Mansions at Acqualina — Full-Floor Condos for Sale at 17749 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach
Mansions at Acqualina is a 47-story ultra-luxury residential tower at 17749 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, delivered in 2015 by The Trump Group (Jules and Eddie Trump — no relation to Donald). With just 79 residences across its 47 floors, the Mansions were conceived as the most exclusive product on the Acqualina campus: true full-floor "mansions in the sky," most of them over 8,000 square feet of interior space, each with private elevator access and a private jacuzzi on a wrap-around oceanfront terrace. Inside the Acqualina assemblage, the Mansions are the rarest supply — seven buildings on Collins Avenue don't put up 79 units combined in any given year.
This page covers every Mansions at Acqualina residence currently for sale at 17749 Collins, the building's full-floor floor plans and views, HOA carrying costs, what you're actually buying, and how the Mansions compare with the original Acqualina Resort & Residences (188 units, 17875 Collins, 2006) and the two Estates at Acqualina towers — South Tower at 17901 Collins (154 residences, 2022) and North Tower at 17975 Collins (91 residences, 2022–2023) — all four buildings sharing the 45,000-square-foot Villa Acqualina amenity center designed by Rafael Portuondo and roughly 400 linear feet of private beachfront.
Quick Facts
| Address | 17749 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 |
|---|---|
| Year Delivered | 2015 |
| Developer | The Trump Group (Jules & Eddie Trump) |
| Architect | Cohen Freedman Encinosa & Associates |
| Floors | 47 |
| Residences | 79 (most are full-floor; signature plans >8,000 sqft) |
| Signature Plans | Palazzo di Spiaggia (5BR/7.5BA, 8,470 sqft interior + 2,798 sqft terrace); Villa di Acqua (3BR) |
| Floor-to-Ceiling Glass | Bronze-tinted impact-rated glass, 360° in full-floor plans |
| Private Elevator | Yes — direct elevator opens into each residence |
| Terrace Amenity | Private jacuzzi on terrace; outdoor summer kitchen |
| Beachfront | Direct ocean — part of the Acqualina campus's ~400 linear feet of private beach |
| Shared Amenities | Villa Acqualina amenity center (45,000 sqft), Acqualina Spa by ESPA, Forbes Five-Star hotel service, three restaurants |
| Distance to MIA | ~20 miles |
| Distance to FLL | ~13 miles |
About Mansions at Acqualina
When the Trump Group delivered the original Acqualina Resort in 2006, the 188-unit tower at 17875 Collins set the benchmark for Sunny Isles ultra-luxury. The problem, from the Trumps' point of view, was that the Acqualina floor plates were inherently urban — most residences shared a corridor, hotel guests and condo owners mixed in the lower levels, and the largest standard units topped out around 2,750 sqft. For the next chapter of the campus, Jules and Eddie Trump went the opposite way: smaller unit count, larger residences, lower density per floor, true private elevator access, and residential-only circulation. The result, delivered nine years later at the adjacent 17749 Collins parcel, was the Mansions at Acqualina.
Architects Cohen Freedman Encinosa & Associates designed a tower of essentially 79 single-family homes stacked vertically. Most residences occupy a full floor, meaning the elevator opens directly into the unit's foyer and no two households share a corridor above the amenity levels. Windows wrap the residence on all four sides; the bronze-tinted floor-to-ceiling impact glass picks up the ocean to the east and the Intracoastal Waterway and sunset skyline to the west. The signature floor plan — the Palazzo di Spiaggia — is five bedrooms, seven and a half baths, 8,470 square feet of interior space plus a 2,798-square-foot wrap-around terrace with its own jacuzzi and outdoor summer kitchen. The smaller Villa di Acqua plan is a three-bedroom layout, also full-floor in most stacks.
Where the original Acqualina sells a resort-integrated condo, the Mansions sell privacy. There is no hotel traffic through the Mansions lobby. There is no shared corridor on most floors. Staff are residential — a dedicated concierge, doorman, valet, and housekeeping team. And yet Mansions owners have full, privileged access to every inch of the Acqualina resort's service layer through the shared campus amenity pool — the ESPA spa, the three restaurants, the beach cabana service, the Forbes Five-Star hotel team — without ever having to enter the hotel building unless they want to.
Mansions at Acqualina Condos for Sale — Current Market
Active inventory at 17749 Collins is, by design, thin. With only 79 total residences and a buyer base that skews toward long holds, the Mansions typically list fewer units at a time than almost any other Sunny Isles building of its vintage. The live listings panel on this page shows current availability, pricing, and days-on-market; what follows is the qualitative picture of what Mansions inventory looks like when it comes to market.
