A 354-residence twin-tower St. Regis project on Sunny Isles' last great oceanfront parcel — from the developers behind some of South Florida's most successful luxury launches.
Key Takeaways
- The St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach is a 354-unit, twin-tower oceanfront project from Fortune International Group and Château Group on one of the last full-service buildable beachfront parcels north of Bal Harbour.
- Pricing for the launch tower is starting in the high-$3M range for two-bedroom residences, with penthouses tracking above $25M — a meaningful step above the Sunny Isles average.
- The project's full St. Regis butler service, oceanfront amenity deck, and brand prestige set it up to compete directly with Bal Harbour pricing while keeping the higher density and family-friendly Sunny Isles infrastructure.
Sunny Isles Beach has spent the last twenty years quietly becoming one of Miami's most consequential luxury submarkets — not the loudest, not the most photographed, but the one that international wealth keeps choosing when they want oceanfront living without the South Beach noise or the Bal Harbour pretense. And the St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach is exactly the kind of project that's going to push the conversation forward for the next decade.
Let me walk you through what this development is, who's behind it, what it costs, and — most importantly — whether it makes sense for the kind of buyer I work with most often.
THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM — FORTUNE INTERNATIONAL GROUP AND CHÂTEAU GROUP
The two names you need to know on this project are Fortune International Group, led by Edgardo Defortuna, and Château Group, led by Sergio and Manuel Grosskopf. Both teams have built and sold out some of Miami's most successful luxury towers — Jade Signature in Sunny Isles, the Ritz-Carlton Residences Sunny Isles (still trading at premium pricing in the resale market), and several of the brand-driven condos that defined the 2010s and 2020s Miami luxury cycle.
What that experience matters for is two specific things: construction execution and brand integration. Both Defortuna and Grosskopf know how to deliver a building on the timeline they promised, with the finishes they promised, at a level that doesn't disappoint buyers when they walk into their finished residence three years later. That's not common in Miami pre-construction. It should be more common than it is.
The St. Regis brand partnership brings the second layer — full St. Regis butler service for every residence (not just penthouses, not just on request, but every owner), brand-trained staff, and the operational standards that have made St. Regis hotels among the most consistently rated luxury properties in the world.
THE SITE AND THE BUILDING
The St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach sits on direct oceanfront with full Atlantic views — one of the few remaining parcels north of Bal Harbour with enough buildable footprint to support a true full-service luxury project. The development is structured as twin towers, with a combined 354 residences, and a single shared amenity podium connecting both buildings at the lower floors.
The architecture moves away from the angular glass-curtainwall language that dominated the previous Sunny Isles cycle and into something softer and more sculptural — curved corners, layered terraces, balcony depths that actually allow furniture and outdoor living rather than the narrow architectural ledges of older towers. Residences run from two-bedroom layouts at roughly 1,800 square feet up through full-floor penthouses approaching 7,500 square feet.
The standard delivery includes designer interior finishes selected by the brand's interior design partner, integrated smart home wiring, sub-zero/Wolf appliance packages in the kitchens, and roughly 10-foot ceilings throughout. Wraparound corner units in both towers offer the rare combination of full ocean views and direct intracoastal views.
THE AMENITIES — WHERE THE BRAND ACTUALLY SHOWS UP
St. Regis amenities at the Sunny Isles project run to roughly 60,000 square feet of programmed space. The signature elements: a full butler-staffed Champagne sabering ritual area in the arrival lobby (a St. Regis tradition since the original New York property), a private oceanfront restaurant operated by a chef partnership the developer has not yet publicly named, a 25,000-square-foot wellness center with hammam, salt cave, and signature treatment rooms, and a beach club with full F&B service.
The pool experience is structured as three distinct programs: an oceanfront family pool, an adults-only resort pool with cabana service, and a lap pool with strict no-lounging policy for residents who actually want to swim. That separation matters more than most buyers realize — it's the difference between a building that works for a multi-generational family and one that works for a couple in their fifties.
Other meaningful amenities: full kids' club and teen lounge, two screening rooms, a private wine cellar program with allocated storage, a pet spa, an indoor-outdoor padel court, and a club room with co-working zones for the residents who want to take a Zoom call without driving back to Brickell.
THE PRICING AND THE FLOOR PLAN MATH
Launch pricing on the St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach starts in the high-$3M range for two-bedroom residences in the 1,800–2,200-square-foot range, which puts you at roughly $1,650–$1,850 per square foot for the entry product. Three-bedroom residences in the 2,800–3,400-square-foot range are starting in the high-$5M to mid-$6M range, or roughly $1,900–$2,100 per square foot. Penthouses are individually priced and tracking from $14M up to $25M+, with the largest oceanfront corner penthouse expected to clear $30M based on similar trophy product in the submarket.
Compare those numbers to the surrounding market: the Estates at Acqualina, which I covered in my article "The Estates at Acqualina Sunny Isles: Inside the $4,800/SqFt Twin-Tower Trophy That Set Florida's New Oceanfront Ceiling," is now trading in the $4,000–$5,000 per square foot range for resale. Bentley Residences just south is moving at roughly $3,000+ per square foot for new inventory. The St. Regis sits below both — which is exactly where Fortune and Château want it to be for a launch.
