Inside The Estates at Acqualina’s $16.675 Million Casa D’Oro

It is dubbed as the “gold standard of single-family condominium residences” and boasts 11,605 total square footage of living space (8,870 interior square feet of interior space plus 2,735 square feet of terrace area) on the top two floors of the ultra-luxury Estates at Acqualina in Sunny Isles.

The layout offers a dramatic entry from a private elevator to the 50th floor and a dramatic foyer with 10 foot double doors leading into the living areas. All of the entertaining areas and two guest bedrooms are on the main level with the main family living quarters on the upper level including four additional bedrooms.

On the ground level terrace, you will find a private pool, sauna and garden area overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The massive entertaining area features an open kitchen, living, dining and breakfast area with sweeping ocean views.  The buyer will have a choice of marble or wood floors throughout, including on the terraces and the master baths are cloaked in onyx walls. The his and her’s dressing rooms are finished with suede or leather finishes.

Here is a preview of the $16,675,000 floor plan and renderings of the finished product, that is expected to break ground later this year and be completed in 2019.

The Estates At Acqualina Prepares To Begin Construction

Using the same strategy that they used to acquire the land for Sunny Isles’ Mansions at Acqualina, developer Jules Trump (no relation to Donald) has initiated the auction process on the development site for The Estates at Acqualina, according to an update from their sales office.

On June 1, the process was initiated to acquire the final parcel of the development site, which is already 96% owned. The process should be complete by the end of the summer, making way for demolition of existing structures and construction commencement late in 2017.

The Estates at Acqualina is the latest of the ultra-luxury Acqualina projects including The Mansions at Acqualina and their debut property, Acqualina in Sunny Isles. The Estates at Acqualina will boast an elegant lobby designed by Karl Lagerfeld and a four story amenity plaza dubbed “Circus Maximus”. The amenities will include everything imaginable including a restaurant, cinema, bowling alley, golf and racing simulators and even an ice skating rink… in Miami. Beachgoers will enjoy a 500 linear foot private beach with cabanas and service from the onsite restaurant.

The 154 residences in the South Tower range in size from 2,910 to 6,500 square feet and are priced between $4 million – $39 million. The South Tower is set for completion in 2020, with the North Tower commencing at a later date. Check out this video that details all of the amenities. They really spare nothing.

The Estates At Acqualina Unveil Lobby Design By Karl Lagerfeld

Karl Lagerfeld via Estates at Acqualina

Karl Lagerfeld, the head designer and creative director of the fashion houses of Chanel and Fendi as well as his own label, has also designed the lobbies for The Estates at Acqualina. This week he unveiled the design for the first of the two towers. The second tower has been placed on hold due to market conditions. A press release from the development read:

SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL (December 7, 2016) – The Estates at Acqualina, the new highly anticipated $1.5 billion residential development, today reveals a rendering of Karl Lagerfeld’s lobby design for its ultra-luxury residential development in Miami’s Sunny Isles Beach, on the grounds of the Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach.  The rendering is for the lobby of the South Tower, also known as 777 Via Acqualina, scheduled to be completed in 2020.  A second North Tower, with a different lobby also designed by Karl Lagerfeld, is planned to be completed as well. The Estates at Acqualina is the first condominium project in the United States to involve the iconic designer.

“The lobbies of The Estates at Acqualina will ‘set the stage’ for the most prestigious and fashionable address in America,” said Jules Trump, developer of The Estates at Acqualina. “You will find precious and rare materials, delicate craftsmanship, unerringly and sophisticated style. You’ll also find unexpected and whimsical details that bring a frisson of excitement and delight. This is one of Mr. Lagerfeld’s supreme talents, knowing how to create in a way that is both timeless and of-the-moment all at once.”

Karl Lagerfeld’s vision for both lobbies blend both classical architecture and contemporary art. For the South Tower, photographic images of Roman fountains and arches – taken by Karl Lagerfeld himself – will be etched into larger-than-life wall panels, ceiling screens and skylights. These images, along with a spectacular working fountain at the center of the lobby, reverberate the expansive oceanfront views that surround The Estates. They also evoke a traditional Roman piazza, which, like the lobby, also functioned as a communal gathering place for residents.

