“In Sanskrit, Anantara means “without end.” In America, it begins here.”
Six hundred and fifty feet above Biscayne Bay, at the precise point where Edgewater, the Design District, and Wynwood converge, a 50-story tower is preparing to do something no building in the United States has done before: carry the Anantara name.
For a quarter century, the Thai-rooted hospitality brand has built its reputation in the Maldives, Phuket, Venice, and the deserts of Abu Dhabi — everywhere, it seemed, except America. That changes at 3601 Biscayne Boulevard, and it changes the conversation around luxury condos for sale in Edgewater, Miami.
Anantara Residences Miami: The First Anantara Address in America
The First Anantara in North America
Anantara opened its first resort in Hua Hin, Thailand, in 2001 and now operates more than 50 hotels under parent company Minor Hotels, a Bangkok-based group with over 640 properties in 63 countries. If the name feels suddenly familiar to American audiences, there is a reason: three Anantara resorts on Koh Samui and Phuket served as the filming locations for the third season of HBO’s The White Lotus — an accidental, continent-wide introduction that no marketing budget could have purchased.
The developer bringing the brand ashore is One Thousand Group — Louis Birdman, Michael Konig, and Kevin Venger — a Miami partnership with more than 10 million square feet and $8 billion in completed projects. Their portfolio includes One Thousand Museum, the first and final residential skyscraper designed by the late Dame Zaha Hadid, as well as Four Seasons Residences Brickell, Regalia, Paramount on the Bay, Ten Museum Park, and Villa Miami, now under construction.
This is a team that has already delivered a brand-defining tower to the Miami skyline once; Anantara Residences Miami is their attempt to do it again — this time with a hotel operator running the building’s daily life. The program is genuinely mixed-use in a way few Miami towers are: 100 private branded condominium residences, 120 turnkey resort residences, and 50 five-star hotel suites, stacked within a single tower and unified by Anantara’s service culture — the Thai philosophy of nam jai, “water from the heart.”
Ownership, hospitality, and wellness are not adjacent functions here; they are the same function, operated by the same brand.
The Building & Architecture
The tower is designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox — the firm behind One Vanderbilt in New York, Lotte World Tower in Seoul, and the Shanghai World Financial Center — with KPF principal Rob Whitlock as lead designer and Miami’s ODP Architecture & Design as architect of record.
The silhouette is fluid rather than extruded: continuous balcony lines wrap the shaft, and the podium is clad in a lattice of precision-crafted metal whose geometry is drawn from the thatched grid of a palm frond. It is an unusually literal piece of biomimicry for Biscayne Boulevard, and in Miami’s hard afternoon light the surface reads differently from dawn to dusk — which is precisely the point.
Interiors are by Studio Urquiola of Milan, the practice founded by Patricia Urquiola, whose hospitality portfolio includes Il Sereno on Lake Como, Mandarin Oriental Barcelona, and Six Senses Rome. Anantara Residences Miami is its first residential project in the United States — a design-world event in its own right. Her brief runs deep into the units themselves: Urquiola-designed faucets, fixtures, and optional furniture packages, set against stone, tile, and wood selections chosen for warmth rather than gloss.
Landscape design comes from P Landscape of Bangkok, with EDSA as landscape architect of record — more than 30,000 square feet of Thai-inspired gardens, reflection ponds, and a rooftop park forming a two-acre planted sanctuary within the podium.
The building deliberately separates its populations: hotel guests, resort-residence owners, and private-residence owners each arrive through distinct lobbies off an experiential motor court, and the condominium floors sit entirely above the hotel. The project is designed to Florida Green Building standards and aligned with International WELL Building and Fitwel principles — environmental credentials stated as design targets, not achieved certifications, which is worth understanding before the contract.
Residences & Pricing
The residential offering divides into two tiers with two different logics.
The Condominium Residences — 100 homes on the tower’s upper floors, crowned by duplex penthouses — come in three- to six-bedroom plans configured as quarter-floor, half-floor, and full-floor layouts, with private and secure arrival lobbies dedicated exclusively to residents.
