Anantara, the Thai resort chain that made a splash on HBO’s The White Lotus, is officially putting its name on a new 50-story condo-hotel rising over Biscayne Bay. The project, called Anantara Miami Resort & Residences, will combine hotel suites, branded private condos and resort-style units in a single Edgewater tower. Developers say this waterfront high-rise is expected to be Anantara’s first U.S. property, with an opening targeted around 2030.
According to Forbes Travel Guide, the building is slated to feature roughly 50 hotel suites, about 100 branded condominium residences and around 120 resort residences that owners can choose to place into the hotel’s rental pool. The hotel component is planned for the first three floors. The project is a joint venture between Bangkok-based Minor Hotels and Miami’s One Thousand Group.
Design, Wellness And Sky-High Amenities
Architecture duties are going to Kohn Pedersen Fox alongside ODP Architecture & Design, while Milan-based designer Patricia Urquiola is handling interiors. Plans call for a pool terrace, a top-floor helipad and a longevity-focused vitality center built around Thai-inspired wellness treatments, as reported by The Real Deal. In other words, the building is being set up to feel more like a vertical resort than a typical condo tower.
Developer Track Record And Marketing
One Thousand Group, led by Kevin Venger, Louis Birdman and Michael Konig, bought the Edgewater site in late 2024 for about $53 million and is positioning this as its third Greater Downtown Miami project after One Thousand Museum and Villa Miami. The development already has an official marketing site, Anantara Residences Miami, where the branding is front and center. Initial coverage of the Anantara deal and the condo-hotel plan was reported by the South Florida Business Journal.
What This Means For Edgewater
The Anantara project adds yet another high-end entry to Edgewater’s rapidly changing waterfront skyline and reinforces Miami’s reputation as the U.S. capital of branded residences, as noted by The Real Deal. Minor Hotels has publicly linked rising interest in its properties to exposure from The White Lotus, reporting spikes in web traffic and bookings that it says helped encourage the brand’s U.S. push, according to Minor Hotels. For Edgewater, that Hollywood halo effect could translate into yet another round of buzzed-about preconstruction sales.
