffed to the same resort standard as the hotel-side Acqualina Residences, which is unusual for a residence-only tower at this scale.

HOA Fees & Monthly Carrying Costs

HOA dues at Estates at Acqualina South Tower are among the highest in Sunny Isles Beach — a direct consequence of the Villa Acqualina amenity center, the staffing model, the beach service, the resort-grade building systems, and the shared campus service pool. Monthly dues at 17901 Collins scale with residence size: a half-floor residence pays a meaningfully smaller monthly figure than a full-floor residence, and penthouses sit in their own tier.

What those fees cover: resort-standard building maintenance, full Villa Acqualina amenity access, 24-hour concierge and valet staffing, housekeeping capacity, beach service, building insurance (master policy), water, internet, and cable. What they don't cover: electricity (unit-metered), your HO-6 content insurance, and any non-master flood-policy top-up a lender or owner may choose to carry.

Our HOA fees guide covers the comparable numbers across Sunny Isles Beach and other Miami-Dade submarkets. For a full view of ownership cost — HOA + property tax + insurance — run your target residence through the Florida property tax calculator before making an offer.

The Full Acqualina Campus — Four Buildings, One Assemblage

Estates South Tower doesn't stand alone. It is one of four buildings on the roughly six-acre Acqualina oceanfront assemblage, sharing a beach, an amenity layer, a service staff pool, and — across the two Estates towers — the Villa Acqualina amenity center. Understanding where South Tower sits on that campus is central to understanding the product:

All four buildings share the Acqualina Spa by ESPA, the three on-campus Italian and steakhouse restaurants (Il Mulino New York, A.Q. Chop House, Costa Grill), the attended private beach service, and the resort's concierge staffing pool. The two Estates towers — South at 17901 and North at 17975 — additionally share the 45,000-sqft Villa Acqualina amenity center. That reciprocal access layer is the structural reason a buyer can reasonably choose any of the four buildings and be confident the amenity experience doesn't collapse when they walk off-property.

Where Estates South differs inside that campus: it's the 2022 vintage, the furniture-ready tier, the larger of the two Estates towers (154 vs. 91), and the building where the half-floor residence type was introduced. It trades at the premium tier of campus per-sqft figures and is typically the "newest inventory, most turnkey" pick when buyers cross-shop within the assemblage. See the sibling Estates North Tower page for the smaller 91-residence boutique tower next door, the Mansions at Acqualina page for the full-floor-only 2015 tower, and the main Acqualina Residences page for the 2006 resort-integrated flagship.

The Sunny Isles Beach Context

Estates South sits on the heart of the Sunny Isles Beach ultra-luxury strip — a narrow barrier island running from 157th Street north to the Golden Beach border at 193rd Street. Immediately north on Collins Avenue sits Estates North and then Jade Ocean, Regalia, and the gated town of Golden Beach. Immediately south sit the Acqualina Residences, the Mansions, and then the successive waves of branded residences — Porsche Design Tower, Residences by Armani/Casa, St. Regis Residences, and the emerging Bentley Residences — that define the current Sunny Isles ultra-luxury cohort.

Sunny Isles Beach is car-oriented; most Estates South residents drive or are driven. The tower's position puts Bal Harbour Shops (8 minutes south), Aventura Mall (10 minutes west), Miami International Airport (~20 miles), and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (~13 miles) all within a reasonable envelope. Norman S. Edelcup K-8, Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior High, and a dense network of private schools across Aventura and Bal Harbour serve the family buyer segment.

Who Buys at Estates South Tower

The resident profile at 17901 Collins is a concentrated version of the buyer mix that has defined Sunny Isles Beach ultra-luxury since 2006, with particular weighting toward the turnkey segment:

1. Second- and third-home buyers with primary residence in New York, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Monterrey, or Moscow/Tel Aviv — typically using the Florida residence 3–6 months per year. The furniture-ready delivery program at South Tower was explicitly engineered for this segment: buyers arriving with a suitcase rather than a contractor.
2. Relocating executives and pre-retirees exiting high-tax Northeast and West Coast states, using Florida homestead and Save Our Homes protection as a long-term tax structure. Our Florida property tax guide covers the mechanics; Estates South units purchased in 2022 and homesteaded shortly after now carry four years of SOH cap benefit.
3. Investment owners — long-term-hold buyers who combine seasonal personal use with periodic rental. Short-term rentals are tightly regulated; minimum lease periods apply and the association caps frequency. Anyone underwriting on Airbnb-style turnover is underwriting the wrong building.
4. Campus upgraders — existing owners at the original 2006 Acqualina Residences or the 2015 Mansions who want to stay inside the assemblage but move into the newer product. This is a small but consistent segment, and it's one reason Estates South inventory often trades quickly when it comes to market.

Due Diligence Checklist

Before writing an offer on any Estates South Tower residence, work through the following:

• Obtain the most recent HOA budget, reserve study, and capital-project schedule. Estates South is young enough that the reserve posture should be structurally strong — verify.
• Confirm Villa Acqualina operating-cost allocation between South Tower, North Tower, and any cross-campus reciprocal agreements. The amenity center is shared; understand how the shared cost flows into your line item.
• Review insurance renewals — windstorm, flood, and property coverage for oceanfront high-rises is a major line item across Florida, and the post-Surfside and post-Hurricane-Ian cycles have reshaped what an oceanfront master policy costs. Estates South's 2022 vintage and code compliance help the quoted premium but don't eliminate the variable.
• Confirm rental restrictions for your specific unit — minimum lease periods and per-year frequency caps apply. Get it in writing.
• Check Save Our Homes (SOH) cap status — if you're buying from a seller who has homesteaded the residence since 2022, the assessed value will reset at closing and your first tax bill will be higher than the seller's was.
• If the residence has been modified from original furniture-ready delivery, verify permits and finish warranties. Post-closing renovations inside a brand-new tower occasionally happen; make sure any work was permitted and the warranty chain on original specified finishes is intact.
• Pull the original delivery package — furniture-ready buyers received a specification document at close. Knowing what the building delivered lets you price any deltas correctly.

Schedule a Showing or Get Market Analysis

If you're considering Estates at Acqualina South Tower, the sibling North Tower, the Mansions at Acqualina, or the original Acqualina Residences, use the contact form on this page to connect with a Sunny Isles Beach specialist who covers the full Acqualina campus. For broader Sunny Isles inventory, see our Sunny Isles Beach neighborhood landing; for comparable waterfront inventory at different price points, the best waterfront condos under $1M guide. For full market intelligence across South Florida luxury buildings, visit brokerone.io.