Some of what a residence comes with sits outside its walls. At Banyan Tree Residences, here is how those spaces are held, and why the declaration matters more than the floor plan.
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A Florida condominium like Banyan Tree Residences splits the building three ways: the residence, which is yours; the common elements, which all owners share; and between them the limited common elements, common property reserved for one residence or a few. Terraces, storage rooms, private elevator landings, cabanas and parking spaces often fall here. The declaration decides which is which, and that decides who repairs and insures each space.
Banyan Tree Residences: The homes are as the dossier records.
Read it against the Kempinski Residences Miami Design District dossier for the nearest comparison.
Some are fixed in the declaration to a named residence. Others are assigned by the developer during sales, by recorded instrument and often for an added price. Some declarations let owners trade an assigned space with notice to the association; others forbid it. Ask for the exhibit at Banyan Tree Residences that lists your assignment. A storage room promised in an email is not assigned until the paper says so.
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.
A storage room at Banyan Tree Residences comes with rules: what may be kept, with flammables usually barred; access hours; who holds a key; whether it is cooled. Contents are the owner’s to insure. Ask whether the room is caged or walled, above the flood line, and charged in the budget.
Banyan Tree Residences: A full floor of wellness and spa: reflection and meditation garden, treatment rooms, rainforest showers, hammam, steam, sauna, soaking baths, cold plunge, cryotherapy, meditation dome, ice fountain; signature pool and cabanas; juice bar; garden bar and lounge; open-air cinema; golf simulator; speakeasy; rooftop amenity deck; children’s discovery garden; pet retreat; putting green.
Many declarations charge the upkeep of a limited common element to the owner who uses it. Enclosing a terrace or adding heavy planters or a hot tub needs the board’s consent and often an engineer’s letter. At resale an assigned space normally passes with the residence; a separately sold one may not. The desk asks which spaces come with a residence at Banyan Tree Residences, on which exhibit, and whether any can be sold apart from it.
If it is not in the exhibit, it is not yours. It is a hope drawn on a plan.
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.
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