Mandarin Oriental Residences, West Palm Beach

Refined living on the Intracoastal Waterway

The house on the water

Mandarin Oriental Residences, West Palm Beach is a collection of eighty-seven private homes on a private shore of the Intracoastal Waterway, at 5400 North Flagler Drive — the stretch where West Palm Beach stops being a downtown and becomes a waterfront.

Thirty-one stories rise from tranquil tropical gardens: four slender volumes that open gently as they climb, drawn by Safdie Architects in the studio’s first work in Florida. Four homes to a floor means every home is a corner home — glass on two sides, a softly curved terrace wrapping the water, a private elevator opening into a foyer of your own.

The interiors are by Studio Munge and the gardens by ENEA Landscape Architecture. The house is developed by Great Gulf under license from Mandarin Oriental, whose team will keep it, day after day, in the manner the name has come to mean. It is the first standalone Mandarin Oriental residence in South Florida — a home in its own right, with no guests but the ones you invite.

31 stories 87 private homes 4 homes per floor 2 private villas 1 full-floor penthouse

Presented by MILLION under an authorized alliance. MILLION does not represent Great Gulf, Mandarin Oriental or the project’s sales team; the residences, their name and their imagery remain theirs.

Mornings above the water

The day begins on the roof. A sculptural pool winds along the edge of the thirty-first floor, its water meeting the sky above the Intracoastal; in-water daybeds and loungers sit among tropical planting, and cabanas keep the shade. From here the marina, the island and the ocean beyond arrange themselves into a single, unhurried view.

Behind the pool the rooftop keeps its quieter rooms: a spa with treatment rooms, a fitness center, a studio for yoga and Pilates, and an open-air terrace for meditation — wellness rooted in the brand’s Eastern heritage, practiced above the water in the first light.

Sculptural pool with in-water daybeds
Cabanas and loungers among tropical planting
Spa with treatment rooms
Fitness center
Yoga and Pilates studio
Open-air meditation terrace

The infinity edge of the rooftop pool at nightfall, water running to the horizon of the Intracoastal — The pool’s edge, at dusk Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The rooftop lounge at sunset, low seating turned toward the Intracoastal Waterway — The rooftop lounge, toward the water Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Up here the coast feels unusually close: the marina at your feet, the island across the water, the ocean a line of light beyond it. The lounge turns toward all three, and the evening is spent watching the lights of Palm Beach come on.

A softly curved wraparound terrace of a corner residence, its sofa and olive tree facing the marina and the open Intracoastal — The corner terrace, over the marina Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Every home, a corner of the water

Four residences to a floor. Each takes a corner of the tower — and with it two exposures of glass, a terrace that curves with the building, and a view that turns from the marina to the island to the open water.

Arrival is by private elevator, into a foyer of your own. Great rooms open through floor-to-ceiling glass onto softly curved wraparound terraces. Kitchens are Italian cabinetry made to measure, fitted with Wolf and Sub-Zero and finished in natural stone; the floors are natural stone throughout.

The primary bath, by Studio Munge, holds a freestanding tub and a multi-function shower; dressing rooms are walk-in, and every home is pre-wired as a smart home. Select residences add an en-suite staff room.

Private elevator and private foyer
Curved wraparound terrace
Floor-to-ceiling glass
Italian cabinetry, Wolf and Sub-Zero
Natural stone floors and surfaces
Primary bath by Studio Munge
Walk-in dressing rooms
Smart-home pre-wiring

A great room in daylight, its curved wall of glass opening onto the terrace and the water — The great room, in daylight Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

An open kitchen in pale oak and light marble, the island facing the living room — The kitchen, oak and stone Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The collection

Residences of two to four bedrooms; two private multi-level villas; and one penthouse of a full floor. Every one of them a corner, every one of them on the water.

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A terrace lounge in daylight, low seating along the curved glass rail with the water beyond — The terrace, in daylight Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The primary bath, a freestanding tub set before floor-to-ceiling glass with a view of the water — The primary bath, toward the water Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Quiet materials, by Studio Munge

Studio Munge dresses the residences in the palette of the shore — natural stone, pale oak, travertine, linen — layered so that the rooms recede and the water comes forward. The primary suite carries the idea furthest: a bath that looks out to the water, a freestanding tub, and, in select residences, an infrared sauna of one’s own.