The Resort Residences below them are one- and two-bedroom turnkey homes with an option most Edgewater buildings cannot offer: enrollment in Anantara’s hotel-managed rental program, which places the residence into the hotel’s inventory when the owner is away. One tier is built for permanence; the other is built for flexibility and income.
Finishes are specified rather than implied:
- Kitchens — Studio Urquiola–designed European cabinetry with stone countertops and backsplashes, Wolf appliance packages with dual-fuel ranges, built-in Sub-Zero refrigeration and wine storage, and — in a detail that says more about the building’s wellness thesis than any brochure line — an available in-kitchen herb-grow option.
- Primary baths — oversized and spa-styled, with large soaking tubs, rain showers, private water closets, and in-suite sauna and red-light therapy options.
- Every plan — floor-to-ceiling energy-efficient glazing, deep terraces, and flex-space options for offices, libraries, or dedicated well-being rooms.
For anyone looking to buy a pre-construction condo in Edgewater, the entry point is notable among luxury condos for sale in Edgewater, Miami: preliminary pricing opens below $2,000,000 — a level at which branded residences Miami-wide rarely start, particularly with a hospitality operator of this standing attached.
| Residence Type | Interior Sq. Ft. | Price From |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Bedroom / 1 Bath | 853–1,034 sq. ft. | $1,525,000* |
| 2 Bedroom / 2.5 Bath | 1,580 sq. ft. | $2,800,000* |
| 3 Bedroom / 3.5 Bath | 2,684–3,000 sq. ft. | $4,800,000* |
| 4 Bedroom / 4.5 Bath | 3,192–3,600 sq. ft. | $6,000,000* |
| 5 Bedroom / 5.5 Bath | 5,346 sq. ft. | $13,000,000* |
*Pricing is preliminary developer guidance as of mid-2026 and subject to change without notice; a formal deposit schedule has not yet been published.
Amenities — 130,000 Square Feet, Operated Like a Resort
The amenity program spans more than 130,000 square feet of interior and exterior space, serviced end-to-end by Anantara Hotels & Resorts — which means the spa therapist, the sommelier, and the estate manager all answer to the same standard.
The stack is organized vertically: hotel amenities and the Sunrise Pool on Level 5; the Vitality & Longevity Center on Level 6; a full floor of residents-only amenities on Level 7; and a private helipad on the roof at Level 50, with charter access to the Florida Keys, Palm Beach, and the Bahamas.
The Vitality & Longevity Center
Spanning over 30,000 square feet overlooking the bay, the Vitality & Longevity Center is the building’s real argument — a residential wellness facility programmed like a longevity clinic rather than a condo gym.
- Movement — a Technogym-equipped strength studio, Pilates reformer studio, indoor and outdoor yoga spaces, and boxing and Muay Thai training.
- Vitality — cryotherapy, a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, an IV vitamin and peptide lounge, colonic hydrotherapy, a phlebotomy lounge with advanced diagnostics, and functional muscular and skeletal testing.
- Rest & recovery — a Himalayan salt hammam, an experiential rain-shower room, red-light therapy zones, multiple hot and cold therapy pools, and a thalasso therapy pool.
- Nutrition — a dedicated center serving juices, tonics, and medicinal teas.
This is not a spa with ambitions; it is a clinic with a view.
Private Resident Amenities
Level 7 belongs to condominium owners alone — 25,000 square feet of private space, seven levels above the city:
- An expansive private pool with hot and cold plunge pools, a lushly landscaped sun deck, a residents’ club room, wine room and tasting lounge, private dining room, multimedia theater, game room, and children’s playroom.
- A serious work program: private conference room, video-conference pods, and a podcast studio.
- And, for a certain kind of buyer, the amenity that settles the decision is an on-premise bank vault with safe deposit boxes.
Nam Jai services extend into the residences themselves: an on-site estate manager, 24-hour valet, private house car, scented towel service on arrival, beach club access, dog grooming and walking, property maintenance while traveling, and — in the brand’s most Anantara flourish — stargazing experiences arranged on request.
