Real estate investment firm Trinity Fund Advisors LLC has purchased the award-winning Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida from Brookfield Properties for $835 million to private, and signed a 40-year management deal for the property with Hilton Hotels and Resorts to oversee the resort’s operation as part of the Curio Collection by Hilton brand.

The transaction is the third largest single-asset hotel/resort sale in United States history.

The property is perched on nearly 10 acres of Atlantic beachfront, overlooking both the Atlantic Surf and Intracoastal Waterway. The property – where an extensive, $90-million renovation was completed in 2017 – consists of a twin-spired, 36-story tower housing the resort rooms, a 15,000-square-foot spa and salon, six restaurants and bars, as well as multiple pools with cascading waterfalls and designer cabanas.

The Diplomat Beach Resort is the largest convention and meeting space in North and South America as well as the Caribbean. With 1,000 traditional guest rooms and suites and more than 209,000 square feet of integrated meeting and events space, the Diplomat is also the second largest beachfront resort in South Florida. Located between Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and Miami International Airport, the resort offers unparalleled access to guests from major markets throughout the United States, Latin America and Europe.

At the same time, award-winning hotel manager Dean Lane was named general manager of the property.

“I look forward to this new opportunity and am proud to be able to lead the phenomenal team at The Diplomat Beach Resort,” Lane says. “My ultimate goal is to ensure this premiere Resort remains the unquestionable leader in the South Floridian market for both leisure and business travelers visiting the area, by delivering an unparalleled guest experiences and best-in-class amenities around every bend.”

Known for its extensive offerings, The Diplomat holds multiple award-winning recognitions and accolades, including being awarded 2022 Top Beachfront Resort in the US by the World Luxury Hotel Awards, 2022 #1 Luxury Beachfront Resort in Florida by the Luxury Lifestyle Awards, 2022 Gold and Silver Awards by Travel Weekly for Best Overall Beach Resort and Best Overall Business/ Conference Center respectively, 2019 Best Family Resort by Travvy Awards, One of the Top-10 Resorts in Florida by Conde Nast Traveler in 2019 and is the recurring recipient of the AAA Four Diamonds Award®.

Address: West End, Tortola
Price: $25,000,000
Acres: 8
Bedrooms: 13

Perched on a rocky cliff on Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, the Steele Point estate is made up of four separate villas, each with its own private pool, connected by lush, plant-lined paths and surrounded by turquoise seas and breathtaking views. Though the property is secluded on the western point of the island, a helipad, two private docks, and road access make it easy to come and go and enjoy the pleasures of the rest of Tortola.

The Steele Point villa is composed of multiple pods nestled into the rocky hillside, including a separate structure for the master bedroom suite and another containing three bedrooms, private decks, and access to a swimming platform. The main house is organized around an elegant stone courtyard that leads to the open plan kitchen, dining and living area, and another bedroom.

The intimate, West Indies-style Treehouse villa sits among the wooded area on the ridge of the peninsula, offering some of the most stunning views available from the property. The great room features high vaulted ceilings and sprawling glass doors that open to welcome in inviting ocean breezes. Blackbeard’s Hideaway is the most recently built of the villas, and offers an elegant entertaining space and a family-friendly layout. Designed to maximize indoor/outdoor living, the Gestalt villa emulates a tropical garden paradise with living areas that open into outdoors seating; private, open-air showers; and a pool surrounded on three sides by luxuriant vegetation.

For a complete listing, broker information, and more photos, visit redcoralbvi.com/properties/steele-point-estate-2.

When Marieanne Khoury-Vogt and her husband, Erik Vogt, first arrived in the Florida panhandle to help get Alys Beach up and running, they figured they’d be back in Miami within two or three years. But the New Urbanist community hugging the Gulf of Mexico coastline became much more than a temporary stopover: In a 20-year stint as town architects for Alys Beach, the couple has brought to fruition everything from residences to retail spaces to civic buildings, setting down roots in the area and raising their children along the way. 

So when Alys Beach sold its first private Gulf-front lot, owners requested to work with Khoury Vogt Architects, to help make their dream home a reality. The original master plan for the town was by Duany Plater Zyberk & Co., but the plan for the Gulf-side blocks was further refined by London-based architect Demetri Porphyrios. He designed the lots in a picturesque, slightly staggered manner, prescribing the footprint for all homes for the Gulf front as well as the 3 tiers behind, keeping view corridors open so that Gulf views could be enjoyed by all.