For buyers thinking about how Sunny Isles fits the broader Miami picture, my piece "Living in Sunny Isles Beach 2026: The Miami Neighborhood Guide for Luxury Buyers, International Investors, and Business Owners" lays out the wider submarket logic.
THE DEPOSIT SCHEDULE AND THE INVESTOR MATH
Standard Florida pre-construction deposit schedule applies: 10% at contract execution, 10% at groundbreaking, 10% at top-off, and 70% balance due at closing. For a $4.5M two-bedroom residence, that's roughly $450K wired at contract, three additional installments of $450K spread across construction (timed to roughly mid-2027, mid-2028, and late-2028 if the development holds its current timeline), and $3.15M due at closing in 2029.
For investor buyers, the calculation comes down to two questions. First, how does the rent or short-term-rental income compare to the eventual debt service plus carrying costs at closing? St. Regis Sunny Isles is a long-term-rental building, not a short-term-rental tower — the HOA and operator standards do not contemplate Airbnb-style rotation. Owners can rent unfurnished or furnished on 6+ month terms, and the comparable Class A oceanfront product in Sunny Isles is trading at roughly $7,500–$11,000 per month for two-bedroom units, with three-bedrooms in the $14,000–$22,000 per month range.
Second, what is the resale appreciation outlook? Trophy oceanfront St. Regis product in similar Florida and Caribbean submarkets has appreciated 18–28% from initial pre-construction pricing to delivery in past cycles. Whether that holds for this cycle depends heavily on macro rate conditions in 2029, but the brand pricing power and limited oceanfront supply on Collins north of Bal Harbour both support the case.
WHO THIS PROJECT IS FOR
The honest answer: this is a building for the multi-generational family with real wealth that wants a Miami beach base without the constant management headache of trophy oceanfront ownership elsewhere. The full butler service is the actual product here — your housekeeping, your service requests, your meal coordination, your guest arrival handling, your in-residence dining, your travel pickups — all routed through trained staff that lives at building standard.
For the international buyer using the residence 4–8 weeks per year, that service layer is what makes the trophy purchase worth more than a residence at a smaller building with comparable square footage. For the local family using the residence as a primary or secondary home, it's the closest you can get in Miami to staffed family compound living without actually buying a single-family estate in Indian Creek or Star Island.
This is not the building for the first-time pre-construction buyer learning the asset class. It's not the building for the investor who needs nightly rental cash flow. And it's not the building for the buyer who wants a quirky boutique experience — the St. Regis brand is, by definition, formal.
For broader context on how Miami's branded tower wave is reshaping the market, my piece "Why Miami Business Owners Are Buying Their Own Retail Storefronts in 2026" speaks to a related but separate strategy — owning where you do business — that some St. Regis buyers pair with their primary residence purchase.
View the full St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles project page with current pricing and availability at carloscabalerealtor.com/new-development/st-regis-residences-sunny-isles
- Miami Market Snapshot — June 2026:
- Sunny Isles oceanfront pre-construction average pricing: $2,400/SqFt, up 8.4% YoY
- Median Sunny Isles condo closing price (May 2026): approximately $1.92M
- Active oceanfront pre-construction units available in Sunny Isles: roughly 420 units across 4 active towers
- Average sold-to-list ratio on resale Sunny Isles oceanfront luxury (90+ days): 92.1%
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When will the St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach deliver? A: Current developer guidance targets delivery in late 2028 to early 2029, with construction starting subject to final permitting. Buyers should plan around the full Florida pre-construction deposit schedule running approximately three years from contract to closing, with potential for 6–9 month delivery slippage built into expectations.
Q: How does St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles compare to Bentley Residences and the Estates at Acqualina? A: Bentley Residences is the most prominent recent oceanfront Sunny Isles project at roughly $3,000+ per square foot with the in-unit car elevator concept. The Estates at Acqualina set the Sunny Isles trophy ceiling at $4,000–$5,000 per square foot. The St. Regis sits between Bentley and the lower tier of Acqualina on price, with the strongest hotel-brand service operational layer of any current Sunny Isles project.
Q: Can I short-term rent my St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles unit on Airbnb? A: No — the building operates as a long-term residential community with hotel-brand service, and the HOA documents are expected to require minimum rental terms of 6 months or more. Buyers seeking Airbnb-compatible Miami condos should look at projects like 501 First Residences Miami Worldcenter, the Crosby Miami Worldcenter, or 7200 Collins instead.
Q: What's the right buyer profile for the St. Regis Sunny Isles? A: Multi-generational family with $5M+ in available capital, looking for a primary or secondary Miami beach residence with full hotel-brand service. International buyers from Latin America, Europe, or the U.S. Northeast represent the bulk of the active interest, with primary motivations centered on lifestyle, brand prestige, and intergenerational wealth transfer rather than rental income.
Explore the full St. Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach project on my website: carloscabalerealtor.com/new-development/st-regis-residences-sunny-isles
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