The Resort's Answer
The Residences at The Boca Raton rises over eight stories on 5.2 acres of the resort's land, along the golf course facing Lake Boca. The resort's owner, BDT & MSD Partners, develops the project itself, with Hart Howerton on the architecture and Pembrooke & Ives inside. Residents carry access to the resort and the beach club through the private club structure. Reported pricing starts at $5M, with villas from $13M and penthouses from $15M, and no completion date has been published. Our study of the owner-built structure covers why that ownership arrangement is the project's real product.
Downtown's Answer
Glass House answers from the other direction. ASG Development, working with Chasen Companies, broke ground in April 2025 at 280 East Palmetto Park Road and closed a $70 million construction loan through Maxim Capital in 2026. The building runs nine stories with the amenity level on the roof, holding 28 residences of two to four bedrooms between 2,504 and 3,865 square feet. GarciaStromberg designed it, Hallock Design Group has the interiors, and Douglas Elliman handles sales, with the project targeting late 2027. Reported pricing opened at $2.7M and reaches above $8M.
Where the Money Overlaps
Price is where the two books meet. Glass House opened at a reported $2.7M and runs above $8M at the top. The resort project starts at a reported $5M, so its entry sits inside Glass House's upper half, and its villa and penthouse tiers extend past anything downtown offers. A buyer between $5M and $8M holds both options. Above that band the field narrows to the resort, and below $5M it narrows to downtown.
- $2.7M · Glass House entry
- $5M · resort residences
- $13M · resort villas
- $15M · penthouses
Sources: the May 2026 sales release for the resort project and Glass House launch materials. Reported pricing moves with releases.
Sources: the developers' published materials as of July 2026, subject to change
Side by Side
The table below holds the two books line for line. Every figure on it is reported asking guidance rather than a recorded sale, on both sides. The structural difference sits in the last two rows. The resort sells an operation that already runs, with a calendar it has not stated. Glass House sells a stated calendar for a building still to arrive.
Sources: the developers' published materials as reflected on our building pages, July 2026.
Which Instinct Is Yours
The resort project suits buyers who want service that already exists, grounds already grown and a beach club attached to home. Glass House suits buyers who want walkable downtown Boca Raton, a small building and a stated target. Neither instinct is wrong, and the overlap in pricing means budget rarely forces the choice. Buyers weighing the resort side should read our buyer's guide to the project first, and the county pipeline holds the rest of the field for anyone still widening the search.
Bottom Line
Boca Raton's two new construction answers overlap on price and diverge on everything else. The resort's 75 homes sell service, grounds and an owner-built structure from a reported $5M, with no published completion date. Glass House's 28 homes sell downtown, boutique scale and a late 2027 target from a reported $2.7M. Between $5M and $8M a buyer can choose either, which makes the choice a question of how you want to live rather than what you can spend.
For buyers holding both brochures: Walk both with us in one afternoon. We track releases and price changes on each book, and seeing the two the same day makes the decision plain.
Facts for The Residences at The Boca Raton follow the Douglas Elliman sales release of May 2026 and the developer's published materials as of May 2026, subject to change. Glass House facts follow that project's published materials as reflected on our building page as of July 2026, subject to change, including the late 2027 completion target. All pricing on both sides is reported asking guidance rather than recorded sales. The resort project carries no published completion date, so none appears here.
This is market data, not investment advice.
Douglas Elliman Development Marketing sales release via PR Newswire, May 2026.
The Boca Raton resort (thebocaraton.com).
Glass House published materials, per our building page.
Palm Beach Luxury building pages for both projects.