“Given the value and desirability of Gulf-front lots, the footprint was smaller than other lots in Alys,” Marieanne says. “To compensate for this, the design code allowed for three floors of living space, which immediately resulted in a kind of townhouse configuration, with a main living room raised to the second floor for the best views.” While the town of Alys Beach is inspired by Bermudan architectural influences, the Gulf-side lots drew from Mediterranean precedents for this courtyard house tailored to the site’s zero lot line constraints. “We wanted an architectural form that could be sculptural without being overly ornate and that would contribute to an overall urbanism that was harmonious, cohesive, and beautiful.” 

This inaugural Gulf-front residence in Alys Beach has a striking difference from the neighbors that followed it: a forecourt, created by setting back the first floor of the house about 16 feet from the southern property line. “The conventional wisdom would call for building right up to the line to maximize views and living space,” Marieanne says, “but both the owner and we agreed that a court nestled in the scrub of the dunes and adjoined by a loggia would make for a really unique experience.” A center stair in the entry hall organizes the first-floor spaces; an elliptical opening in the pool court and a limestone-framed opening in the raised courtyard frames views of the dunes and the Gulf, while a covered loggia attached to the courts is appointed with an outdoor fireplace and summer kitchen.

On all three floors, the design emphasizes “long axes and perspectival views,” Marieanne says. “The lot size is modest, so we always want to draw your eye out and extend your views as much as possible. We tried to be judicious and deliberate in designing the floor plan.” As one ascends the first stair, one enters into a family room that spans the second floor, and one’s gaze naturally travels to a bowed bay window. The living room at the front of the house opens up with a floating kitchen wall and a dining alcove positioned toward land; on the Gulf side, opened pocket doors dial up the expansive views, accompanied by a loggia balcony projecting over the courtyard.

The uppermost floor echoes the second floor. Stairs divide the floor plate into landward and seaward sections, the master bedroom opens up to a porch with pocket doors, and the master bath floats in a vaulted space as “a room within a room with buttressed corners, like a miniaturized version of the house itself,” Marieanne says. On the northern side, an additional bedroom suite has a balcony above the family room bay below. While affording ample privacy, the third floor also offers a striking twist on the maritime ambiance. “When you’re in the master bedroom, it is akin to being on a ship as the expansive ocean is the principal view and a most desirable space to watch the sun rise and set,” Marieanne says. 

Copper awnings, limestone flourishes, and acroteria ornamentation thoughtfully embellish the residence’s exterior. Meanwhile, hewing to Fortified Standards as well as criteria set by the Florida Green Building Coalition ensures resilience and sustainability, a mandate required by Alys Beach to help give its owners assurances that their houses will withstand the harshest elements. 

“It was wonderful to work on a project where everybody was as inspired and involved as they were,” Marieanne says. “The homeowner was engaged in the design process. They were extraordinarily respectful of [my and Erik’s] very strong thoughts, but they definitely influenced the design. They pushed us, and we pushed them.” 

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Architect: Khoury Vogt Architects
Interior decor: The Iron Gate

When a young couple saw this 3,000-square-foot home on a hillside in the Mission Canyon area of Santa Barbara, California, it had almost everything they wanted. It offered year-round sunshine in a peaceful rural setting, spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, abundant space for them and their two wirehaired pointing Griffon dogs, and a perfect indoor-outdoor feel. The only problem? The interiors didn’t match the couple’s style. 

“It was a nice house before the renovation, but it lacked functionality and warmth in many of the spaces,” says the wife. Indeed, the two-level home, built in 2011, had great flow and a spacious, airy feeling. In addition to open-concept space, the property had floor-to-ceiling windows and doors that fully opened. What the couple needed was a designer to overhaul the interiors. 

Enter Corinne Mathern, a California-based interior designer known for creating serene, elegant environments inspired by the natural world. “We feel so lucky to have been introduced to her by our architect, and from the start, we had a very natural rapport,” says the wife. “After discussing the design direction we hoped to go in, Corinne used the term ‘organic modernism’ as the aesthetic. We felt like, ‘Yes, you get us!’ and that’s what drove the project.”

