Front Elevation: Endless Appeal
Los Cabos continues to hold Americans’ popular imagination.
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•5 Las Ventanas al ParaisoLocation: In the midpoint of the corridor, approximately 15 minutes from both Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo.
Residences: 34 private residences range from one-bedroom villas to four-bedroom penthouses.
Amenities: Residences come with fireplaces, infinity plunge pools, hot tubs, and rooftop terraces. Owners have access to the resort’s yacht, spa, fitness center, two restaurants, and an 18-hole golf course.
Timeline: Resort opened in 1997; residences completed in 2004.
Pricing: Resales only, from $2 million to $7.5 million.
+52.624.144.2848, www.lasventanas-realestate.com
•6 Olamar
Location: On the beach in Cabo
San Lucas, near El Arco.
Residences: 48 units
sold as whole and fractional ownership.
Amenities:
Clubhouse features a spa, swimming
pool, and dining. Members have access to a fleet of yachts and concierge
services.
Timeline: Broke ground in 2007, with the first of five buildings slated for
completion this summer.
Pricing: Fractional ownership starts around $350,000; whole
ownership starts at $2 million.
877.757.3875, www.olamarliving.com
•7 Puerto Los Cabos
Location: On 2,000
acres near San José del Cabo.
Residences: A variety of custom homesites and mixed-use
residences. Misión La Serena, the first of six residential communities planned
within the complex, offers fractionals.
Amenities:
Two golf courses (one designed by
Greg Norman and the other by Jack Nicklaus), several beach clubs, a natural
estuary, a shopping village, six luxury hotels, a 420-slip marina, and access to
more than three miles of beach.
Timeline: Broke ground in 2004; the first phase of the
marina was completed in late 2007; build-out of the final residential
subdivision is estimated at another six to eight years. Broke ground on Misión
La Serena in 2006 and is slated for completion in early 2010.
Pricing: From $650,000 to
$8 million for whole-ownership residences. Misión La Serena’s
fractional-residence club ranges from $370,000 to $435,000, and whole-ownership
villas are priced around $4.5 million.
Puerto Los Cabos, +52.624.146.9656,
www.puertoloscabos.com;
Misión La Serena, 866.341.1190, www.misionlaserena.com
•8 Querencia
Location: Atop the corridor on
1,880 acres of mountain terrain.
Residences: 14 condos,
41 three- and four-bedroom homes, and 200 custom homesites.
Amenities: A Tom Fazio
golf course, a driving range, two club houses, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a
wine cellar, a gym, a spa, and concierge services.
Timeline:
Golf course opened in 2000; phase one
completed in 2006; phase two completed in 2007; completion slated for 2010.
Pricing: Condos from
$1.1 million; homes from more than $2 million; and homesites from $575,000.
Custom homes from $4.2 million to $12.2 million. 888.236.2229,
www.loscabosquerencia.com
•9 Villas Del Mar,
Oasis Palmilla, and Espiritu Del Mar
Location:
Three gated neighborhoods within the
1,000-acre Palmilla development near San José del Cabo.
Residences: 172 residences in
the Villas Del Mar neighborhood, 40 estate lots in the Oasis Palmilla, and 103
homes in Espiritu Del Mar.
Amenities: All residences have private swimming pools and hot
tubs and some contain outdoor kitchens. Resort amenities include access to
private jet service, a 27-hole Jack Nicklaus championship golf course, two
private clubs, a variety of restaurants and bars, and the One&Only Palmilla
resort.
Timeline: Villas Del Mar broke ground in 1995. Completion of build-out is slated
for 2008; Espiritu Del Mar and Oasis Palmilla will roll out in phases over the
next few years.
Pricing: From $1 million to $7 million for homes; from
$700,000 to $1.75 million for lots.
877.847.1662, www.villasdelmar.com, www.espiritudelmar.com, www.oasispalmilla.com
