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Branded residence news: March and April 2026

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April 30, 2026 · 8 min read

Branded residence news: March and April 2026

March and April 2026 brought eleven stories: six announcements and sales launches, one finished tower and four milestones in construction and financing. Seven came from the Americas, five of them in Florida, two from Europe, in Tuscany and London, and two from Asia Pacific, in Chengdu and Kathmandu.

Europe

Tuscany. Corinthia Hotels announced on 1 April 2026 that it will develop, lease and operate a resort with branded residences at Borgo di Perolla, with Gaetano Buglisi's BGenera Group. The resort sits on the Perolla Estate, which dates from the 13th century and covers 1,300 hectares near Massa Marittima, and will have 80 keys, including suites and private villas, designed by the Milan-based alErta design studio. Opening is planned for the end of 2030. The number of residences, their sizes and prices have not been announced. It will be Corinthia's third Italian property, after Corinthia Rome, which opened in March 2026, and Corinthia Lake Como, scheduled for 2028.

Corinthia plans resort and residences on Tuscany's Perolla Estate · Corinthia Hotels

London. The Whiteley, the Grade II listed building in Bayswater, west London, reached practical completion in April 2026 after an eight-year transformation, according to the developers, a joint venture of MARK and C C Land. The 109-key Six Senses London, the brand's first hotel in the United Kingdom, opened in the building in March. There are 139 homes, 14 of them Six Senses London residences; off-plan sales reached £600 million, and asking prices run from about £2.3m to £39.5m (2026). Savills puts average values of £3,600 per sq ft at a 200% premium over the surrounding Bayswater market. Six Senses also has residences in Courchevel, Kitzbühel and Comporta.

Americas

Guadalajara. Hilton and Grupo Imobiliario GFA announced on 19 March 2026 Waldorf Astoria Residences Guadalajara, a 128-metre, 30-storey tower of 114 homes from 91 m² to 351 m², designed by Gensler with interiors by Cuaik Architects. According to the announcement, it will be the first standalone Waldorf Astoria branded residences in Mexico, the Caribbean and Latin America, with no hotel attached. Completion is expected in winter 2029, according to the developer, and no prices have been announced. It joins 29 operating or planned Waldorf Astoria residential properties worldwide, among them New York, Miami and Dubai Downtown.

Waldorf Astoria Residences Guadalajara announced: 114 homes · © 2026 Hilton

West Palm Beach. Banyan Group announced on 25 March 2026 the launch of sales at Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach, in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida: according to the group, its first residential project in the United States. Mast Capital is developing it with a co-developer. The 26-storey tower holds 88 residences of one to four bedrooms plus a small collection of penthouses, each a corner home with a wraparound terrace, designed by OMA with interiors by Yabu Pushelberg. Prices start from about $1.9m (2026); no completion date was given. Banyan Tree residences are concentrated in Asia, with Riverside Bangkok, and the brand has moved into Spain with Padilla Madrid and Mexico with Cabo Marques.

Sales open at Banyan Tree Residences West Palm Beach · Banyan Group

Tampa. Related Group announced on 1 April 2026 that Tower II of The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Tampa is complete and residents are moving in. The tower at 5000 Bayshore Boulevard, on Hillsborough Bay, has 94 condominiums and five villas with floor plans of up to 5,700 sq ft, and joins Tower I, with 100 residences, finished earlier. The project's site describes the residences as 90% sold, with ten left, priced from $1.89 million to $7.85 million (2026). There is no hotel attached. Tampa joins a run of Ritz-Carlton residences on Florida's Gulf coast, including Sarasota, Naples and Estero Bay.

Brickell, Miami. Construction of Cipriani Residences Miami reached 872 feet in April 2026, making it, for the moment, the tallest residential tower in Miami, Florida YIMBY reported. The 80-storey tower at 1420 South Miami Avenue, developed by Mast Capital and designed by Arquitectonica, is expected to reach about 950 feet. It will have 397 residences of one to four bedrooms from $1.8m (2026), with the Canaletto Collection on the highest floors from $4.1m (2026), and completion is expected in 2027. Other branded towers in the city include The St. Regis Residences, Miami, due in 2027, and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami, due in 2030.

Barbados. The developers of Pendry Barbados topped off the hotel and residences on 22 April 2026, completing the primary structural phase of the project, Barbados Today reported; the Prime Minister, Mia Mottley, attended the ceremony. The resort in St Peter, on the island's north-west coast, is Pendry's first international project and combines about 80 oceanfront guest rooms with 46 residences, a marina with 110 berths and the Pendry Yacht Club. The residences have two to five bedrooms, with interiors by RH, and start at $2.7m (2026). Aecon Construction Group is building the project, and completion is scheduled for 2027.

Pendry Barbados tops off ahead of a 2027 opening · Pendry Residences Barbados

Edgewater, Miami. Minor Hotels announced in April 2026 that Anantara will make its United States debut with Anantara Miami Resort & Residences, a 50-storey, 650-foot tower at 3601 Biscayne Boulevard, with One Thousand Group as developer partner. It will hold 100 private branded condominium residences, 120 resort residences and 50 hotel suites, and owners will have the option to place their units in a rental pool. Kohn Pedersen Fox, with ODP Architecture & Design, are the architects, and Patricia Urquiola is designing the interiors. Opening is planned for 2030, and public sales were expected later in 2026 through ONE Sotheby's International Realty. Anantara's hotels include Anantara Chiang Mai Resort; nearby branded projects include EDITION Residences, Miami Edgewater and Four Seasons Private Residences Miami, Downtown.

Anantara plans a resort and residences tower in Miami's Edgewater · One Thousand Group / Anantara Residences Miami

Sunny Isles Beach. Fortune International Group and Château Group announced in April 2026 that they had closed a $113.75m land loan from City National Bank of Florida for the North Tower of The St. Regis Residences, Sunny Isles Beach. The North Tower will add 150 residences and is expected to break ground in summer 2026. The South Tower has 170 residences, few of them still for sale according to the developers, and is scheduled for completion in 2028. The remaining homes start at about $5m (2026). The building is wholly residential, with St. Regis butler service and no hotel. Other St. Regis residences in South Florida include The Residences at The St. Regis Bal Harbour, completed in 2012.

The St. Regis Residences, Sunny Isles Beach

Asia Pacific

Chengdu. Corinthia Hotels announced on 20 March 2026 that it had signed a hotel and branded residences in Chengdu with ShiLong Industry Co and The Geminus Group; according to Corinthia, these will be its first branded residences in China. The 225-metre mixed-use tower in the Gaoxin District, at the junction of Tianfu Avenue and Tianfu First Street, will hold about 150 rooms and suites and 60 branded residences for sale. Opening is scheduled for 2032. The announcement did not give unit sizes, prices, a sales date or the name of the architect, and sales have not formally begun.

Corinthia signs Chengdu hotel with 60 branded residences · Corinthia Hotels

Kathmandu. The foundation stone for The Ritz-Carlton Kathmandu was laid on 27 March 2026 in Thamel. CG Hospitality Global, part of Nepal's Chaudhary Group, is developing the project with local investors, and the investment is estimated at $100 million. According to the developer, the project will have a 150-room hotel together with branded residential units, a business complex and a casino, on a nine-ropani plot near Darbar Marg. Unit numbers, sizes and prices for the residences have not been released, so for a would-be buyer there is nothing to reserve yet.

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