Mathern used various raw materials to soften the architecture’s sleek lines and add a welcoming feel throughout the house. On the ground floor, white oak warms the ceilings of the great room, a free-flowing space composed of the kitchen, bar, and dining and living room areas. The wood also accents many of the furnishings, including the chairs and dining area table topped with obsidian quartzite. White oak stools tuck under the quartzite island in the kitchen area, which has two-toned walnut cabinetry. Walnut also graces the cupboards of the nearby bar, appointed with a sea pearl quartzite countertop and charcoal plaster backsplash.

“I’m not afraid of mixing woods and bringing in a lot of natural elements,” says Mathern, who used creamy, natural plaster to surround the living area fireplace set with a chunky stone hearth chiseled from an 800-pound block of Indian Buff limestone. “The natural plaster and stone hearth give the space a calm, earthy feeling, and we brought those same natural elements into the downstairs guest bath.” The bathroom sink was chiseled from the same Indian Buff limestone as the hearth and has a white oak apron. An oak mirror hangs above the sink area, tying the two elements together.

A huge priority for the couple was remodeling the primary bedroom and bath, a fully detached space above the garage about twenty yards from the main house. “The wife really wanted the space to feel like an elegant hotel, where they could lay their heads and feel calm,” says Mathern. “The couple has traveled extensively, and a big source of inspiration for the home and their bedroom was the Aman Kyoto in Japan.”

White oak flooring and a custom white oak wall behind the couple’s bed give the room an earthy warmth. A wheat-colored area rug softens and grounds the room, while natural linen drapery offers privacy. Other than two oak bedside tables, the room is soothingly minimalist.

White oak millwork also adds an organic glow to the primary bath, separated from the bedroom with pocket doors. Next to a large window that ushers in views of nature and copious light sits a luxurious soaking tub. Large-format floor tiles in a warm gray anchor the space.

An expansive deck off the suite lets the couple savor morning coffee or twilight drinks al fresco. In a nod to the concept of staying in a hotel, Mathern furnished the guest suite next to the couple’s quarters with a full bar, refrigerator, and coffee maker. 

To enhance the home’s natural flow, Mathern used the same floor tiles in the primary bath as the ground floor’s surface. The tiles even extend outside to a covered patio area and around the lap pool, creating a seamless link between the inside and out. Shrubs, flowering plants, and grasses add color and soften the architecture’s clean edges. A chunky stone firepit in a gravel “garden” offers a secluded place to contemplate the views and hang out with friends. 

Given the couple’s love of entertaining, Mathern created a media room on the ground floor to the left of the entry. The husband, who retired from the Dallas Cowboys in 2021 after an eleven-year career, now has a place for movie nights and game days. A ten-foot pocket door gives the space a cave-like feel, further enhanced by forest-green walls and a pine-colored linen sofa. “Green was really the only color we worked with, except for some blues,” says the designer. Most of the home’s colors come from natural materials, like wood, stone, clay, and plaster. 

“It’s so wonderful to finally feel the home’s full realization with comfortable spaces that fully function,” says the wife. “To be able to cook in our kitchen with our doors wide open to the views of the Pacific Ocean is such a privilege that we don’t take for granted. We are particularly pleased with the primary bedroom suite, which feels just as luxurious as a hotel, but homey, cozy, and completely ours, in a way that a hotel never can.”

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Located 30 miles north and west of the Golden Gate Bridge, Stinson Beach hugs the Pacific Ocean and sits in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, which rises dramatically in the background. Here, the heartbeat of the Seadrift community is outdoor recreation—swimming and sailing in the lagoon, surfing and fishing in the ocean, bicycling and hiking through the hills. Houses, modest in size and eclectic in style, sit on narrow lots with close property lines that impede complete privacy but foster a neighborly bonhomie. Seasonal renters, enchanted by the cadence of the neighborhood, turn into people determined to own a home in the coveted development of Seadrift.

One such family, a couple from Palo Alto with two teenagers, approached architect Cass Calder Smith to design a weekend house on one of the rare empty lots facing the lagoon along its shore. They would use it as a family gathering place for casual living, entertaining, and connecting with nature.

“This area within West Marin is the more bohemian, agricultural, and coastal part of Marin County,” says Smith, who collaborated with project architect Björn Steudte on the 2,100-square-foot house built in a “casual contemporary” style, as the architect puts it. “[Seadrift] is mostly weekenders, and the scene isn’t fancy,” he says. “Most people have dogs, boards, and boats.” Everyone has sand and sea air.

