For the buyer who has decided on West Palm Beach and now needs a date, and wants to know what buying at each stage of construction actually costs in choice and in certainty.
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.
Alba Palm Beach first: completed June 2026, immediate occupancy, with only the developer's final inventory left. Olara next, in phases from late 2026 through 2028, with construction at floor 15 in August 2026, so the date depends on the line. South Flagler House has one published date, March 2027, after topping out in November 2025. Banyan Tree Residences publishes no completion date. Edgeworth is the far end: pre-sales launched March 2026, construction starts in 2027, closings anticipated in the second quarter of 2030. None of the five publishes a price; all are quoted through the desk. The rule that holds across the five is simple. The sooner the key, the fewer the lines to choose from and the more the money due now.
The same five questions, from the developers' published material:
Alba Palm Beach. Price point: released on request. Delivery: completed June 2026, immediate occupancy, very limited final developer inventory. Unit mix: 55 residences, two to four bedrooms plus two and three storey townhomes, 1,778 to more than 4,500 square feet. Position: 4714 N. Flagler Drive, west bank of the Intracoastal, private dock with slips, no fixed bridges to the Atlantic. Operator or brand: none; BGI Companies with Blue Road.
Olara. Price point: released on request. Delivery: construction at floor 15 as of August 2026, phased delivery late 2026 through 2028. Unit mix: 275 residences of two to four bedrooms plus den across 26 storeys. Position: 1919 N Flagler Drive on the Intracoastal with a private marina. Operator or brand: none; Savanna, with construction by SavCon and Gilbane.
South Flagler House. Price point: released on request. Delivery: under construction, topped out November 2025, delivery March 2027, reported on track. Unit mix: two towers of 28 storeys; the Park Residences on floors one to three, one and two bedrooms of about 1,800 to 3,000 square feet, about 80 percent sold. Position: 1355 South Flagler Drive on 3.4 acres facing the Intracoastal. Operator or brand: none; Related Ross, Robert A.M. Stern Architects.
Banyan Tree Residences. Price point: released on request. Delivery: pre-construction, completion date not published. Unit mix: 88 residences plus a penthouse collection, one to four bedrooms. Position: 400 Hibiscus Street, downtown. Operator or brand: Banyan Tree, with a developer-published deposit schedule of May 2026.
Edgeworth. Price point: released on request. Delivery: pre-sales launched March 2026, construction starts 2027, closings anticipated second quarter 2030. Unit mix: not published in the intake materials. Position: 1155 S Flagler Drive on the waterfront. Operator or brand: none; Related Ross, with a fully refundable reservation deposit now.
The best waterfront new condos in West Palm Beach compares the same buildings for the buyer who starts from the water rather than the date.
Alba sells what is left. A finished building of 55 homes with final inventory means the buyer chooses among a few lines, sees the actual home rather than a rendering, and closes on a known budget and a known association. What it gives up is the stack: the floor, the exposure and the plan were chosen by earlier buyers. Ask for the list of remaining homes with floor and exposure, the current association budget, the first reserve study and whether any developer warranty period is already running. Read Alba: the first year of ownership and how Miami resale behaves after delivery.
South Flagler House and Olara are the middle. The building is up, the date is published, and the choice is wider than a finished building's but narrower than a launch's: South Flagler House's Park Residences are about 80 percent sold. The deposit milestones a launch spreads over years are already passed or close, so more of the money is due sooner than at a launch; ask each developer for the schedule, since neither publishes it on our file. Ask for the delivery statement in writing, the outside date in the purchase agreement and what extends it, and how a phased delivery at Olara assigns a line to a phase. Read delivery timelines and how they slip, the delivery question at Olara and at South Flagler House.
Banyan Tree and Edgeworth are the far end. The choice is widest, the deposit schedule is longest, and the date is either unpublished or years out. Edgeworth's structure is the clearest on our file: a fully refundable reservation deposit now, staged payments tied to construction milestones once a contract is signed, the balance at closing, with closings anticipated in the second quarter of 2030. Banyan Tree publishes a May 2026 deposit schedule staged to contract milestones with the majority at closing, and no completion date. A buyer here is holding money in escrow for years against a rendering, which is a position, not a home. Ask what the reservation binds, when it converts to a contract, and where the deposit sits. Read when a Miami pre-construction reservation becomes binding, reservation vs contract at Edgeworth and the deposit schedule at Banyan Tree.
As a sequence, not a forecast. At Alba the full price is due at closing, now. At South Flagler House and Olara the deposits are staged on each developer's own schedule, which neither publishes on our file, and the balance follows the closing notice after the certificate of occupancy, in 2027 for one and by phase for the other. At Banyan Tree the schedule runs from contract through milestones the developer has not dated. At Edgeworth nothing is at risk until the reservation converts to a contract, and then the schedule runs to 2030. Read where your deposit actually sits and the pre-construction deposit schedule explained before comparing the five on price.
Alba suits the buyer who wants to move this year and will take a finished home from the final list. You give up the choice of stack. Read is Alba worth it.
Olara suits the buyer who wants a large full-service building and can let the line set the date between late 2026 and 2028. You live with phased delivery. Read is Olara worth it.
South Flagler House suits the buyer who wants one date, March 2027, in a Stern building. You choose among the lines left in a building about 80 percent sold. Read is South Flagler House worth it.
Banyan Tree suits the buyer who wants a branded downtown building and the widest choice, and can wait without a date. You give up certainty. Read is Banyan Tree worth it.
Edgeworth suits the buyer who wants a free option on Related Ross's next waterfront address and does not need a home before 2030. You give up a published plan and years of use. Read Edgeworth and the reservation.
For the process at each end, read from offer to recording on a finished West Palm Beach condo; for the same choice in Miami, pre-construction or nearly finished: which new Miami condo to buy. The desk puts the five delivery statements and the five deposit schedules on one page before a buyer picks a date.
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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