Sunny Isles Beach Oceanfront Condos: St. Regis and Bentley Residences on the Atlantic

Sunny Isles Beach is a narrow barrier-island city on Miami-Dade County's northern edge, and its identity is built on a single street. Collins Avenue runs the length of the city, and the towers that define the luxury market stand on the ocean side of it, facing the Atlantic. Because the city is so compact, almost every major address is a short walk from the sand, which makes the differences between buildings a matter of design, service and site rather than distance from the water.

MILLION's 2025-2026 pipeline guide describes Sunny Isles Beach as one of South Florida's most coveted branded condo corridors and names Bentley Residences Sunny Isles and St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles as the projects leading the current pipeline. It sets them against established towers such as Armani Casa and The Estates at Acqualina. For a buyer comparing a new oceanfront tower with a finished one, that context matters: the established buildings can be toured and inspected, while the new ones ask for a closer reading of plans, finishes and schedules.

The two projects covered here sit within a short distance of each other on Collins Avenue, at 18401 and 18801 respectively, according to the City of Sunny Isles Beach's list of approved developments. Both are oceanfront towers from well-known brands, yet they approach the water, the residence and the amenity program in very different ways.

St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles is planned at 18801 Collins Avenue. The City of Sunny Isles Beach's approved developments list, which identifies the project as formerly La Playa Varadero, describes a two-tower, 62-story condominium with a public restaurant and commercial space. The same city listing gives the approved floor area as roughly 1.2 million square feet, a scale that places it among the larger projects on the oceanfront.

What sets it apart on the water is the size of the site. MILLION's pipeline guide reports roughly 4.7 acres with more than four hundred feet of direct beachfront. The guide's argument is that this frontage gives even lower-floor residences a resort-style sense of openness, since the buildings are not squeezed onto a narrow lot. For a buyer, the practical question is how the towers, pool deck and beach access are arranged on that frontage, and which residences sit closest to the sand.

The brand brings hospitality-style service to a purely residential format, as MILLION frames it. The project's official website lists Fortune International Group among the firms associated with the development and sales effort, noting a portfolio that includes The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach. That track record is worth reviewing alongside the St. Regis plans.

Arquitectonica is the architect of record, and MILLION describes a contemporary profile with subtle nautical references. Interiors are by Brazilian designer Patricia Anastassiadis, whom the guide credits with warm, tactile luxury rather than overt formality. That is a meaningful distinction in a market where some branded interiors lean toward the formal.

According to MILLION, private lift foyers, glass-wrapped great rooms and deep terraces with outdoor living areas are standard, and select upper residences add further features. For an oceanfront buyer, terrace depth and the glass line are worth studying closely on the floor plans, because they determine how much of the Atlantic becomes part of daily living space.

Delivery and unit counts need careful reading. MILLION's guide projects that the first, taller tower will deliver around 2026 with just under two hundred apartments, with a second tower to follow. The City of Sunny Isles Beach's approved developments list describes the two-tower project as having 361 residential units in total. These figures describe different things, a single tower in one case and the full approved project in the other. Ask the developer for the current schedule, the unit count by tower and the phasing of amenities.

Bentley Residences Sunny Isles is planned at 18401 Collins Avenue by Dezer Development, with architecture by Sieger Suarez Architects, according to Haute Residence's roundup of South Florida waterfront developments. The City of Sunny Isles Beach's approved developments list describes it as a 62-story residential condominium tower with 216 units and approximately 616,185 square feet of floor area. Haute Residence describes the tower differently, so confirm the final height and unit count directly with the developer.

Where St. Regis leans on the breadth of its beachfront, Bentley leans on a distinct identity. Haute Residence reports that each residence includes a private three- or four-car in-unit garage delivered by the Dezervator vehicular elevator, along with a private heated pool and summer kitchen on the terrace. Haute Residence also notes that the positioning of the project as Bentley Motors' first residential project is something buyers should confirm with the sales team.

On the water, the appeal is about the terrace. A private pool and summer kitchen at the residence level turn the outdoor space facing the Atlantic into a self-contained extension of the home, rather than something shared down at a pool deck. Buyers should ask how these terraces are oriented, what the railing and glass details look like, and how the private pools are screened from neighboring terraces.

Haute Residence describes a Bentley amenity floor organized around the marque's automotive identity: a whiskey bar inspired by the Bentley matrix grille, a 14-seat theater designed to mimic a Bentley car interior, and a residents-only restaurant programmed with James Beard winner Chef Todd English. The theme is deliberate and consistent, which will suit some buyers and feel specific to others.

St. Regis frames its offering around hospitality. MILLION emphasizes the resort-style openness of the beachfront site, and the City of Sunny Isles Beach's listing notes a public restaurant within the project, an uncommon feature that opens part of the property beyond residents. How much of the beach, pool and food-and-beverage program is reserved for owners, and how much is open to the public, is a question to put to the developer in writing.

A useful way to compare the two is to ask what you will do on a typical Tuesday. If it involves the vehicle, the private terrace and a residents-only dining room, Bentley's program is built for that. If it involves the beach, a wide pool deck and hotel-style service, the St. Regis setting is closer to that picture.

Both towers face the Atlantic from the east side of Collins Avenue, and the city's geography gives each an ocean side and a landward side. Residences that face east capture the sunrise and the open ocean, while western exposures in the city generally look toward the Intracoastal Waterway and the skyline. When reviewing any plan, check the exposure of the specific line, not just the building name.

Scale and site separate the two. St. Regis is a two-tower project on about 4.7 acres with more than four hundred feet of beachfront, per MILLION. Bentley is a single tower, per the city's approved developments list, and its defining features are inside the residence and on its terrace. A buyer who prizes frontage and a sense of space may weigh the St. Regis site heavily, while one who prizes private outdoor amenities may lean toward Bentley.

Neither choice is a substitute for comparing finished buildings. Armani Casa and The Estates at Acqualina, the established towers MILLION names, offer a way to see how a finished tower feels at ground level, in its lobbies and on its beach deck, before committing to a plan on paper.

Because published details differ between sources, the most reliable step is to request current documents directly. Ask for the latest delivery schedule, the final floor and unit counts, the amenity plan and a clear statement of which amenities open with the first residents. Ask which features shown in marketing are standard and which are optional or limited to certain lines.

For the water itself, ask where the beachfront access points are, how the pool decks sit relative to the sand, and how the terraces are shielded from wind and neighboring units. Request the floor plans for the exact residence, including the terrace dimensions and the direction it faces, and ask to see the building's design documents for the oceanfront elements.

Wolsen Waterfront focuses only on South Florida waterfront property, and Denis Smykalov and the team can help buyers compare these two Sunny Isles Beach towers against finished oceanfront buildings along Collins Avenue.