To accommodate this easygoing lifestyle, the shape of the house—two volumes straddling a three-sided courtyard—and the location of spaces maximize indoor-outdoor connections. To the north, the rooms are oriented toward the water and the mountain beyond. To the south of the main living area, the courtyard serves as an outdoor room, with views to the west and back through the house. 

In terms of an entry sequence, Smith explains that the size of the house precludes a formal entryway. “[With houses of this size], there is not enough room for a dedicated foyer or a coat closet, which you don’t need here anyway, because it’s very casual living. But we do like the idea of a transition from the outside world to the domestic one, so there is a breezeway into the courtyard, and from there you go directly into the house.”

The house’s exterior of horizontal Accoya wood siding painted white references traditional white beach houses. Contrasting black anodized aluminum windows evoke a distinctly modern appearance, while a multileveled flat roof establishes a sense of midcentury modernism with calm, clean lines and simple sculpted forms. 

Straight ahead across the courtyard, one in a series of large sliding glass doors leads into an open-plan kitchen, dining area, and living room, all of which face the lagoon through another set of large glass sliders, as does the primary bedroom, also located in this north-facing volume. The second volume of the house, not as tall and more private, comprises a guest bedroom and a bunk room for the kids, which can sleep seven, and a sofa-centric family room for watching TV, playing games, and overflow sleepovers. 

The spare, modern interiors are primarily a combination of painted sheetrock walls, concrete floors with radiant heat, and wood. “With the concrete floors, a lot of glass, light colors, and aluminum-framed doors and windows,” notes Smith, “we’re always on the lookout for where we can put wood to warm up the feeling—cabinets, ceilings, furniture.” This house has instances of all three and a sculptural piece of walnut at the hearth. An attention to detail is very apparent, and hence the overall impression is Scandinavian.

In addition to the windows, long skylights along the living room and kitchen walls bring in light, and, depending on the time of day, render unique geometric shadows as the light filters through the wood ceiling. A contemporary Henrybuilt kitchen system features handcrafted cabinetry consistent with the uninterrupted flow of interior spaces; stools tuck out of the way beneath a Caesarstone island countertop. Smith custom-designed the living room seating to fit the space and make the most of the views. He favors rectilinear forms for the homes he designs, and here the gas fireplace echoes that shape. Modulated ceiling heights are based on the hierarchy of spaces, with the highest for maximum spaciousness in the waterside living areas and primary bedroom.

Everyday life for this household, like for most in Seadrift, revolves around the outdoors, near or on the water. Once you pass through the main living spaces of the essentially see-through house, the upper deck seamlessly connects to the inside and terraces down to the lagoon deck, creating two seating areas to enjoy. The lower deck and floating dock mainly serve the launching of boats and boards and have a fire pit and Jacuzzi to further celebrate being near the water. 

“It’s a bit like an East Coast lake house because the lagoon is warm enough to swim in,” says Smith. But here on the West Coast, he continues, “People open their houses up all the way; the weather is frequently nice enough to do that.” 

For more information, visit casscaldersmith.com

Los Cabos has long been known for its immaculate beaches, turquoise waters and world-class golf—and Querencia truly stands out among the best Baja has to offer. A gem nestled among the desert landscape, the masterplanned private golf and beach community is a dream destination for those who seek a truly authentic way of life.

The Course at Querencia

A welcome companion and an energizing opponent, the community’s Tom Fazio course is the jewel of the Baja peninsula. At over 300 acres, the scenic 18-hole course is designed to tantalize even the most seasoned golfers. Internationally renowned—and recently named #73 in the world by Golf Digest—the course is marked by flowing transitions, challenging topography and a true home-course ambiance. With consistent updates to holes and hazards and a variety of approaches to choose from, every round presents fresh challenges for Members to delight in. 

For those looking for respite from the course, brand-new comfort stations offer golfers chef-inspired cuisine, grab-and-go options and refreshing beverages.

Living in El Valle

El Valle is one of the latest neighborhoods within the Querencia community—a smaller, more intimate enclave set against the backdrop of the vibrant desert mountains. With easy access to the property’s over 15 miles of hiking and biking trails and pristine coastline, El Valle is a dream destination for those looking to get the absolute most out of life at Querencia. 

