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#42 tallest hotel in Florida · SLS
SLS South Beach (Ritz Plaza)
Miami Beach, United States · in Ritz Plaza · completed 1940
Highest room
185 ft
about 56 m above the street
Top room floor
11th
hotel floors 1–12
Building height
204 ft
62 m · 12 floors
Typical rate
$350
per night, standard room
Dedicated hotel tower
How high is SLS South Beach?
SLS South Beach (Ritz Plaza) is an SLS hotel in Miami Beach, United States. Its highest guest rooms are on the 11th floor, roughly 185 ft (56 m) above the street: about 120 ft below the Statue of Liberty's torch.
The hotel fills Ritz Plaza, a 12-floor tower that rises 204 ft (62 m) and was completed in 1940. Guest rooms stop at floor 11, one floor below the top of the building.
It ranks #42 of the 44 hotels in our Florida ranking by highest room. In Miami Beach it ranks #6 of 6; Fontainebleau Miami Beach has the highest rooms there, at 420 ft. Among the 2 SLS hotels we track, it ranks #2.
A standard room typically costs around $350 a night, above the $250 median across the tall hotels we track. Rates swing a lot by season, so check live prices before you book.
About the hotel
The hotel occupies the Art Deco tower at 1701 Collins Avenue designed by L. Murray Dixon, which opened as the Grossinger Beach Hotel, described as the first air-conditioned hotel on Miami Beach, and reopened as the Ritz Plaza in 1946 after housing Army officers during World War II. Developer Sam Nazarian bought it in 2004 and, after a long reconstruction, reopened it as SLS South Beach in June 2012. The official SLS website currently says the hotel is closed for renovations and gives no reopening date.
How it compares
Drawn to scale: SLS South Beach and its neighbours in the Florida ranking by highest room.
More tall hotels in Miami Beach
Other Miami Beach hotels on our list, by highest room.
Fontainebleau Miami Beach (Trésor Tower)
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 420 ft
Floor 35 · 434 ft tower
The Setai Miami Beach
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 385 ft
Floor 38 · 386 ft tower
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 270 ft
Floor 16 · 272 ft tower
Eden Roc Miami Beach
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 230 ft
Floor 20 · 240 ft tower
W South Beach
🇺🇸 Miami Beach · rooms to 220 ft
Floor 19 · 230 ft tower
Other tall SLS hotels
Questions about SLS South Beach
What floor are the highest rooms at SLS South Beach?
The highest guest rooms at SLS South Beach are on the 11th floor. The hotel occupies floors 1–12 of the 12-floor building.
How high up are the rooms at SLS South Beach?
Its top-floor rooms sit roughly 185 ft (56 m) above street level, about 120 ft below the Statue of Liberty's torch. The figure is an estimate based on the floor number and the building's average floor height.
How tall is Ritz Plaza?
Ritz Plaza is 204 ft (62 m) tall, with 12 floors, and was completed in 1940.
Is SLS South Beach the tallest hotel in Miami Beach?
Not by highest room. Fontainebleau Miami Beach has higher rooms (420 ft vs 185 ft), and SLS South Beach ranks #6 of the 6 Miami Beach hotels on our list.
How much does a night at SLS South Beach cost?
Standard rooms typically run around $350 per night, though rates vary a lot by date and season.
Heights come from CTBUH, Wikipedia and the hotels themselves. The highest-room figure is the top room floor multiplied by the building's average floor height, so treat it as accurate to within a few floors. How we measure.