Building facts
- Address
- 18201 Collins Avenue
- Neighborhood
- Sunny Isles Beach
- Year built
- 2008
- Floors
- 55
- Residences
- 384
- Status
- Completed
- Developer
- Trump Organization, Dezer Development
- Architect
- Seiger Suarez
- Pricing
- Starting at $826,000
Key Takeaways
- Price per square foot has gone nowhere in four years — $884 in 2023, $908 in 2024, $849 in 2025, $885 in 2026 to date — a net change of +0.1%. Flat, not falling.
- Every one of the 55 owners who resold since 2023 sold for more than they paid — median gain 86.7%, best 146.0%, worst +3.9%. Not one loss in the county record.
- That figure tells you less than it appears — their median holding period was fourteen years. 54 of the 55 bought in 2012 or earlier. This record shows what post-crash buyers earned, not what a recent buyer should expect.
- The median sale price fell 9.7% while the per-foot figure did not move — because the median home sold shrank from 1,570 square feet to 1,430. That is the mix, not the market.
- All 382 folios in this building are homes — no commercial units, no separately deeded parking, no storage folios — which makes it one of the cleanest buildings to measure that I have come across.
- It is a large-format building — median home 1,577 square feet, up to 8,203, including three four-bedrooms, two five-bedrooms and a seven-bedroom residence.
18201 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida 33160 | Neighborhood: Sunny Isles Beach
What the county record shows at 18201 Collins Avenue
The Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser carries 382 folios under TRUMP ROYALE CONDO, and every single one of them is a home. No commercial units, no separately deeded parking spaces, no cabana or storage folios. After buildings where I have had to strip out several hundred parking folios before the arithmetic meant anything, this one measures itself.
The 382 homes are 155 one-bedrooms, 182 two-bedrooms, 38 three-bedrooms, three four-bedrooms, two five-bedrooms, one seven-bedroom residence and a single studio. Heated area runs from 881 to 8,203 square feet, with a median of 1,577 — large by Miami condominium standards, where most towers I measure sit between 800 and 1,200. The most repeated plans are 1,577 square feet (36 homes), 1,649 and 1,289 (29 each).
2026 assessed values run from $494,241 to $6,027,516, with a median just over $982,000.
Four years of sales that went nowhere
58 qualified, arm’s-length sales across four years. Portfolio transfers are excluded and identical same-day transactions collapsed to one.
| Year | Qualified sales | Median price | Median $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 21 | $1,290,000 | $884 |
| 2024 | 13 | $1,300,000 | $908 |
| 2025 | 18 | $1,350,000 | $849 |
| 2026 to date | 6 | $1,165,000 | $885 |
Per square foot this building has gone from $884 to $885 in four years — a net change of one tenth of one percent. It rose in 2024, gave it back in 2025 and returned to where it started. Across most of the towers I have measured, four-year changes run from −29% to +9%. Flat is its own result, and it is worth stating plainly rather than dressing up as either strength or weakness.
The middle column disagrees, showing a 9.7% fall in median sale price. As usual, that is the mix: the median home sold was 1,570 square feet in 2023 and 1,430 in 2026. Smaller homes traded this year, so the median price came down while the price paid per foot did not.
Two honest limits. 2026 rests on six sales in an incomplete year, so I would call the direction flat but I would not defend the exact +0.1% to a decimal place. And 2024’s thirteen sales are the thinnest complete year in the series.
Turnover is roughly one home in twenty-six per year. The highest qualified sale on record is $5,900,000, from July 2015, for a 6,421 square foot home — $919 per square foot. The highest of the last four years is $5,600,000, in May 2025, for 3,087 square feet, which at $1,814 per square foot is a far higher rate than the headline record.
Did everyone who sold here really make money?
Yes — and the reason matters more than the fact.
Fifty-five homes here have sold since 2023 with an earlier purchase also on record. All 55 sold above what the owner paid. Not one loss. The median gain was 86.7%, the best +146.0%, and even the weakest was +3.9%. A $935,000 purchase from March 2009 resold at $2,300,000 in October 2024. A $1,380,000 purchase from July 2012 resold at $3,218,000 in December 2025.