Querencia’s collection of stunning single-family homes, spacious condominiums and custom homesites are just a few of the things to love about the community. That’s because Querencia is not just a resort or a neighborhood — it’s a way of life. It’s a true community where family and friends gather to experience the best life has to offer.

The Beach Club

Just minutes from the award-winning Fazio golf course, Querencia’s new Beach Club is a seaside reprieve that offers sweeping views of the Sea of Cortez, a sprawling infinity pool and so much more.

From the Beach Club’s pools, Members look out over the water to see family and friends taking surfing lessons, exploring the Sea of Cortez on stand-up paddleboards or playing on the swimmable beach. Days are spent relaxing in a private cabana and listening to the rhythm of the waves. 

When Members wish to take to the waters, Querencia’s custom 55-ft Fountaine Pajot motorized catamaran is the perfect springboard for adventure at sea. Exclusively for Members, the catamaran is available to charter for everything from all-day family outings to sunset excursions.

The Lifestyle

Querencia’s Members-only amenities span both land and sea. From onsite dining options and expansive amenities to a swimmable and surfable beach, there’s something new and inspiring to discover every day.

Our Clubhouse is located at the heart of our community. Home to dedicated family recreational spaces and all-ages amenities, the Clubhouse is a true gathering space for every member of the family. For teens and tweens, The Qube offers programming, like arcade games, video gaming and movie nights. For our younger Members, the Kid’s Club offers all-age activities such as arts and crafts, yoga, summer camps and much more. And, for adventurous Members, the new Canyon Club will house exciting amenities like a climbing wall, duckpin bowling, pump track, pools and more!

Recently renovated, the Spa at Querencia is a peaceful space for indulging in self-care and rejuvenating the mind and body. And, while the spa provides traditional luxury treatments like massages, Querencia has expanded wellness offerings to include rejuvenating treatments for the spirit. Intuitive services like reiki energy healing, sound healing and more are available at the spa.

All of this barely scratches the surface of what awaits at Querencia. To learn more about curated, all-ages amenities to nourish the mind, body and spirit, visit their website.

Safety and Security

When it comes to family, nothing is more important than keeping them safe. Querencia’s onsite, dedicated physician supplies first-contact medical attention to Members and their guests at the medical office. 

In addition, Querencia provides 24/7 security to ensure Homeowners and their residences are safe and protected. Rest assured that, no matter what situations may arise, Querencia’s trained, bilingual staff is there to help.

Request Your Invitation

Querencia offers a unique vertical membership structure that grants full privileges to Members’ parents, children and grandchildren. Interested homebuyers are invited to visit the Querencia community through their exclusive Querencia Experience program and discover the joy of life along the waters’ edge. Play the Tom Fazio golf course, unwind at the Q Spa, take a surf lesson at Acapulquito Beach and enjoy locally inspired food and drinks at one of the onsite Members-only eateries.

Learn more and request your invitation to explore Querencia today.

The Grand Velas Los Cabos resort has been named a Five-Star Hotel on the 2023 Forbes Travel Guide Star Rating list, making it the first and only all-inclusive in Mexico to earn this rating.

“It is an honor to be recognized by Forbes Travel Guide,” says Juan Vela Ruíz, vice president of Velas Resorts, which owns and operates properties throughout Mexico. “This recognition signifies our ongoing commitment to elevating the guest experience and exceeding the highest standards of excellence.”

Recognition from Forbes Travel Guide and industry awards alike affirm Velas Resorts’ legacy of exceptional guest service and world-class amenities to meet the needs of today’s luxury traveler.

Located on Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, Grand Velas Los Cabos offers all-inclusive amenities and facilities with dramatic ocean views and unique spaces infusing every area of the resort. All 307 ocean-view suites are over 1,180 square feet, with private terraces and some personal plunge pools; duplex wellness suites have designated wellness amenities and in-suite juice bars.

The resort also features five gourmet restaurants with an extensive beverage program and wine-based features inspired by the proximity to the region producing Mexico’s fine wines. The property also includes the award-winning SE Spa with 16 treatment rooms and hydrotherapy facility, as well as three pools and pool and beach concierges.