Edgewater — Between the Bay and the Design District
Edgewater is the last Miami neighborhood where the water, the galleries, and the airport all sit within a ten-minute radius — and this site occupies its gateway.
- The bayfront is a two-minute walk east; Margaret Pace Park and its waterfront running trails are a seven-minute jog south.
- The Miami Design District — Hermès, Dior, the Institute of Contemporary Art — is a five-minute walk north, and Wynwood Walls is a six-minute bike ride west.
- Dinner options define the corridor: COTE Miami, the Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse, is a six-minute drive; Mandolin Aegean Bistro in Buena Vista is a five-minute bike ride; Pura Vida is a six-minute walk; KYU’s wood-fired kitchen in Wynwood is eight minutes by bike.
- Culture follows the same arc — Pérez Art Museum Miami and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts are each about nine minutes by car.
- Miami International Airport is a ten-minute drive outside rush hour, Miami Beach roughly ten minutes across the bay via the Julia Tuttle Causeway, PortMiami thirteen, and Bal Harbour Shops fifteen.
For waterfront condos on Biscayne Bay, the connectivity math is difficult to beat.
What Edgewater does not offer is worth stating plainly. The site sits where Biscayne Boulevard, NE 36th Street, and I-95 converge — connectivity is the entire point of the address, and quiet is not part of the bargain at street level. This is bayfront, not beachfront: the sand is a drive, not a stroll.
And Edgewater will remain one of Miami’s most active construction corridors well into the next decade, with cranes as much a part of the skyline as palms. Among luxury condos for sale in Edgewater, Miami, buyers choosing this address are choosing its energy, with the tower itself — its gardens, podium, and glazing — engineered as a retreat from it.
A Saturday in Edgewater
The neighborhood starts at the water. Before eight on a Saturday, Margaret Pace Park belongs to the dog people and the paddleboarders — the bay flat as poured glass, the first boards sliding off the seawall while downtown’s towers still hold the night’s haze.
- By half past nine, there is a line out the door at Pura Vida on Biscayne, all athleisure and açaí bowls, and nobody seems to mind the wait because the wait is part of the ritual.
- Midday drifts north into Buena Vista, where Mandolin Aegean Bistro sets its tables in a blue-and-white courtyard under a pergola of vines; they take their time — the whole point is that they take their time, and a long Greek lunch dissolves into an afternoon among the Design District’s galleries and Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome in Palm Court.
One honest note: crossing Biscayne Boulevard on foot at NE 36th is an exercise in patience — the signal favors the cars, and in August the crosswalk radiates heat you can feel through your shoes. Locals time their crossings the way sailors time tides.
Evening comes back to the water. Casadonna pours negronis on its bayfront terrace inside the restored 1926 Miami Women’s Club building, the anchor lights of Star Island blinking across the channel — or the night bends west to Wynwood, where the smell of KYU’s wood-fired grill reaches the sidewalk half a block before the door.
Sunday, the park again. The rhythm repeats, and that is the appeal: Edgewater is not a neighborhood you visit in a weekend. It is one you fall into.
Investment Perspective
Two structural forces frame the investment case:
- The first is the branded-residence premium: according to the Knight Frank Branded Residences Report, branded product commands an average price premium of 31% over comparable unbranded inventory in the same submarket — and that premium has historically been strongest for a brand’s first entry into a new territory, which is exactly what this tower represents.
There is no other Anantara address in the United States, and there will be no earlier one.
The brand behind the premium is independently rated, not self-declared: Travel + Leisure ranked Anantara among the world’s ten best hotel brands in its 2025 World’s Best Awards, and the Michelin Guide has recognized the portfolio with eleven Michelin Keys plus three starred restaurants across its European hotels — the kind of third-party validation that hotel-branded resale values ultimately trade on.
