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Aventura
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AventuraCity Guide

Intracoastal towers, Florida's largest mall, and a Brightline stop to Orlando.

Population~39,900
Incorporated1995
Median sale price$495K
Median rent$3,200/mo
Walk Score43
Brightline to MiamiCentral17 min

Aventura is a 2.65-square-mile city in northeastern Miami-Dade County, wedged between the Intracoastal Waterway and Biscayne Boulevard at the Broward County line, with a Census-estimated 2025 population of 39,880. Developers Don Soffer and Eddie Lewis founded Turnberry Associates in 1967, opened the Turnberry Isle resort the same year and planned the surrounding city through the 1970s, naming it after the Spanish word for adventure; the city itself incorporated on November 7, 1995. What they built is an overwhelmingly vertical place: 87% of its homes sit in buildings of 20 or more units and fewer than 5% are detached houses. Three anchors define daily life: Aventura Mall, at 2.8 million square feet Florida's largest and USA Today's pick for best mall in the country in 2026, the 270-acre JW Marriott Turnberry resort with its two golf courses, and a Brightline station that puts MiamiCentral about 17 minutes away.

Is Aventura, Florida a good place to live?

For buyers who want a full-service, doorman-tower lifestyle without living in Brickell or on the Miami Beach barrier island, yes, with clear trade-offs. The city runs its own police department (84 sworn officers), two A-rated charter schools, a free shuttle system and a 330-seat theatre, and HCA Florida Aventura Hospital on Biscayne Boulevard is a 493-bed Level II trauma centre. The population is older and international: median age is 46.9, 54% of residents were born outside the United States, 46% are Hispanic, and a large observant Jewish community shows up in the kosher restaurants along NE 29th Avenue and at the Shoppes at the Waterways. Palantir moved its corporate headquarters into The Abbey at Aventura, next to the mall, in February 2026. The trade-offs are the ones every condo city carries: monthly fees, assessment risk in towers built before 2000, flood insurance on nearly every parcel, Biscayne Boulevard traffic, and a Walk Score of 43 that makes a car standard outside Williams Island and The Waterways.

Where you land inside the city matters. Williams Island is an 84-acre gated island of nine towers built between 1985 and 2013 with its own marina, spa and tennis centre. The Country Club Drive loop wraps the Turnberry golf courses with 1970s-to-1990s towers, city hall and the free 3.1-mile Don Soffer Exercise Trail. The Waterways, in the north-east corner, mixes canal-front towers and townhomes, a marina and Don Soffer Aventura High School, and adds the 22-unit Avenia by FENDI Casa in 2027. West of the loop, the mall and The Abbey at Aventura (the former Esplanade, bought by the mall's owners in 2025) form the retail and office core, with the Brightline station on West Dixie Highway behind them and the hospital district on north Biscayne. At the south end, Related Group and 13th Floor Investments plan two 31-storey towers with 409 units on the Lincoln Pointe site. The rare single-family option is Greenview at Presidential, 103 gated estate homes by Lennar and BH Group on the old Presidential golf course west of Biscayne Boulevard, which carries an Aventura address and began closings in December 2025. Browse homes for sale in Aventura to see the spread.

Aventura vs Sunny Isles Beach, Hallandale Beach and Bal Harbour

Aventura is the inland, full-service middle of its cluster. As of August 2026 its median sale price was $495,000, against $660,000 in Sunny Isles Beach directly east across the Intracoastal, $250,000 in Hallandale Beach across the county line, $255,000 in North Miami Beach to the south and $1,825,000 in Bal Harbour. Sunny Isles sells the ocean and the newest supertowers, and its condo fees run higher per square foot. Hallandale and North Miami Beach are the value plays, with older stock and without Aventura's city-run schools and police. Bal Harbour is a different price universe built around Bal Harbour Shops. Aventura's own pitch is the mall, the Brightline stop, the parks and schools, and a marina-and-golf setting at a price per foot that, at $367 in August 2026, sat well under Sunny Isles' $464.

Condo buyers: 87% of Aventura's housing is in buildings of 20 or more units, and most of it predates 2000. Florida's HB 913 made December 31, 2025 the deadline for Structural Integrity Reserve Studies in buildings of three or more habitable storeys, and associations had to register with the DBPR by October 1, 2025. Ask for the milestone inspection, the SIRS, the reserve schedule and any pending special assessment before you offer. Citizens cut homeowner rates 8.8% on July 1, 2026, but asked for a 10.4% increase on the commercial lines that cover condo-association master policies, and that lands in your monthly fee.

Aventura is Miami-Dade's most self-contained city: a train station across the road from Florida's largest mall, towers on the Intracoastal, city-run schools, and a golf resort in the middle of it all.

Frozen rather than falling.