Rounding out the list of amenities and services are a Technogym Fitness Center with personal trainers, exercise programs, yoga, Pilates and meditation; recreational activities program; separate teens’ and kids’ club facilities and activities program; 24-hour personalized butler concierge service; and 24-hour in-suite
service.

The only independent, global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants and spas, Forbes Travel Guide’s annual list has been revered as a global authority on travel since its launch in 1958. The winning properties, restaurants and spas are showcased on Forbes Travel Guide. Highly trained anonymous inspectors visit every property to evaluate on up to 900 objective criteria for the Forbes Travel Guide Star Awards. Both services and facilities are reviewed while there is an emphasis on service and experience.

Rates start at $826 per person per night in double occupancy at Grand Velas Los Cabos. Rates include luxury suite accommodations, gourmet meals, premium branded beverages, 24-hour in-suite service, nightly entertainment, taxes, gratuity, and more.

Velas Resorts in Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, and Los Cabos have earned 56 AAA Diamonds, including the prestigious Five Diamond Award.

Address: 301 Polmer Park Rd., Palm Beach, Florida
Price: $33,000,000
Area: 8,473 square feet
Acres: 0.53
Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 7 full, 1 partial

This Palm Beach residence is a stunning example of Palladian-style architecture, featuring the stately symmetry, elegant proportions, and classical elements that are hallmarks of the style. Spacious rooms, generous ceiling heights, many skylights, and floor-to-ceiling windows that admit plentiful natural light give the interior a bright and open feel, creating an easy flow from indoors to out. The home includes formal living and dining areas, as well as more relaxed, casual spaces, making it ideal for both family relaxation and entertaining.

Outdoors, beautifully landscaped grounds wrap about the home, which also features a three-car garage and plentiful driveway parking. A heated swimming pool is surrounded by ample room to lounge in the sun and gaze at the palm trees peeking over the walls. On the north side of the pool, a cabana with a full guest suite makes it easy to share your beautiful surroundings with family and friends.

For more photos and details, visit the full listing.

This center console vessel offers timeless styling, sleek aesthetics, powerful performance, and advanced technology.

SPONSORED CONTENT WITH SCOUT BOATS

After two years of research, development, and design refinement, Scout Boats has introduced the ninth – and, it says, most impressive to date – boat to join its LXF Collection, a line of luxury sportfish models that showcase a unique blending of high-performance fishing boats with high-end cruisers. The 530 is a center console vessel designed to offer timeless styling, sleek aesthetics, powerful performance, and advanced technology.

The 530 is built on an epoxy-infused, double-stepped fuel-efficient hull produce with a Carbon/E-glass process – a process used frequently in the aerospace industry – and provides a Class A finish. With more stability in the hull while reducing the overall weight in the boat, the 530 proves that a larger boat doesn’t need to be heavy to perform.

Customers can choose their multi-engine configuration based on their individual performance appetite. Scout has worked with both Yamaha and Mercury to successfully reach high cruise and top-end speeds. The boat will hit speeds in the mid-50s on four engines, but can achieve more horsepower and speeds reaching the mid-60s with five engines.

“We’ve created a yacht-like-center console masterpiece on so many levels”

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Standard features on the model include a Seakeeper 6 gyro stabilizer; a unique glass helm enclosure with electronically-sliding windows port and starboard; a smartly-designed cockpit island with a forward-facing bench seat, aft facing bar stools that retract and stow out of the way, and a cooler, sink and cutting board with granite counter top; a Fischer Panda 15kW generator; 16,000 BTU air conditioner/heaters in both the cabin and helm area; an electric sliding sun roof; and heated helm seats and seat backs port and starboard.

Customers can also now order an alternate leaning post configuration on their 530 LXF, reversing the layout and putting the entertainment station facing forward in the console, with the bench seat facing aft in the cockpit. Another area the 530 shines in is the versatile seating options throughout the boat. The boat contains 21 comfortable seating area, including a plush bow area, a three-person forward sun lounge with dry box underneath, aft-facing stadium seating for three, and helm area seating for seven, an array of options that creates a much wider variety of experiences for all ages than other vessels.

Scout designed the 530’s fit-and-finish with an eye to outshining the competition, with completely-finished doors, lids, hatches, and bilges, along with premium upgraded ultra-leather upholsteries.

