Sunny Isles Beach skyline from the south cropped

Sunny Isles Beach skyline from north on Collins Ave

This article lists the tallest buildings in the coastal city of

Sunny Isles Beach, Florida Sunny Isles Beach (SIB or more commonly Sunny Isles, and officially the City of Sunny Isles Beach) is a city located on a barrier island in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of So ...

, located in the northeast corner of

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. Sunny Isles Beach is a small , geographically constrained city between the

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at the northern end of

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situated approximately halfway between

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and

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. High-rise construction was spurred in part by coastal tourism demand in this already densely developed area. Despite the small size, Sunny Isles Beach ranks as the U.S. city with the fourteenth-most buildings exceeding heights of and the city in South Florida with the fifth-most high-rise buildings, following Miami,

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, Fort Lauderdale, and neighboring Aventura. Sunny Isles Beach had very few

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s until the 2000s, when many were constructed on the east side of

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, on the beach adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. This strip historically consisted of a row of low rise hotels known as "Motel Row", mostly developed midcentury in the

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architectural style. Even among high-rises, the oldest such structures in the city only date to the 1960s. The wall of skyscrapers spans nearly the entire length of the city longitudinally, from the Ritz-Carlton Residences located near the border of

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to the south to Regalia located adjacent to the border of Golden Beach to the north, which has strict single family residential zoning. Much of the development since 2000 has been led by Michael Dezer who has looked to build high-end residential buildings with branding licensed from prominent companies, such as

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, and

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. Some towers have been not only branded after car manufacturers but have incorporated car elevators that leading to "sky garages" with parking spaces next to residences within the tower Branding increases attractiveness to buyers and means units sell at higher prices, while the luxury construction and architectural design of some towers such as the Jade Signature have received architectural awards. Most skyscrapers in Sunny Isles Beach are residential, with a few supporting hotels and restaurants; all of them are primarily concrete structurally. In general, the tallest height limit imposed by the

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(FAA) in Sunny Isles Beach is Above Mean

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(AMSL), due to the proximity of Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport to the west. Several towers rise to exactly this height, though the FAA reviews each building individually and some of the most recently completed and proposed towers exceed this height.

Tallest buildings

The ranking primarily relies on data from The Skyscraper Center, the public online database of skyscrapers by the

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. Supplementary data may be provided by

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or other third party news entities. All skyscrapers in the city are located on the east side of Collins Avenue. Height given may be height above sea level (AMSL), which adds about .

Complete

List includes buildings over , measured from the lowest pedestrian entrance to the architectural top, including spires but not radio masts and antennae. The year indicates the year the building was completed. An equals sign (=) indicates multiple buildings that share the same height. Floor counts rely on reported numbers and may not account for skipped floors such as the

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Under construction

Includes buildings between the foundation work and topped-out phases. Topped-out buildings may be included in the main list.

Proposed

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Sunny Isles Beach. If multiple buildings reached the same height, only the first to reach that height is listed.

Gallery

File:Sunny Isles Beach from above.jpg, Viewed from an airplane in 2011. Sunny Isles Beach skyline from the south.jpg, Skyline of Sunny Isles Beach viewed from the south with the skyline of southern coastal

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shown in the background in 2013. File:Sunny Isles Beach aerial skyline 2014.jpg, An aerial skyline photograph of the city in 2014. File:Sunny Isles Beach skyline 2015 from west.jpg, Skyline from the West in 2015. On the left side of the photo some of the oldest high rises in the city, dating to the 1960s and 1970s, can be seen. File:A1A-Haulover-park..JPG, View from A1A (Collins Avenue) north in 2009. File:Sunny Isles high rises from the west.jpg, Mansions at Acqualina, the tallest building in the city when constructed in 2015, stands higher than its neighbors. File:Sunny Isles Turtle Nest Cone.jpg, Sea turtle nest cone protected in 2010. File:Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160, USA - panoramio (1).jpg, The street of Collins Ave on Sunny Isles Beach in 2012. File:Beach-sunny-isle-miami-beach.JPG, The beach view and shore in 2009. File:Strand North Miami Beach.JPG, More view of the skyline from the south in 2007. File:Miami skyline from the ocean.jpg, More modern time of the skyline at night in 2020. File:Sunny Isles Beach skyline from the north, 2016.jpg, A line of Sunny Isles Beach's high rise in 2016. File:Miamibeach.jpg, The skyline showing its colors in 2011. File:Biscayne Bay and Sunny Isles skyline.jpg, View of the skyline from the bay in 2020. File:Sunny Isles 190906-0401-jikatu (48690738293).jpg, South of the Sunny Isles Beach skyline in 2019. File:View of Sunny Isles Beach From The Coast.jpg, View of Sunny Isles Beach from the coast in 2021. File:Sunny-isles-1.JPG, City of Sunny Isles Beach by night in 2009. File:Einstein Bros, Sunny Isles, Florida.jpg, Einstein Bros in 2009. File:Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach - Color Variant 110628-8022-jikatu.jpg, Acqualina & Spa back in 2011. File:Calles - panoramio (1).jpg, Collins Ave in 2012.

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