- The second force is view protection: the site is the northernmost meaningful waterfront high-rise parcel on the Edgewater corridor, with no tower to the north positioned to interrupt the bay panorama — a scarcity written into the map rather than the marketing.
Within Edgewater’s own pipeline, the distinctions are concrete:
- The EDITION Residences, Miami Edgewater carries a hotel brand’s name but is a residences-only building — there is no operating hotel on the property delivering daily service.
- Missoni Baia offers a fashion house’s aesthetic identity without any hospitality operator running the building’s day-to-day.
- Aria Reserve delivers bayfront scale across its twin towers but is unbranded entirely.
Anantara Residences Miami is the only project in the corridor that combines an operating five-star hotel, an owner rental-pool program, and a medical-grade longevity facility under one roof — and the rental-pool structure gives the lower tier an income optionality that pure condominiums cannot replicate.
Frequently Asked Questions
When will Anantara Residences Miami be completed?
Minor Hotels has announced an expected opening in 2030, while current brokerage guidance places residential delivery closer to the fourth quarter of 2031. Development timelines routinely shift; buyers should confirm the current construction schedule with the sales team before planning financing or occupancy.
Can I rent out my residence?
It depends on the tier. Owners in the resort tier may opt into Anantara’s hotel-managed program, generating income when the home is unoccupied. For the private condominium tier, rental eligibility is governed by HOA documents that are finalized before closing — buyers with investment intent should confirm the policy in writing before executing a contract.
What is the difference between a Condominium Residence and a Resort Residence?
The condominium tier occupies the upper portion of the tower with larger three- to six-bedroom plans, dedicated private lobbies, and an exclusive amenity floor — built for full-time or seasonal owners. The resort tier offers smaller turnkey homes with hotel-style flexibility, appealing to buyers who want an Anantara base in Miami that can work financially in their absence.
Who is designing the interiors?
Studio Urquiola, the Milan practice of Patricia Urquiola — confirmed by the developer, not merely rumored. It is her first residential commission in the United States, following a hospitality portfolio that includes some of Europe’s most photographed hotels. Her scope extends to kitchens, bath fixtures, faucets, and optional in-residence furniture packages.
Who stands behind the Anantara brand?
Anantara is the flagship experiential-luxury brand of Minor Hotels, one of Asia’s largest hospitality groups, headquartered in Bangkok and led by founder William E. Heinecke. The brand built its name on destination resorts across Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, and Europe before selecting Miami for its American debut.
Is Anantara Residences Miami a good investment?
The case rests on scarcity and services rather than speculation: a first-of-brand address that cannot be duplicated, a bay panorama protected by geography, hotel-grade operations that support both resale narrative and rental demand, and an income option on the resort tier. None of this substitutes for independent due diligence, which any early-cycle buyer should complete before entering into a contract.
How does it compare with other new condos in Edgewater?
It is the only tower in the neighborhood to pair an operating five-star hotel with a full-service longevity facility and private residences. At the same time, neighboring branded projects offer the name without the operations. For a detailed side-by-side against specific Edgewater and Miami Beach alternatives, contact Bogatov Realty directly.
Who Anantara Residences Miami Is For
This is not a building for buyers who need sand at the doorstep or silence at the curb.
It is for the owner who wants the hotel downstairs and the helicopter upstairs; for the physician-adjacent wellness devotee who reads “hyperbaric chamber” as a feature rather than a curiosity.
It is for the global family that already knows the brand from the Maldives and wants it on this side of the world — and for the investor who understands that a brand’s first American address is printed only once. Everyone else has an entire tower of company to choose from, which, in a building this considered, is rather the point.
“The name promises no ending. This is the beginning.”
To review current availability and floor plans at Anantara Residences Miami, or to compare them with other pre-construction condos in Edgewater, contact a Bogatov Realty advisor or submit an inquiry on this page. Prices, plans, and specifications are preliminary, provided by the developer’s sales program as of mid-2026, and subject to change without notice. This is not an offering; the offering is made only by the developer’s offering documents pursuant to Section 718.503, Florida Statutes.