This project is being built by Angsana, the sister brand of Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts. Located on the Northeast Coast in Santa Barbara de Samana, the largest city on the Samana Peninsula. Plans call for a hotel with 250 suites and villas, a 284-slip marina and around 470 various full-ownership residences. The majority of these residences will be condominiums, both in low-rise buildings at the marina and in larger buildings inland; 31 villas and town houses will be built on hills at the site’s highest point. The villas and town houses will feature decks with private infinity pools. There will be terraces off all the condos, and those at the marina will include whirlpools. A casino, a spa, restaurants and shops will fill a village at the marina, and gondolas will transport owners and guests from the marina to an island with another spa and a restaurant. There will be multiple communal infinity pools, including one at the beach club, a yacht club, a fitness center, tennis courts and a kids club. The Discoverer Packages (Special Investors packages) have just gone on sale at very attractive prices with savings up to $ 200,000. A villa, townhouse or studio can be reserved now ( $15,000, 100% money back) in the hope that it will be released from the package in the future. Stand alone units that don’t belong to any package can also be reserved now ( $15,000, 100% money back). An Example of a Special Investor Package: Package Atalaya A number 1 (townhouse + apartment + boat slip) Price: $,1,160,000 Price if sold separately: $ 1,304,500 = ($ 1,022,000 + $ 162, 500 + $ 120,000) Saving: $ 144,500 (more than 11%) The hilltop villas and townhouses are the most desirable properties and there are just 15 villas and 16 townhouses. Five have already been sold and we don’t expect them to last long. The starting prices for the villas and townhomes will be as follows, 3 floor villa 4,840 sq.ft Starting from US$1,564,000 2 floor villa 4,321 sq.ft Starting from US$1,525,000 3 floor townhouse 2,783 sq.ft. Starting from US$1,017,000 2 floor townhouse 2,280 sq.ft Starting from US$925,000 Three floor villas will have 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 toilets and 1 room for service with bathroom Two floor villas will have 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 toilet and 1 room for service with bathroom Three and two floor townhouses, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and one toilet The estimated price for the one bed, 2 beds and 3 beds apartment are the following ( based on a average price of $ 3,200 per square metre…..$ 297 per square feet), final prices for these properties will be released in some weeks yet Studio 490 sq.ft US$149,000 1 bedroom 697 sq.ft US$228,000 2 bedroom 1,194 sq.ft US$384,000 3 bedroom 1,921 sq.ft US$600,000