Personal injury attorneys drop $17M on Estates at Acqualina condo

Personal injury attorneys Gregory Ward and Jany Martinez Ward dropped $16.6 million on a unit at Estates at Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach.

Records show the couple bought unit N-TS-49 in the north tower at 17975 Collins Avenue from an affiliate of the developer, the Trump Group, led by Jules and Eddie Trump. They are not related to former president Donald Trump.

The Wards financed the purchase with a $10.8 million loan from Citizens Bank, according to property records. 

They are both lawyers and helm the Ward Law Group, one of the largest personal injury law firms in South Florida, according to their website. Last year they bought an office in Miami Lakes for $21 million. Records show they own a portfolio of three condos across Miami-Dade County on which they spent $3.2 million, including a $2.4 million unit at Acqualina Ocean Residences at 17875 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach. 

Property records have yet to be updated to include information on the floorplan of their new Estates at Acqualina unit, but in May, European Wax Center co-founder Joshua Coba and his wife Jenni Coba bought a three-story condo in the same building for $19 million. It spans 15,000 square feet, with seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms and six half-bathrooms, a private pool and a four-car garage. In 2022, they listed the unit looking to flip it for $85 million. 

Estates at Acqualina is a two-tower complex with a 49-story, 154-unit south tower and a 52-story, 94-unit north tower. It also has a 45,000-square-foot amenities space with a movie theater, bowling alley and ice skating rink. The late Karl Lagerfeld designed the property’s lobbies, and Avra Miami Estiatorio has a restaurant there.

Delays at the $1.8 billion development led to back-and-forth lawsuits between the Trump Group and its contractor, Suffolk Construction. Last year, the Trump Group fired Suffolk from the project. Closings on units began in 2022.