Jade Ocean Condominium
The tower Lucia steps off in Trailer 2 is Jade Ocean, a glass condominium at 17121 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach. The game's version is moved roughly ten miles south, closer to the centre of Vice Beach, but the building's rooftop helipad, its rounded profile and its position on the barrier island all match.
At a glance
- Address
- 17121 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
- Coordinates
- 25.93434, -80.12102
- District
- Vice Beach
- Confidence
- Strong
- Where it is seen
- Trailer 2 (2:33)
How confident are we?
Identified from the tower's rooftop helipad and profile; the community has matched it to this building on Collins Avenue.
Sunny Isles Beach is the most northeasterly strip of Miami Beach, past Haulover and before the north tip of the island. It is lined with 1980s and 1990s condominium towers, most of them quite tall, most of them directly on the sand with the Atlantic on one side and the Intracoastal on the other.
The frame in the trailer
The shot is Lucia on a helipad on the roof of a beachfront tower, stepping off toward a canopy westward. Below and behind, the Venetian Islands and the causeway bridges pass under with the downtown skyline beyond. That arrangement only works from a point on the north end of the barrier island, which is where Jade Ocean stands.
| Detail | The real thing |
|---|---|
| Address | 17121 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 |
| Coordinates | 25.93434, -80.12102 |
| In-game name | The Jade Ocean tower |
| District in game | Vice Beach |
| Building | Glass residential condominium |
| Game change | Moved roughly 10 miles south |
What to actually look at
The building is private residential, with a gated entrance off Collins Avenue and a beach club and pool deck for owners and guests. The public part worth the drive is the beach in front of it and the view north up the coast toward Haulover and the inlet, which is the clearest real photograph of the shot in the trailer.
Not on our route
Sunny Isles Beach is a 35-minute drive north of Ocean Drive, on the far side of Haulover Inlet. It is not on any of our scheduled routes, but it makes a good add-on if you are driving up for the afternoon and want to see the Jade Ocean and the northern tip of the barrier island.
Why it is on the map
The tower is the northern anchor of the game's Vice Beach, which is how the community pinned down the shape of the barrier island in the game. If you are mapping the in-game coastline onto the real one, Jade Ocean fixes the north end and the Seven Mile Bridge fixes the south end of the road.
The northern tip
Past Sunny Isles the barrier island narrows to Haulover Inlet, and beyond the inlet the land turns rural almost immediately. That contrast, a wall of towers on one side of the water and farmland on the other, is a very Miami ending to the drive north, and the game flattens it into a single grid.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Jade Ocean in GTA 6?
It is a beachfront condominium tower in Vice Beach, shown in Trailer 2 with a rooftop helipad. The real building it is modelled on is Jade Ocean at 17121 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, which the game has moved about ten miles south.
Can you go to the rooftop?
No. It is a private residential building with a gated lobby and a residents-only pool deck. The beach opposite and the street view are public.
Is it on a Leonida Tours route?
No. It is about 35 minutes north of our meeting point on Ocean Drive and we do not run a scheduled stop there.
See it on a Leonida Tours route.
Jade Ocean Condominium is one of the stops we drive past every day. Join a small group and see it in person, with a local guide who knows what to look for.
Nearby on the map
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