A curved-balcony tower rising above the beach, with a flock of birds in the sky

Neighborhoods / Sunny Isles Beach

The ocean strip

Sunny Isles Beach

A coastal city with its own municipality, on a narrow strip pressed between the ocean and the Intracoastal. The tower line along Collins Avenue defines it: most of the building stock is high-rise and faces the ocean directly.

The character of the area

Sunny Isles Beach is a coastal city with its own municipality, built on a narrow strip pressed between the ocean and the Intracoastal. The narrowness directly determines its character: most of the building stock is high-rise and almost all of it faces water.

Collins Avenue is the single main axis; the tower line runs along both sides of it. The Newport pier and public beach access provide the openly usable ground inside that density of towers.

The buyer profile here has a high international share, and the building stock reflects it: recent towers are built around large units, deep terraces and hotel-like building amenities.

Worth knowing

The strip is narrow and has a single main road: when Collins Avenue is blocked there is no alternative. Ocean frontage also pushes up insurance and facade maintenance costs; salt corrosion is the leading long-term expense item for buildings here. Ask for the date of the last facade renovation when choosing a tower.

Sales market in Sunny Isles Beach

Median sale price
$592,000
Median price per ft squared
$489
Recorded sales
707
Currently listed for sale
1,051
Median days on market
103 days

Active listing figures from the SEF MLS feed for the municipal boundary of Sunny Isles Beach, as of September 16, 2026. The closed-sale figures above come from recorded deeds — the two measure different things. Listing data provided by the Southeast Florida MLS (MIAMI REALTORS®) IDX feed. Copyright Southeast Florida Multiple Listing Service © 2026. Accuracy of listing information is not guaranteed. Listing information is provided for personal consumer, non-commercial use, solely to identify potential properties for potential purchase. All other use is strictly prohibited.

Source: recorded sales from the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser. Arm’s-length sales only; intra-family transfers, foreclosures and other non-market transactions are excluded. Scope: the municipal boundary of Sunny Isles Beach · sales recorded between June 1, 2025 and June 1, 2026.

Neighborhood boundaries are approximated by ZIP code; parts of adjacent neighborhoods may share the same code. These figures describe recorded deed transfers, not current asking prices.

Year-over-year change is deliberately not published: in this dataset it measures the composition of what sold rather than price. We do not fill a figure we cannot measure with an estimate.

Listings in Sunny Isles Beach

We cannot filter the listing feed automatically for this neighborhood: its boundaries do not separate from its neighbors by postal code, so any list we drew here would also contain listings from adjacent neighborhoods. Rather than show a list that is wrong, we show none. If you are looking here, write to us directly — we search the portfolio by hand and put together a list for you.

Branded developments in Sunny Isles Beach

All developments

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