Sunny Isles Beach just got a little more high octane. Vertical construction is officially underway on Bentley Residences Miami, the 62-story oceanfront tower lining Collins Avenue, and the concrete skeleton has already climbed to the seventh floor.
When it tops out at roughly 716 feet, the luxury building will host 216 condominiums, each pitched as a high-end retreat in the sky, complete with private in-unit sky garages served by the patented Dezervator car elevator. Residents are promised private terrace pools, sprawling amenity decks and a members-only restaurant, all stacked above the sand on one of the busiest stretches of the Sunny Isles shoreline.
Recent site photos and reports show crews adding about one floor every five to six working days, a clear shift from the hidden work of foundation building to the highly visible rise of the tower itself, according to Florida YIMBY. The project slots into Collins Avenue between Turnberry Ocean Club and Sahara Beach Club, tightening an already crowded skyline.
A foundation pour that turned heads
Before anyone could start counting floors, the team had to pull off a massive engineering feat underground. Engineering News-Record reports that Bentley Residences cleared its foundation phase with a continuous 36-hour mat pour that ranks among the largest residential pours in U.S. history.
The stats are not subtle: about 20,000 cubic yards of concrete, roughly 2,100 truck trips, ten pumping stations and some 2,400 tons of reinforcing steel. Coastal Construction led the placement, and project managers said the smooth, glitch-free operation allowed crews to pivot straight into vertical construction without a major pause.
Bentley’s design DNA and the Dezervator
Developer materials paint a picture of three to five bedroom residences wrapped in floor-to-ceiling glass, with open layouts, large terraces, summer kitchens and private heated pools perched high above the sand. Primary suites are shown with soaking tubs, custom vanities and private sauna rooms aimed squarely at the ultra-luxury buyer.
The real conversation piece is the Dezervator, the patented vehicle elevator that whisks residents and their cars into three and four car sky garages inside each unit. That hardware sits at the center of an amenity package of roughly 20,000 square feet that includes a residents-only restaurant by chef Todd English, a spa, cinema, whiskey bar, cigar lounge and an oceanfront beach club, as detailed by Dezer Development.
Timeline and what to watch next
With the structure now clearly rising over Collins Avenue, the project remains on track for a 2028 delivery window, according to e-architect. Buyers, neighbors and anyone stuck in beach traffic can expect the next big headlines to come when the tower reaches its mechanical and amenity floors, milestones that typically trigger a rush of new permits, trades and visible exterior work.
Why Sunny Isles keeps drawing branded towers
For Sunny Isles, Bentley Residences is the latest entry in a growing roster of branded luxury towers. Developer Gil Dezer has made a habit of partnering with high-end names, previously teaming up for Porsche Design Tower and Armani/Casa, a pattern highlighted by Axios.
Market watchers say these branded residences tend to command premium prices and reframe local skylines, even as they bring extended construction schedules and more traffic to already busy corridors like Collins Avenue.
“Going vertical is a meaningful milestone for Bentley Residences Miami and a testament to the strength of our vision and execution,” Dezer said as the tower began to rise, underscoring the team’s confidence in the project’s appeal, according to Florida YIMBY.
