Le Laurier, Sunny Isles Beach: What Buyers Should Check

Le Laurier is a small canal-front boutique at 17800 North Bay Road — a 9-story building completed in 1992 with just 42 residences, one of the smallest towers on the bay side, and one of the quietest markets in the city: only one sale in the last twelve months, and the listing for the one unit now for sale notes the last comparable unit sold four years ago. It is not oceanfront: the building sits on a canal off the Intracoastal, with boat docks and a private marina with slips, and the beach a short walk east — and the trade for giving up direct sand is a resort-style amenity list that is unusually full for a 42-unit building, with a heated outdoor pool, a fitness center with hot tubs, a billiards room, a community library and kitchen, cabanas, and a barbecue room, in two-bedroom residences of about 1,100 square feet that have recently listed around $557,000. The complication is how little turns over here: with almost nothing selling, there is barely any price history to lean on, and the rental rules conflict between sources — one directory gives a 30-day minimum up to 12 times a year, while a current rental listing says a 14-week minimum and, in the same listing, a 14-night minimum. A buyer who wants this building should confirm the lease rules in the documents and be comfortable holding a unit that may take a long time to resell.

The facts

• Address: 17800 N Bay Rd, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160.
• Completed: 1992 (every source agrees).
• Stories: 9.
• Residences: 42 in total (MLS records, every unit record checked); one directory gives 44.
• Developer: not verified in any public source checked.
• Architect: not verified in any public source checked.
• Unit mix: one- to two-bedroom residences, about 1,100–1,310 sq ft. Every MLS record checked is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit of 1,100 sq ft; no one-bedroom record was found.
• Waterfront: canal-front on the Intracoastal Waterway, with boat docks; listings describe it as a short walk to the beach.
• Parking: assigned covered parking (1 space per unit in MLS records); guest parking per MLS records.
• Association: not verified in any public source checked (no association name, phone, or address found).

Amenities and day-to-day living

Le Laurier's amenity list is the surprise for a building this small: assigned parking, a billiards room, a boat dock, a private marina with boat slips, a community library, a fully equipped fitness center with hot tubs, a barbecue room, cabanas, a heated outdoor pool, and a community kitchen. Units have ceramic flooring, expansive balconies, walk-in closets, and Intracoastal/canal views. The market is the quietest in the program so far: 1 sale in the last twelve months (snapshots conflict between 0 and 1), and as of November 14, 2026, one unit was for sale — #605, a 2-bedroom / 2-bathroom at 1,100 sq ft, listed at $557,000 with $937 a month in dues — while another citywide count listed no Le Laurier units for sale at all, a snapshot conflict worth noting. Rentals are happening: #405 (1,100 sq ft) rented at $2,950 a month, #704 was listed at $4,500–$5,000 a month, and #404, a furnished seasonal rental, was listed at $5,000 a month.

What to check before you buy

• (1) Monthly cost — only one dues figure was verified; confirm it per unit. The #605 listing carried $937 a month on 1,100 sq ft — about $0.85 per square foot. No building-wide dues range was found in public sources, and no adopted budget was verified. Confirm the dues for the specific unit against the adopted budget, including what they cover and whether any special assessment is running.
• (2) Milestone inspections — the first cycle falls around 2017, the next around 2027. Built in 1992, Le Laurier's first milestone inspection falls around 2017 on the 25-year coastal rule, with the next cycle around 2027 — derived dates, not confirmed. Ask the association for its most recent completed milestone report and its Structural Integrity Reserve Study (SIRS). No verified milestone report or certification was found in public sources.
• (3) Subsidence — not on the study's list, which is a real positive. Le Laurier does not appear on the published list of 35 barrier-island buildings the University of Miami's 2024 InSAR study found settling between 2 and 8 centimeters from 2016 to 2023. The study's authors said no building was found unsafe, and the absence of Le Laurier from the list is a point in its favour, not a guarantee: ask the association whether any engineering review or monitoring has been done.
• (4) Reserves and assessments — unverified. No building-wide reserve figure or assessment history was found in public sources. Given the building's age and the thin sales record, the reserve study and the last three years of board minutes are essential reading.
• (5) Owner-occupancy — unverified. No owner-occupancy ratio was found in public sources. If you are financing, your lender will check it — confirm it before you are under contract, not after.
• (6) Rentals — the rules conflict between the directory and a current listing. One short-term-rental directory gives Le Laurier as "30 days minimum, up to 12 times per year." A current seasonal rental listing for #404 says the unit is "rented for a minimum of 14 weeks" and, in the same listing, "Minimum rent is 14 nights" — the two cannot both be right, and neither matches the directory figure. Confirm the current lease rules — minimum term, annual cap, and approval process — with the association before buying for income.
• (7) Pets — essentially unverified. One rental listing for #404 records "Pets Allowed: 1." No pet policy — size, number, or breed limits, or any owner-versus-renter distinction — was verified in public sources. Confirm against the association rules if a pet is part of the plan.

Who this building suits

Le Laurier suits a buyer who wants the smallest, quietest bay-side building in Sunny Isles Beach — a two-bedroom of about 1,100 square feet from the mid-$500,000s, with a heated pool, a fitness center, a marina with slips, and a boat dock, on a canal a short walk from the beach — and who is comfortable with a market that barely moves: one sale in a year, and a resale that may take patience. It is a poor fit for a buyer who wants direct oceanfront, a large unit, a deep sales history to price against, or firm rental answers from public sources — the beach is a walk away, every unit seen is the same 1,100 sq ft two-bedroom, and the rental rules conflict across sources. If you are choosing between this and another tower, send Mike the buildings you are comparing and he will walk through the finances with you, building by building.

Next step

If Le Laurier is on your shortlist, start with the free Sunny Isles Beach Buyer's Building Guide. It walks through the checks that matter before you sign — milestone inspections, reserves, assessments, owner-occupancy, and the questions to ask any association. Download the free guide — Book a call with Mike