A color palette of cerulean blue, white, silver, and gray, with pale pink hues is a nod to the Miami locale of The Estates. The floors will be hammered metal inlaid with one-of-a-kind rugs, fashioned from mosaic tile as a unique twist.

“Lobbies serve two purposes – they are the first impression of a building and a common living room for socializing.” said Karl Lagerfeld.

Construction for The Estates at Acqualina will take place in two phases beginning in late 2017. Phase I will include the South Tower, featuring 152 units, and Villa Acqualina, a 45,000-square-foot residents-only amenity complex. Villa Acqualina will offer guests luxurious and unprecedented amenities including a Circus Maximus, bowling alley, a spa and fitness center, a speakeasy and a world-class restaurant with unobstructed views of the Atlantic Ocean. The North Tower, also known as 888 Via Acqualina, will be constructed in Phase II and offer 92 units. In total, The Estates at Acqualina will feature 244 units.

When complete, each estate in the sky will be delivered furniture ready, and equipped with the finest appliances, imported stone countertops, smart-home technology and soaring ceilings. Most master suites will boast his and her bathroom suites with imported onyx countertops and walls and marble floors, a steam mist shower, a free-standing tub, an ocean-view shower and elaborate his and her dressing rooms.  The Estates’ 5.6 acres of grounds and gardens will boast lush landscaped gardens, multiple infinity pools, a FlowRider® for surfers, a basketball court, a bocce court, a dog park, soccer field, a beachfront restaurant and 502 feet of Atlantic oceanfront with Five Star beach and pool services. 24-hour valet, 24-hour security services, a full service resident concierge and a house Rolls-Royce will also be available.

Those who purchase at The Estates will have access to the neighboring Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond Acqualina Resort & Spa, TripAdvisor’s Top-Rated Beachfront Hotel in The Continental United States and Andrew Harper’s #1 Beach, Spa and Family Resort in the World.  Residents will be able to take advantage of luxurious, personalized services from the hotel including daily housekeeping, in-room dining, children’s programming, nanny and child care services, pet care, dry cleaning and laundry services, limousine service, ESPA Spa access and gourmet dining at two restaurants, Il Mulino NY and AQ by Acqualina.

Residences at The Estates at Acqualina are priced from $3.8 – 9.5 million to $29 million for penthouses.

What do you think of the design? Haute or not?

The Estates at Acqualina’s Model Unit Sales Center is Huge, and Fully Functional

Photo by Sean McCaughan

The Estates at Acqualina, which is bringing two more gigantic towers to the lavish and rambling Acqualina Resort & Spa complex in Sunny Isles Beach, just took the cake top off of its extremely at new sales center and model unit which closely duplicates a typical end unit in either building to almost every detail.

To achieve that, it had to be big, considering the typical end unit at the Estates is from approximately 3,500 to over 5,000, in just interior square footage. As icing on the cake, unlike many sales center set ups, and model unit interiors, this place is fully functional. The lights, of course, work, but so do the toilets in the model bathrooms, and the kitchen sink that can be activated by a foot sensor. The host tub gets hot, and the sauna gets hot too.

Connected by a multilevel amenities complex called ‘The Villa’ (which looks, you guessed it, like a villa) the towers are not actually perfectly symmetrical. The north tower has four units per floor, and the south tower has just two, a system that works more efficiently for private elevator access than two matching towers of 3-unit floors. Units come standard with little tricks treats like fountain-fed hot tubs, outdoor saunas accessed via wrap-around balcony, midnight kitchens in the master suite, gas fireplaces, hi-end wine dispensing/preserving appliances, and more marble than at a cemetery in a place called Carrera in Italy. Oh, and the penthouse will have hanging glass pools, just like the one over at the Mansions at Acqualina.