Now the part that a marketing page would leave out. The median holding period behind those gains was fourteen years, and 54 of the 55 bought in 2012 or earlier — at or near the bottom of the post-crash market. Exactly one of the 55 chains starts in 2015 or later: a home bought for $650,000 in October 2021 and resold for $792,000 in January 2024.
So this record does not say that buying at Trump Royale makes money. It says that buying Sunny Isles oceanfront in 2009 to 2012 and holding it for fourteen years made money, and that those are the owners who have been selling. Anyone who bought in the last four years has watched the per-foot price go from $884 to $885. The county record simply does not contain enough recent-purchase resales to tell you how that cohort will do, and I would rather say so than let a 100% win rate imply a guarantee it cannot support.
Who this building suits, and who it does not
It suits a buyer who wants space on the ocean. A median home of 1,577 square feet, a maximum of 8,203, and genuine four- and five-bedroom inventory put this building in a different category from the one- and two-bedroom-heavy towers that dominate Miami condominium supply.
It suits a long-horizon buyer. Everything in this record that produced a large gain took well over a decade to do it, and the last four years produced nothing at all.
It suits a buyer who needs a quick exit badly. One home in twenty-six trades annually, and 2024 recorded just thirteen sales in the entire building. That is a market where the right buyer for a large home may take a season to appear.
If you are selling here, the flat per-foot record is your friend and the falling median is not your problem — make sure a buyer understands the difference, because the median dropped 9.7% while the building did not move at all. If you bought before 2013, the record is unambiguous that you are well ahead, and the question is only how much of that gain you leave on the table by mispricing. If you bought recently, price against $885 per foot and your own floorplate, and do not expect the last decade’s numbers to carry you.
Verified 18 August 2026 against the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser record for 18201 Collins Avenue, Sunny Isles Beach — all 382 folios under TRUMP ROYALE CONDO retrieved individually on 18 August 2026. Every folio in this condominium is a residential home; there are no commercial, parking, cabana or storage folios to exclude. Sale figures are qualified, arm’s-length transactions only, with portfolio transfers excluded and identical same-day transactions collapsed to a single sale. 2026 is an incomplete year and rests on six sales. Gain figures compare a home’s earlier recorded purchase with its most recent qualified sale and are gross of commissions, closing costs, taxes, assessments and carrying costs; they cover only homes with two or more sales on record and are therefore not a sample of all owners. Floor level, view and condition are not recorded by the county and are not adjusted for. Building age, storey count and amenity detail are omitted: no primary source has been confirmed for them. Re-check when the next tax roll publishes.
Trump Royale — Frequently Asked Questions
How many homes are in Trump Royale?
382, and unusually every folio the county records in this condominium is a home — there are no commercial, parking, cabana or storage folios. The mix is 155 one-bedrooms, 182 two-bedrooms, 38 three-bedrooms, three four-bedrooms, two five-bedrooms, one seven-bedroom and a studio.
Are prices at Trump Royale rising or falling?
Neither. Median price per square foot was $884 in 2023 and $885 in 2026 to date — a net change of 0.1% across four years, with a rise in 2024 and a dip in 2025 in between. Flat is the honest description.
Why does the median sale price show a 9.7% fall?
Because the homes that sold got smaller: median 1,570 square feet in 2023 against 1,430 in 2026. The median price follows which homes traded, not what they are worth.
Has anyone lost money selling at Trump Royale?
Not in the county record. All 55 homes that resold since 2023 with an earlier purchase on record sold above what the owner paid, with a median gain of 86.7%. But their median holding period was fourteen years and 54 of the 55 bought in 2012 or earlier, so this reflects post-crash buying, not recent buying.
What would a recent buyer have made here?
The record cannot say with confidence, and that is the honest answer. Only one of the 55 resale chains begins in 2015 or later — $650,000 in October 2021 to $792,000 in January 2024. Meanwhile the building’s per-foot price has been flat for four years.
What is the most expensive sale at Trump Royale?
$5,900,000 in July 2015, for a 6,421 square foot home — $919 per square foot. The highest of the last four years is $5,600,000 in May 2025, for 3,087 square feet, which at $1,814 per square foot is a much higher rate.
How often do homes here change hands?
58 qualified sales across 382 homes in four years, roughly one home in twenty-six per year. 2024 saw just thirteen sales in the whole building, so comparables on any given floorplate can be sparse.
Sources and further reading
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