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The first year of ownership at The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach: from closing notice to the first budget

The rendering ends at the keys. The ownership starts there. This is the first year at The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach, in the order it happens.

This page is a framework. Whether the building suits you is a separate conversation. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current position on any building we cover.

Who This Is For

Written for the estate manager.

The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach is at 18801 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach · two towers on ~4.7 acres and ~435 linear feet of oceanfront. The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach dossier holds the developer’s published record. Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison. This page is the estate manager’s reading of it, as a framework to verify, never as a finding.

The record, in the developer’s words: Development: La Playa Beach Associates, LLC · development and sales by Fortune International Group and Chateau Group. Architecture: Arquitectonica. Interiors: Anastassiadis. Landscape: EDSA.

Compare as you read: Bentley Residences and Alba Palm Beach answer the same questions differently, and the desk holds the documents for all three.

From Closing Notice To Keys

The last ninety days.

A closing notice arrives with a date, a final balance and a list of documents. The walkthrough follows: a punch list of everything unfinished, agreed with the developer in writing before closing, with a schedule to fix it. Then the wire, the deed, the keys.

For The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach, the developer’s finish specification is the yardstick at the walkthrough: Ceilings clearing ~10 feet, ~12 feet in penthouses · Italian kitchens · walk-in closets to all primary bedrooms · laundry rooms · service quarters in select residences · service elevators.

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The First Budget In Practice

Estimate becomes invoice.

The first association budget was an estimate in the offering documents. In the first year it becomes a monthly invoice, and the difference between the two is the number every new owner notices. Insurance, staffing and the brand fee are the lines that move most; reserves are the line the law now watches.

Over ~70,000 square feet · beach club at beach level with a lap pool and a children’s pool · Sunset Pool Deck on the sixth floor with an infinity edge pool, sunset bar, dining terrace and events lawn · wellness centre with vitality pool and salon · athletic club with padel court · Ellipse Club with cognac room, wine vault, golf simulator and private dining · residents club and business club. Every one of those has a staffing cost in the budget, and the first year is when the building learns what they really cost.

The Building Learns To Run

Staffing, procedures, the first board.

The St Regis Hotel Company. The first year is when procedures are written: packages, guests, contractors, moving days, the pool at night. Owners who show up to the first meetings shape them; the rest inherit them.

Warranties And Defects

What is covered, and for how long.

Florida gives a new condominium statutory warranties from the developer on the unit and the common elements, running for set periods from completion and from turnover; the association, once owners control it, is the party that pursues building-wide defects. Know the dates; the clock starts without asking you.

The first year is the year to notice things. Write them down, date them, send them.

The First-Year Checklist

Seven lines.

Punch list agreed in writing. Final balance reconciled to the contract. Insurance in force from the day of closing. Homestead exemption filed the first January you qualify. The first budget read against the estimate. The first board meeting attended. Warranty dates in the calendar.

Sources

What this note rests on.

Developer materials for The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach as carried on the live dossier, verified 2026-09-19. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.

The Shift

What the desk holds on The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach

Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the documents behind every line here, read one to one with you and your estate manager.

The plans by line, and which lines are left. The developer’s current release, not the brochure’s.
The deposit schedule. Proportions, trigger dates, and where the money sits.
What the sales gallery will not volunteer. The view lines that close, the floors that trade first, the association budget.
Where we would not proceed. Sometimes the answer is a different building. Sometimes it is not yet.

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Common Questions

What the estate manager asks

What is the first year for?
A framework of what to verify and where the answers sit, for one reader in the buyer’s circle; never a finding.
Is this a finding about The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach?
No. It is a diligence framework: the questions to ask and where the answers sit. The developer’s documents and your own advisers give the answers.
Which buildings compare with The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach on these questions?
Bentley Residences, Alba Palm Beach answer the same questions in their own documents; the desk compares them one to one.
Where do the answers sit for The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach?
In the purchase agreement, the offering documents, the association budget and the developer’s published materials; the desk reads them with buyers before contract.
Is this legal, tax or insurance advice?
No. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.
Can the desk walk this file for The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach with my adviser?
Yes, one to one, with the documents on the table.
Who is the developer of The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach?
La Playa Beach Associates, LLC · development and sales by Fortune International Group and Chateau Group.
Where is The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach?
18801 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach · two towers on ~4.7 acres and ~435 linear feet of oceanfront.
How many residences does The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach have?
2, 3 and 4 bedrooms · ~1,785 to ~5,674 square feet · five bedroom penthouses from ~7,520 to over ~10,000 square feet.
Who designed The St Regis Residences Sunny Isles Beach?
Arquitectonica, as published in the developer’s own materials and carried on the dossier.
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Before You Act On Any Of This

Before you act on any of this

We hold no listings and we are not the developer. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier and we will tell you what applies to your situation, what does not, and where we would not proceed. For the first year that means the punch list and the budget before the party. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.

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