David Siddons Group on Aventura's $1M+ condo market, June 2026

Key Details

What makes Aventura special

What to Expect

A 2.65-square-mile condo city of about 39,900 people at the Broward line, where 87% of homes are in buildings of 20 or more units and the skyline runs along the Intracoastal and the Country Club Drive loop. Median age is 46.9, 54% of residents were born abroad and 46% are Hispanic, with a strong Latin American and Jewish presence. Evenings centre on the mall's restaurant row and The Abbey; the rest of the city is quiet after 10pm.

The Market

As of August 2026 the median sale price was $495,000 at $367 per square foot, up 1.6% year-over-year on price and 6.3% on price per foot, with a median 129 days on market (up 5.8%). Over the 12 months to September 2026, medians ran $186,000 for one-bedrooms, $400,000 for two, $759,500 for three and $1.8 million for four. Buyers hold the leverage: 3,963 active listings against 50 August sales, 1,988 of them already price-cut (median cut 6.25%), and sellers took a median 94.5% of asking.

Cost of Ownership

The August 2026 median condo fee on sold units was $1,271.50 a month, about $0.98 per square foot, down 1.9% year-over-year; that sits between Hallandale Beach ($0.74) and Sunny Isles Beach ($1.18). Gross rental yield was 7.8% on a $3,200 median monthly rent. Miami-Dade's proposed FY2026-27 budget holds the countywide millage flat at 4.5740 for a fourth year, the 2026 homestead exemption totals $51,411, and most of the city is a FEMA Special Flood Hazard Area, with a 15% NFIP discount in AE zones through the city's Community Rating System standing.

Districts

Williams Island: nine gated towers (1985 to 2013), marina, spa and tennis. Country Club Drive and Turnberry: the 270-acre JW Marriott resort, two golf courses, city hall and the 3.1-mile exercise loop lined with 1970s-to-1990s towers. The Waterways: canal-front towers and townhomes, WaterWays Marina, Don Soffer Aventura High and Avenia by FENDI Casa (2027). Biscayne Boulevard: Aventura Mall, The Abbey, the Brightline station on West Dixie and the hospital district to the north. South end: the Lincoln Pointe site slated for two 31-storey Related Group towers. West of Biscayne: Greenview at Presidential's 103 gated single-family homes.

Who It's For

Retirees and snowbirds who want a doorman tower with a golf course and a hospital nearby, Latin American and Jewish families drawn by the community and the city-run schools, and hybrid workers who can ride Brightline to Downtown or Fort Lauderdale. It is a harder fit for anyone who wants a house with a yard (under 5% of homes are detached), for car-free living outside Williams Island and The Waterways, for nightlife seekers, who end up driving to Miami Beach or Gulfstream Park, and for buyers who want to avoid HOA fees and the assessment risk in pre-2000 towers.

Getting Around

Brightline's Aventura station at 19796 W Dixie Highway (opened December 2022, 240 parking spaces, free mall shuttle) runs about 17 minutes to MiamiCentral and direct to Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach and Orlando, with 2026 advance-purchase Orlando fares from $39 round trip. The long-promised pedestrian bridge to the mall was still unbuilt, with its funding deal in doubt, as of fall 2025. The free Aventura Express shuttle runs three routes through the mall's transit terminal on weekdays and Saturdays, Metrobus routes 3, 9, 100 and 183 reach Downtown and Hialeah, and I-95 is reached via Ives Dairy Road or Miami Gardens Drive. Walk Score is 43, Transit Score 46, Bike Score 55, and the mean commute is 31.6 minutes.

Schools

The city runs its own charters: Aventura City of Excellence School (K-8, opened 2003, A-rated, lottery admission) and Don Soffer Aventura High School (opened 2019, A-rated, GreatSchools 8/10, 840 students, 51 AP and Cambridge AICE courses, 68% of the Class of 2026 qualifying for Bright Futures Academic Scholars, and a top-50 Florida ranking from U.S. News). The zoned district high school is Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High in Ives Estates, and Aventura Waterways K-8 Center is the district-run option in the north. Scheck Hillel Community School (founded 1970, early childhood to grade 12) in North Miami Beach is the main private choice, and FIU's Biscayne Bay campus is ten minutes south.

Storm Risk & Climate

FEMA maps most of the city as a Special Flood Hazard Area, new construction must sit at least 12 inches above base flood elevation, and ClimateCheck rates flood risk Very High, with roughly an 82% chance of a two-foot flood over 30 years. Modern towers keep living floors well above that; ground-floor units and older low-rise pockets need an elevation certificate and a current flood quote. The 2025 hurricane season brought no Florida landfall and the 2026 season had five named storms and no hurricanes as of September 2. Heat is the slower risk: days above 92°F are modelled to rise from about seven a year in the 1990s to about 99 by 2050.