- Villa di Acqua floor plans — the three-bedroom full-floor plans, the most liquid Mansions inventory in any given quarter. Still substantially larger than most top-tier residences at neighboring Sunny Isles towers.
- Palazzo di Spiaggia floor plans — the five-bedroom, 8,470-sqft-plus signature residences. Individual sale cycles are measured in months, not weeks; buyer pool is small and international.
- Upper-floor and combined-unit penthouse — even more rarefied, selling on word-of-mouth at least as often as on MLS, and almost always to buyers with existing relationships to the Acqualina campus.
Median price per square foot at the Mansions consistently runs above the original Acqualina Residences and is typically on par with or above the newer Estates at Acqualina, reflecting the full-floor product, the 2015 build quality, the smaller unit count, and the privacy premium.
Residence Floor Plans & Views
The Mansions' floor plates are built around two signature layouts and a limited set of combined-unit penthouse arrangements:
- Palazzo di Spiaggia — the signature 5-bedroom, 7.5-bath residence. 8,470 sqft of air-conditioned interior. 2,798 sqft of exterior terrace wrapping the unit, with private jacuzzi and outdoor summer kitchen. Full-floor, private elevator opens into the residence.
- Villa di Acqua — 3-bedroom full-floor residence. Also delivered with a private terrace and elevator, at a smaller overall footprint.
- Two-story residences — available in select stacks, combining two Mansions floor plates into a single duplex home with an interior staircase.
- Penthouse level — oversized plans at the top of the tower, combining multiple full-floor units into a single home, often with rooftop terrace and pool extensions.
Layout characteristics that matter to buyers:
- All residences have direct ocean views; most are full-floor and therefore also have Intracoastal and sunset views from the west-facing rooms.
- The private elevator opens directly into each unit's foyer — there is no shared corridor for most floor plates.
- Bronze-tinted floor-to-ceiling impact glass wraps the residence, producing the distinctive bronze-and-gold daytime exterior the tower is known for.
- Private terrace with jacuzzi on every signature residence, plus outdoor summer kitchen for entertaining off the main living spaces.
- Kitchens were delivered with top-tier appliance packages; many owners have done custom finish upgrades since 2015.
- Primary suites include his-and-hers baths and walk-in closets; most plans deliver two or three additional full en-suite bedrooms beyond the primary.
- Orientation: east = pure ocean; north = ocean + Golden Beach; south = ocean + Bal Harbour; west = Intracoastal, sunset, and city skyline.
HOA Fees & Carrying Costs
The Mansions carry one of the higher HOA fee profiles in Sunny Isles Beach on an absolute-dollar basis — a direct function of the residence size (most units are 8,000+ sqft), the private elevator infrastructure, the dedicated residential staffing, and the shared campus amenity contributions to Villa Acqualina, the spa, and the resort service layer. On a price-per-square-foot basis the fees read differently: spread across an 8,470-sqft Palazzo di Spiaggia, the Mansions HOA lands close to the rest of the Acqualina campus per sqft, even as the absolute monthly number looks larger than a 2,500-sqft residence at a lower-tier building.
Those dues cover the residential concierge and doorman staffing, 24/7 valet, housekeeping by request, building insurance, water, internet, cable, elevator maintenance, and the Mansions' share of the Villa Acqualina amenity center, the spa, the beach cabana service, and the campus maintenance pool. They do not cover electricity (unit-metered — not trivial on 8,000+ sqft of air-conditioned glass-wrapped space), individual content insurance, or your own cabana reservations and dining charges.
Our HOA fees guide has the comparable numbers across Sunny Isles Beach and other South Florida submarkets; for a full view of total ownership cost, run the target residence through the Florida property tax calculator, which factors in Save Our Homes, portability, and the assessed-value reset at closing.
The Full Acqualina Campus — Four Buildings on 6+ Oceanfront Acres
The Trump Group didn't stop at one tower. The Acqualina address is today a four-building assemblage spanning four separate addresses on Collins Avenue, connected by a shared amenity layer and roughly 6 acres of private oceanfront:
| Acqualina Resort & Residences | Mansions at Acqualina (this page) | Estates at Acqualina — South Tower | Estates at Acqualina — North Tower | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2006 | 2015 | 2022 (Phase 1) | 2022–2023 |
| Address | 17875 Collins Ave | 17749 Collins Ave | 17901 Collins Ave | 17975 Collins Ave |
| Residences | 188 | 79 | 154 | 91 |
| Floors | 51 | 47 | 50 | 50 |
| Distinctive feature | Resort + Forbes Five-Star hotel integrated | Full-floor "mansions in the sky," private elevator, private terrace jacuzzi | Furniture-ready residences, full/half-floor homes | Boutique tower, 91 half and full-floor residences |
All four buildings share the Villa Acqualina amenity center (45,000 sqft, designed by Rafael Portuondo, delivered with the Estates), the Acqualina Spa by ESPA, the three restaurants (Il Mulino New York, A.Q. Chop House, Costa Grill), the beach cabana service, and the concierge staffing pool. Owners at any one of the four buildings get reciprocal access to the shared amenity layer. What distinguishes Mansions ownership within that campus is the combination of the lowest unit count (79), the largest residences by square footage, and the residential-only circulation — no hotel guests passing through the Mansions lobby, no shared corridors above the amenity levels.