Throughout its 30-year history, Scout has built a reputation for being first-to-market with innovations, a tradition carried on with this newest release. The 530 includes a patented bow camera and an optional patented electronically-actuated articulating rocket launchers (that work in unison with the SureShade integrated retractable aft awning). Three Garmin touchscreen MFDs make it easy to navigate to matter where you are on the boat. The 530 also includes C-Zone digital switching technology, Fusion stereo head unit with Bluetooth capability and 12 JL Audio speakers, four subwoofers and three amplifiers, and twin bow electronically-actuated tables.

The attention to detail continues below deck. The company partnered with an interior design company to design appointments intended to let customers feel like they are stepping aboard a private jet or walking into a clean, modern luxury home. The 530 showcases a master stateroom up front with a walk-around queen berth, unique rod storage underneath when the gas shock-assisted frame is raised, and 32-inch LED TV. Facilities include an enclosed separate head with door and skylight, and enclosed separate shower room with door and skylight; a galley with sink, drawer refrigerator, drawer freezer with internal ice maker, wine chiller, and a 32-inch LED TV; and a dining table and couch that convert to a single berth. An aft double berth, hanging closet, central vacuum system, and an overhead saloon skylight with automatic sliding shade complete the luxurious below-deck experience.

To learn more about the 530 and all of Scout’s other offerings, visit scoutboats.com.

The latest in coastal real estate and resorts.

Lineaire Group and ONE Sotheby’s International have unveiled the plans for Surf Row Residences, a new residential development in Surfside, Florida. Featuring a collection of eight private beach homes designed by Rene Gonzalez Architects, residences range from three- to five-bedrooms with 3,500-5,600 square feet of indoor space. Each will have more than 2,000 square feet of private outdoor living space, which includes a rooftop with a plunge pool, a summer kitchen, an expansive gazebo, and an enclosed front yard. Pricing starts at $5.9 million.

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THE RESIDENCES AT THE ST. REGIS LOS CABOS, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO

Olarena Hospitality Group in partnership with Ernesto Coppel have launched the next phase of sales for The Residences at The St. Regis Los Cabos. Located within the resort community of Quivira, is a new a selection of five-bedroom townhomes starting at $6 million and ranging from 4,645 to 4,689 interior square feet. Each features an outdoor kitchen, terrace, pool, and hot tub. The development is also home to the only five-star branded direct oceanfront single-family villas available in Los Cabos. Ranging in size from 10,226 to 17,028 square feet, the six-bedroom villas, designed by SB Architects, start at $11 million.

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THE RITZ-CARLTON RESIDENCES, ESTERO BAY, FLORIDA

Situated within 500 acres, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Estero Bay, will consist of two 22-story towers. Developed by London Bay Development Group, the project is currently selling 112 condominium homes, with 224 total planned upon completion. The first tower is slated for occupancy in 2025. From $2.8 million, residences range from 2,628 to 3,885 square feet, and include two, threeand four-bedrooms. Amenities include three pools, an expansive lagoon water feature with pavilions, Bocce courts, and multiple firepits.

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THE RESIDENCES AT SHELL BAY, HALLANDALE BEACH, FLORIDA

The Residences at Shell Bay, an Auberge Resorts Collection, will rise 20 stories and feature 108 one-to four-bedroom residences—all with private balconies—and penthouses with private outdoor spaces, plunge pool, and outdoor kitchen. Each residence features floor-to-ceiling windows and interiors by AvroKO. The property includes a 7,250-yard Greg Norman designed championship golf course—slated for completion summer 2023— and a 48-slip private yacht club. This is Auberge Resorts Collection’s first combined resort and residential project in Florida, and a collaboration between real estate developers, Witkoff Group and PPG Development. Residences range from $2 to $7 million, penthouse pricing available upon request.

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SIRENIAN BAY, PLACENCIA PENINSULA, BELIZE

Twelve one- and two-bedroom beachfront bungalows with ocean or pool views, individual porches or balconies, and outdoor showers were recently launched at an all-inclusive luxury boutique resort on the Placencia Peninsula in Belize. Sirenian Bay’s three villas, in addition to the new bungalows, accommodate between two and 14 guests and have private pools, outdoor living spaces, and the services of a personal chef and butler. An additional five acres of uninhabited island have been bought by the owners off the coast of Placencia for future resort development and tourist usage.

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