Recently Listed

For Sale in Aventura

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20281 E COUNTRY CLUB DR, Unit 1008 - 151
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20281 E COUNTRY CLUB DR, Unit 1008
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3530 MYSTIC POINTE DR, Unit 3003 - 118
$450,000
2bd2ba1,091sqft
3530 MYSTIC POINTE DR, Unit 3003
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3300 NE 192ND ST, Unit PH16 - 115
$319,000
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3300 NE 192ND ST, Unit PH16
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18011 BISCAYNE BLVD, Unit 905 - 132
$230,000
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18011 BISCAYNE BLVD, Unit 905
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3756 NE 167TH ST, Unit 44 - 136
$610,000
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3756 NE 167TH ST, Unit 44
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Recently Listed

For Rent in Aventura

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18151 NE 31ST CT, Unit 1005 - 129
$2,200
1bd2ba918sqft
18151 NE 31ST CT, Unit 1005
MLS A120827151 day ago
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16919 N BAY RD, Unit 211 - 18
$2,200
2bd2ba894sqft
16919 N BAY RD, Unit 211
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2950 NE 188TH ST, Unit 304 - 1
$4,950
2bd3ba1,699sqft
2950 NE 188TH ST, Unit 304
MLS A120827821 day ago
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19955 NE 38th Ct, Unit 606 - 112
$15,000
3bd4ba2,860sqft
19955 NE 38th Ct, Unit 606
MLS A120766161 day ago
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210 172ND ST, Unit 428 - 123
$1,900
1bd2ba725sqft
210 172ND ST, Unit 428
MLS A120819031 day ago
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$2,650
2bd2ba1,174sqft
2775 NE 187TH ST, Unit 227
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Lifestyle & Highlights

The best of Aventura

Where to Eat

Aventura eats in three places: the mall and The Abbey, the Turnberry resort, and a Biscayne Boulevard strip that rewards looking past the chains. Every venue below was confirmed open in 2026.

CVI.CHE 105

The Aventura outpost of Juan Chipoco's downtown Peruvian institution and the most-reviewed restaurant in the city; the ceviche trilogy, beef-heart anticuchos and pisco sours are the orders.

19501 Biscayne Blvd, Unit 954
$$$PeruvianMall

Reunion Ktchn Bar

Tripadvisor's top-ranked restaurant in Aventura: globally inflected American cooking (sea bass, seafood risotto, bacon-wrapped dates) with two hidden concepts inside, the Blind Tiger omakase counter and the Xino speakeasy.

18167 Biscayne Blvd
$$$AmericanDate night

Gala at the Hilton Aventura

A hotel restaurant that outperforms its category, ranked second in the city on Tripadvisor as of August 2026 for ceviche, lomo saltado and flan on a quiet outdoor terrace.

2885 NE 191st St
$$$LatinTerrace

Bulla Gastrobar

The Spanish tapas bar re-opened at a new stand-alone address on January 15, 2026: huevos bulla, patatas bravas, paella, grilled octopus and an 80-seat Andalusia patio.

2747 NE 193rd St, Unit 10
$$$SpanishNew 2026

Eataly Aventura

Eataly's first Florida location opened in 2026 at the mall with two restaurants, La Pizza & La Pasta and Il Pastaio, plus counters, a wine shop and cooking classes; open until 10pm, 11pm on Friday and Saturday.

19501 Biscayne Blvd
$$$ItalianNew 2026

Jarana by Gastón Acurio

Family-style Peruvian from Acurio's group with a pisco bar, a monthly visiting-chef series and Sunday brunch; picarones are the dessert to order.

19565 Biscayne Blvd (The Abbey at Aventura)
$$$PeruvianBrunch

Amalfi Llama

Patagonian live fire meets the Italian coast: an open parrilla and wood-burning oven for steaks, seafood and seasonal pastas.

19505 Biscayne Blvd (The Abbey at Aventura)
$$$Italian-ArgentineLive fire

Motek Aventura

Tel Aviv-style all-day Israeli-Mediterranean; the French-oven pita with marmalade labneh and the arayes burger are the draws, and sister counter Yalla Motek sits in the mall's Treats food hall.

19565 Biscayne Blvd (The Abbey at Aventura), Ste 946
$$$IsraeliAll day

Soho Asian Bar & Grill

Glatt-kosher steak-meets-Chinese with a real bar scene on the NE 29th Avenue kosher strip; open Saturday night until 1am, closed Friday.

19004 NE 29th Ave
$$$KosherLate night

Bourbon Steak by Michael Mina

Mina's wood-grilled resort steakhouse: the trio of duck-fat fries and the wagyu pastrami-spiced short rib are the signatures. Dinner only, from 6pm (5pm Friday and Saturday).

19999 W Country Club Dr (JW Marriott Turnberry)
$$$$SteakhouseResort

Sicilian Oven

South Florida mini-chain doing wood-fired brick-oven pizza, meatballs and fire-roasted shrimp; the family default on the north Biscayne strip.

20475 Biscayne Blvd (Promenade Shops)
$$PizzaFamily

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