For the New York household moving to West Palm Beach for good, who needs a home that works from the first week and a move that holds up on paper.
This page explains. Whether the building suits you is a separate conversation. Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current position on any building we cover.
For a New York household moving full time, the answer turns on your date. Alba Palm Beach is finished and ready now, with 55 homes on the Intracoastal. Olara delivers in phases from late 2026 and runs like a full-service doorman building, with 275 homes. South Flagler House, by Robert A.M. Stern, delivers in March 2027 and has rooms for children. Banyan Tree Residences has no published date. None publishes an entry price; pricing is released on request.
The same five questions, from the developers' published material.
Alba Palm Beach. Price point: no published entry price. Delivery: completed June 2026, immediate occupancy, a very limited final inventory. Unit mix: 55 residences, two to four bedroom condominiums plus two and three storey townhomes, 1,778 to more than 4,500 square feet. Position: 4714 North Flagler Drive, on the west bank of the Intracoastal, facing Palm Beach Island, with a private dock. Operator: BGI Companies with Blue Road; no hotel brand.
Olara. Price point: no published entry price. Delivery: phased, late 2026 through 2028; construction had reached floor 15 in August 2026. Unit mix: 275 residences of two to four bedrooms plus den, across 26 storeys. Position: 1919 North Flagler Drive, on the Intracoastal, with Currie Park and the NORA District walkable, per the developer. Operator: Savanna, a New York investment manager, with dining by Jose Andres Group.
South Flagler House. Price point: no published entry price. Delivery: March 2027, reported on track, after topping out in November 2025. Unit mix: two towers of 28 storeys on 3.4 acres; the Park Residences on floors one to three run one and two bedrooms, about 1,800 to 3,000 square feet, about 80 percent sold. Position: 1355 South Flagler Drive, facing the Intracoastal, Palm Beach Island and Worth Avenue. Operator: Related Ross.
Banyan Tree Residences. Price point: no published entry price. Delivery: no date in the filed materials. Unit mix: 88 residences plus a penthouse collection, one to four bedroom corner homes with wraparound terraces. Position: 400 Hibiscus Street, downtown, near CityPlace, Worth Avenue and Royal Poinciana Plaza. Operator: Banyan Tree, with a 24 hour host team.
A relocation has a date that rarely moves: a school year, a new office, a lease that ends. Read the buildings against yours.
Alba is the only one finished. A buyer can close and move in, which is why its last homes are the shortest route from a Manhattan lease to a Florida address. Olara's first phase is due from late 2026, so ask which phase your line belongs to; a home in the last phase may not be ready until 2028. South Flagler House gives March 2027. Banyan Tree publishes no date, and Edgeworth, Related Ross's next tower at 1155 South Flagler Drive, anticipates closings in the second quarter of 2030; see where Edgeworth sits.
If your date falls before delivery, rent first and buy for the building you want. Read the outside completion date in the purchase agreement before you plan a school year around it.
Familiar. Olara reads most like a Manhattan full-service building: a 24 hour doorman, valet and security, a resident manager and concierge, and a 24/7 medical concierge by Sollis Health. South Flagler House is the only residential high-rise in Palm Beach County designed by Robert A.M. Stern, classic in its architecture, with a library and card room, a children's playroom and a teen lounge. The developer behind Olara is itself a New York firm.
Different. You will drive more. Olara assigns two full sized parking spaces with EV capability to each home, which tells you how residents live. Water is part of daily life: Alba has a private dock with slips for owners and no fixed bridges between it and the Atlantic, and Olara has a private marina with a captained fishing boat and a cruising yacht for residents. And the island is across the water. Every building on our file sits on the mainland, looking at Palm Beach Island; Worth Avenue is minutes away.
Our page on the best waterfront new condos in West Palm Beach reads the same buildings for a boat owner, and Olara or South Flagler House sets the two largest side by side.
Buying a home in Florida does not by itself end New York residence. As our page on moving from New York and changing domicile explains, New York has two tests: domicile, and statutory residence, which applies when you keep a permanent place to live in New York and spend more than 183 days in the state. Keeping the New York apartment is where many moves fail.
On the Florida side, the common steps are to live in the home, file a Declaration of Domicile with the clerk of the circuit court in Palm Beach County under section 222.17 of the Florida Statutes, change your driver licence, vehicles and voter registration, and claim the homestead exemption. Homestead needs a home you own and live in on January 1, so a pre-construction delivery date decides your first homestead year. Our page on whether buying makes you a Florida resident sets out the sequence. Your tax adviser applies it to your facts.
Alba suits the household that must move now and wants a small building on the water with a boat at the door. You give up choice, since only the final homes remain.
Olara suits the New Yorker who wants a doorman building with a full service program and room to grow, two to four bedrooms plus den. You give up a small-building feel, and you take a phase date rather than one date.
South Flagler House suits the family that wants a 2027 date, permanent architecture and rooms for children and teenagers. You give up most of the choice in the Park Residences, about 80 percent sold.
Banyan Tree suits the buyer who wants downtown, near shops and restaurants, with a full wellness floor and resort privileges that travel. You give up a published date.
See whether South Flagler House is worth it, whether Olara is worth it, whether Alba is worth it and what the Banyan Tree brand does. If you are still weighing Miami itself, read Miami vs Palm Beach for a second home and relocating to Miami with a family. For the island question, read West Palm Beach or Palm Beach for new construction; for a seasonal plan, living part-time in West Palm Beach or Juno Beach; and for the papers, the ownership file for a West Palm Beach condo. The desk lays the four buildings against your move date, with the plans by line and the delivery terms in each contract; our note on who to call when buying in West Palm Beach explains how.
Contact the desk at Miami Dossier for the current plans, pricing and availability as the developer releases them, discussed one to one.
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Samuel Strauch is the owner of Metrik Real Estate. His team of agents represents buyers in Miami pre-construction.
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