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Inside the ownership model at Banyan Tree Residences: the unit, the association and the name on the door

A condominium is three ownerships stacked on one another. This is how they stack at Banyan Tree Residences, and where each one is written down.

This page is a framework. Whether the building suits you is a separate conversation. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current position on any building we cover.

Who This Is For

Written for the buyer’s counsel.

Banyan Tree Residences is at 400 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; downtown, moments from the Intracoastal Waterway, near Worth Avenue, CityPlace and Royal Poinciana Plaza. Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison. This page is the buyer’s counsel’s reading of it, as a framework to verify, never as a finding.

The record, in the developer’s words: Development: 400 Hibiscus Acquisitions, LLC; presented as Mast Capital and Curated JCZM Development. Brand: Banyan Tree (Banyan Group); owners join The Sanctuary Club with priority access and preferred rates across more than 100 Banyan Group properties in more than 20 countries; a dedicated 24-hour host and service team trained in Banyan Tree hospitality. Architecture: OMA (architecture); Yabu Pushelberg (interiors); Enea Landscape Architecture. Position: 400 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; downtown, moments from the Intracoastal Waterway, near Worth Avenue, CityPlace and Royal Poinciana Plaza.

Compare as you read: Alba Palm Beach and Edgeworth answer the same questions differently, and the desk holds the documents for all three.

Who Owns What

The developer entity, the brand, the association.

400 Hibiscus Acquisitions, LLC; presented as Mast Capital and Curated JCZM Development. Banyan Tree (Banyan Group); owners join The Sanctuary Club with priority access and preferred rates across more than 100 Banyan Group properties in more than 20 countries; a dedicated 24-hour host and service team trained in Banyan Tree hospitality The association is created by the declaration and is owned by the unit owners from turnover; until then the developer controls it.

Three parties, three sets of rights. The purchase agreement binds you to the first; the licence binds the building to the second; the declaration binds you to the third for as long as you own.

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What A Unit Owner Actually Holds

The unit, an undivided share, and a vote.

A condominium unit is the air and finishes inside the walls; the walls, the structure, the amenities and the land are common elements owned in undivided shares. The share sets your vote and your slice of every budget and every assessment.

For Banyan Tree Residences: 88 private residences plus a penthouse collection: one- to four-bedroom corner residences with wraparound terraces, 10-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling impact glass, direct elevator entry in most; Yabu Pushelberg kitchens with Sub-Zero and Wolf; primary baths with rain shower and sculptural freestanding tubs; the denominator of every assessment is that count, weighted as the declaration sets it.

The Brand Layer, Legally

A licence, not a deed.

Banyan Tree (Banyan Group); owners join The Sanctuary Club with priority access and preferred rates across more than 100 Banyan Group properties in more than 20 countries; a dedicated 24-hour host and service team trained in Banyan Tree hospitality. A licence has a term, a fee and an exit. The name on the building is not an asset the owners hold; it is a contract the association or the developer holds, and it can end.

You own the unit. You share the building. You rent the name.

Turnover

When the owners take the association.

Florida law transfers control of the association from the developer to the owners on a schedule tied to sales; at turnover the owners receive the books, the contracts and the reserves as the developer left them. The first owner board inherits the management contract, the brand licence and the budget. Ask what the developer will hand over, and when.

The Ownership Model Checklist

Six documents.

The declaration and bylaws. The purchase agreement. The estimated first budget and the reserve schedule. The management or brand agreement and its term. The rules on leasing, guests and pets. The turnover provisions.

Sources

What this note rests on.

Developer materials for Banyan Tree Residences as carried on the live dossier, verified September 2026. Compiled by the desk at Miami Dossier; figures are approximate and the developer’s.

The Shift

What the desk holds on Banyan Tree Residences

Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the documents behind every line here, read one to one with you and your buyer’s counsel.

The plans by line, and which lines are left. The developer’s current release, not the brochure’s.
The deposit schedule. Proportions, trigger dates, and where the money sits.
What the sales gallery will not volunteer. The view lines that close, the floors that trade first, the association budget.
Where we would not proceed. Sometimes the answer is a different building. Sometimes it is not yet.

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Common Questions

What the buyer’s counsel asks

What is the ownership model for?
A framework of what to verify and where the answers sit, for one reader in the buyer’s circle; never a finding.
Is this a finding about Banyan Tree Residences?
No. It is a diligence framework: the questions to ask and where the answers sit. The developer’s documents and your own advisers give the answers.
Which buildings compare with Banyan Tree Residences on these questions?
Alba Palm Beach, Edgeworth answer the same questions in their own documents; the desk compares them one to one.
Where do the answers sit for Banyan Tree Residences?
In the purchase agreement, the offering documents, the association budget and the developer’s published materials; the desk reads them with buyers before contract.
Is this legal, tax or insurance advice?
No. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.
Can the desk walk this file for Banyan Tree Residences with my adviser?
Yes, one to one, with the documents on the table.
Who is the developer of Banyan Tree Residences?
400 Hibiscus Acquisitions, LLC; presented as Mast Capital and Curated JCZM Development.
Where is Banyan Tree Residences?
400 Hibiscus Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401; downtown, moments from the Intracoastal Waterway, near Worth Avenue, CityPlace and Royal Poinciana Plaza.
How many residences does Banyan Tree Residences have?
88 private residences plus a penthouse collection: one- to four-bedroom corner residences with wraparound terraces, 10-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling impact glass, direct elevator entry in most; Yabu Pushelberg kitchens with Sub-Zero and Wolf; primary baths with rain shower and sculptural freestanding tubs.
Who designed Banyan Tree Residences?
OMA (architecture); Yabu Pushelberg (interiors); Enea Landscape Architecture.
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Before You Act On Any Of This

Before you act on any of this

We hold no listings and we are not the developer. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier and we will tell you what applies to your situation, what does not, and where we would not proceed. For counsel that means the declaration before the deed. Where a question is legal, tax or structuring, we introduce you to advisers who handle that properly rather than answering it ourselves.

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Who answers this page

The Miami Dossier team works for the buyer, not the developer. Every agent on Samuel Strauch’s team represents buyers in Miami pre-construction.

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