Canyon Ranch Miami Beach

News came across the internet via PR Newswire this week relaying unhappy buyers who are now suing the developer of the famous mid-beach Canyon Ranch Living development for alleged deceptive and unfair trade practices in the promotion & sales of condominium units. Apparently, it is not permissible to use the Canyon Ranch name upon the purchase of the new Canyon Ranch residence in Miami Beach. According to the projects website CanyonRanchMiamiBeach.com, Canyon Ranch Living Miami Beach was designed to meet very high quality standards of its destination resorts.

The lawsuit asserts that the Canyon Ranch brand name is temporary at best and that purchasers were induced into purchasing units at the project due to the alleged deception that it was part of the Canyon Ranch brand and family, when in fact, there was nothing more than a phantom management agreement through which Canyon Ranch partially operates the project for a limited term and unit owners are restricted from trading on the Canyon Ranch name. - SOURCE Aaron Resnick www.recovermydeposit.com

The complaint filed by Resnick notes that the developer spent millions of dollars advertising and promoting Canyon Ranch Living Miami Beach to consumers with the expectations of purchasing an exclusive Canyon Ranch unit. The article goes on the mention the developers attorneys refusing to turn over the management contract with Canyon Ranch yet did provide a written statement that the management contract only applies to “spa related services” and is not a “management agreement.”

Hmmm, I was under the impression these are exclusive Canyon Ranch units with the management operation, similar to Canyon Ranch in Arizona, and functioning as a Canyon Ranch Resort. However, in this current real estate market, buyer remorse is abundant with unhappy flippers speculators looking for any way out and seeking legal advice for contract loopholes. I’ve heard mostly great things about the new Canyon Ranch Living Miami Beach development and know the values, location and amenities to be improving. I’d like to hear from other residents or anyone “in the know” on the opinions and facts related to this great new Miami Beach FL real estate development.

Here’s the real estate scoop at Canyon Ranch Miami Beach.

MLS data: 59 condos for sale (ranging $400k – $3.750M) out of ~431 total condos (14% inventory) {+150 Canyon Ranch Hotel Suites} with average asking price per square foot at $788 and average (6 month history) selling price per square foot at $658. It takes 80 days on average for a condo to sell at Canyon Ranch and they’re selling at (sale price to list price ratio) 92.2% of list! There are 2 condos under contract today, each above $1M.

My personal opinion on the 3 best deals at Canyon Ranch Miami Beach

1. 6801 COLLINS # 1604
2. 6801 Collins Avenue # C1217
3. 6801 Collins Av # 1505

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Florida doesn’t follow tourism trends, it makes them. So, it’s no surprise that spa life, one of the fastest growing branches of tourism, is booming. More than 100 major resort spas have sprung up throughout the state, appealing to a range of tastes, budgets and lifestyles, from clothing optional to black tie. One thing is for sure. It’s no longer your mother’s Florida. The warm, relatively tranquil Gulf waters are ideal for parasailing, kite boarding, dolphin watching, charter fishing for shark and red snapper and spa life.

The state boasts 1,770 kilometers of warm, sandy beaches and more golf courses, 1,370 and counting, than any other U.S. state. It’s an agora of tourism, welcoming 84 million visitors per year, most of who are from other parts of the United States but more than 2 million from Canada. Florida’s Gold Coast is a shimmering oceanfront strip of sand and sun drenched resorts in the vacation towns of Miami Beach, Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale. Some of the Gold Coast’s classic, palatial hotels have been temples to the sun for a century or more, attracting golfers and spa goers from north of the Mason Dixon line. Miami and Miami Beach FL real estate likely encompass the highest concentration of luxury resort spas in the world, and at least a dozen splendid new destinations have opened in the past year or will open this year, including Canyon Ranch Living, a branch of the best known wellness center in the United States.

South Beach Miami is a world apart, a living architecture museum of nearly 1,000 art deco buildings and more than 100 fashionable design oriented hotels, most with unique spas. South Beach is the epicenter of cool that buzzes year round with the energy of an international set of the young and gorgeous and celebs like Jennifer Lopez, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon and Paris Hilton. The party scene is exhilarating and exhausting. The beauty requirements are demanding. And spas are essential antidotes to the meltdowns on both fronts. Let me know if you have any additional news, ideas and thoughts on this topic…