Belle Plaza is an 18-story condominium tower at 20 Island Avenue on Biscayne Bay in the Venetian Islands area of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, with 226 units built in 1962, ranging from 592 sq ft studios to 1,962 sq ft three-bedrooms. State registry lists a 1980 registration year, distinct from the 1962 construction date reported publicly. Current pet policy allows one cat up to 16 pounds.
This building is in our statewide file. When you order, we run a fresh scan across 14 risk categories — inspections, assessments, structural condition, litigation, insurance and more. Your report shows what public records revealed, and just as important, what they couldn't — so you know exactly what to verify before you make an offer. Delivered within 24 hours.
Get the full Intelligence Report — $9.99Recent listings at Belle Plaza range around $560,000-$570,000; recent sale $900,000, with about 2 units actively for sale as of the last research date.
Publicly reported pet policy: Allowed, one cat up to 16 lbs. Confirm current rules with the association before purchasing.
Belle Plaza was built in approximately 1962 and rises 18 floors with 226 units.
Florida condominiums of this age are subject to milestone inspection and structural reserve requirements. Our Intelligence Report covers what official city and county records show for this building, and what remains for a buyer to verify with the association.
When you buy into a condo building that's 15 or more years old — anywhere in the US — you should expect by default that an assessment, or several, is in effect or on the way: roof repairs, elevator replacement, repaving, facade work. Buildings age on a schedule, and the bill lands on the owners: often hundreds of dollars a month on top of your mortgage, HOA fee, taxes, and insurance. The unit listing rarely mentions any of it.
In Florida, the stakes for older buildings are higher still. Since the 2021 Surfside tragedy, state law requires milestone structural inspections at 30 years (25 in some coastal areas), Structural Integrity Reserve Studies, and — critically — bars associations from waiving reserve funding for structural components, ending decades of artificially low fees. Add the state's insurance surge, and many older buildings carry obligations that never appear in a listing. None of this makes an older building a bad purchase — but the difference between a well-run 1970s tower and a struggling one can be tens of thousands of dollars per unit. That's the question our building intelligence answers.
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