See the dedicated pages for the original Acqualina Residences and the Estates at Acqualina (covering both North and South towers) for their respective inventories, residence layouts, and amenity details.
The Sunny Isles Beach Context
The Mansions sit at the south end of the Acqualina campus in the heart of Sunny Isles Beach, a narrow barrier island running from 157th Street north to the Golden Beach border at 193rd Street. Directly north on Collins are the original Acqualina Residences (17875) and the two Estates towers (17901 and 17975). Beyond that sit Jade Ocean, Regalia, and the gated town of Golden Beach. Directly south are Porsche Design Tower, Residences by Armani/Casa, St. Regis Residences, and the newer Bentley Residences.
Walk score from the Mansions is modest — most residents drive or are driven — but the building's location places Bal Harbour Shops 8 minutes south, Aventura Mall 10 minutes west, Miami International Airport (MIA) roughly 20 miles south, and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) roughly 13 miles north, all within a reasonable envelope for an ultra-luxury primary or secondary residence.
Who Buys at Mansions at Acqualina
The resident profile at 17749 Collins is narrower than at the original Acqualina — the unit count is smaller and the residence size is larger, so the pool of viable buyers is a fraction of what it is at a 188-unit tower. In practice, Mansions buyers break into three distinct groups:
- Multi-generational international families — primary residence in New York, London, São Paulo, Mexico City, Monterrey, Moscow, or Tel Aviv, using the Florida residence 3–6 months per year and hosting multi-generational family visits in the 8,000+ sqft full-floor layouts. The Palazzo di Spiaggia plan is effectively a family compound in the sky. This is the dominant segment.
- Relocating executives and founders establishing Florida domicile for tax, regulatory, and lifestyle reasons, often from New York, California, or Northeast high-tax states. Our Florida property tax guide covers homestead, Save Our Homes, and portability mechanics for this buyer — relevant because the Mansions' large assessed values mean the homestead $50K exemption and SOH 3% annual cap translate into meaningful dollars over a long hold.
- Long-hold trophy buyers — purchasing for multi-decade family ownership rather than near-term resale. Rental activity is tightly regulated by the association; this is not a short-term-rental product. Buyers should underwrite carrying cost rather than yield.
Due Diligence Checklist
Before writing an offer on any Mansions at Acqualina residence, work through the following:
- Obtain the most recent HOA budget, reserve study, and 5-year special assessment history. Under SB 4-D the association is required to provide these; the Mansions at 2015 vintage are well ahead of the 25-year milestone but the reserve posture still matters.
- Review the insurance renewal trajectory — windstorm, flood, and property coverage for oceanfront high-rises is a major line item; post-Hurricane Irma and post-Surfside this is where carrying-cost surprises hide.
- Confirm the Villa Acqualina amenity center assessment — the 45,000-sqft shared facility was delivered with the Estates, and campus-share arrangements for maintenance and operations are worth reviewing in the governing documents.
- Confirm rental restrictions for your specific residence — the Mansions enforce minimum lease periods and a cap on rentals per year; this is not a short-term-rental product.
- Check Save Our Homes (SOH) cap status — on an 8,000+ sqft residence with a long-homesteaded seller, the SOH benefit can be meaningful; at closing the assessed value resets, and your first tax bill will be materially higher than the seller's was. The property tax calculator shows the reset math.
- If the residence has been renovated, verify permits — unpermitted high-end work is rare in a building of this pedigree but possible on finish-level upgrades done over the past decade.
- Confirm the parking allocation — signature residences typically deliver with multiple assigned spaces and additional private storage; verify what's deeded to the unit vs. assigned by the association.
Schedule a Showing or Get Market Analysis
If you're considering Mansions at Acqualina, the original Acqualina Resort & Residences, or the Estates at Acqualina, use the contact form below to connect with a Sunny Isles Beach specialist who covers the full Acqualina campus. For broader inventory in the submarket, see our Sunny Isles Beach neighborhood landing; for more on the regional luxury market, visit brokerone.io.