“We wanted to pull people away from the noise and escape to an entirely different place.” Alessandro Munge, Studio Munge

The primary bedroom at sunset, linen and pale wood, the glass wall open to the evening light — The primary bedroom, at sunset Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The waterfront pool at garden level under celadon umbrellas, loungers on the shore and the docks of the Intracoastal beyond — The shore pool · Dock and boat slips subject to approvals. Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Afternoons at the water’s edge

At the foot of the podium, the day slows down. A beach-inspired shore runs the length of the property’s private frontage on the Intracoastal, and the water is a few steps from the garden.

An infinity pool sits at garden level with its bar, cabanas and loungers under celadon umbrellas; a waterside promenade follows the shore; and there is dining at the water’s edge, served by Mandarin Oriental. The great helical stair of the podium brings you down from the gardens to the terrace at the water.

A private dock is planned, subject to approvals. The marina at Rybovich sits just beside the shore, and Palm Beach Island holds the horizon.

The private beach-inspired shore with loungers before the glass podium and the base of the tower — The shore, before the podium Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Cabanas beside the waterfront pool in full daylight, palms overhead — The cabanas, at midday Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The glass podium and its helical stair above the private beach, palms and turquoise water, the curved tower rising out of frame — The podium and the helical stair, from the water Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Expressive without excess

“This balance — between softness and order, nature and geometry — defines the character of the building. It is sculptural without being indulgent, expressive without excess.” Safdie Architects

Safdie Architects — the studio of Moshe Safdie, of Habitat 67 and Marina Bay Sands — shaped the tower as four slender volumes that open gently as they rise, standing on a podium that unfolds toward the water. A helical stair descends from the podium to the terrace at the shore.

Light sculpts the façade through the day; the terraces read as curved ribbons stacked above the gardens, and each of them is somebody’s corner. It is the studio’s first building in Florida, and it was drawn, in Safdie’s phrase, from the essence of place.

Present. Attentive. Unhurried.

Mandarin Oriental calls it Legendary Service. Lived here, it is simply the shape of a day.

First light: The residential team, trained and led by Mandarin Oriental, is already in the house: a Director of Residences, a lifestyle concierge, valet at the door.
Midday: Two house cars for the errands of the island and the city. In-residence dining from the kitchen; housekeeping when you wish it, and not when you don’t.
Evening: A table at the water’s edge, set and served. Security, quietly, through the night.
Away: The house is looked after in your absence and readied before you return — the lights on, the terrace swept, the house as you left it.

A terrace table set for dinner at dusk, the marina lit below and the water beyond — Dinner on the terrace, the marina below Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The fan is the emblem of the house, and those who love Mandarin Oriental have long called themselves Fans — this is a house of Fans. The Oriental, Bangkok, 1876; The Mandarin, Hong Kong, 1963: a way of keeping a house, brought to the water’s edge.

The brand’s stated purpose is a single word — to delight.

The porte-cochère beneath a sculpted canopy, a fountain at its center and a tabebuia in pink bloom — The arrival, beneath the tabebuia Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Arrive beneath the tabebuia

You arrive under a sculpted canopy, past a fountain, beneath tabebuias in bloom. ENEA Landscape Architecture — Enzo Enea’s studio, at work in Miami for two decades — wraps the house in tropical garden from the porte-cochère to the beach, so that the tower seems to stand in a grove rather than on a street.

The gardens are meant to grow with the house. “A landscape is never finished,” Enea says; here, the shore is where it goes on.

The beach and the glass podium at the base of the curved tower, palms in the foreground — The shore, the podium, the tower Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

North Flagler, where the water begins

5400 North Flagler Drive sits on the stretch where West Palm Beach turns from city into shoreline: a residential run of the Intracoastal, quiet at its edges, with Palm Beach Island on the horizon and open water in front.

The marina at Rybovich is beside you. The shops and studios of the Nora District, the Norton Museum of Art, The Royal Poinciana Plaza and Worth Avenue across the bridge, CityPlace, and the golf courses of the island are all within easy reach — close enough for the evening, far enough for the morning.

It is, as the house describes itself, peacefully residential yet effortlessly connected: a place large enough for a lush, tropical garden by the water, and quiet enough to hear it.

5400 North Flagler Drive · West Palm Beach, Florida

Aerial photograph of Palm Beach looking north along the Intracoastal Waterway, the location of the residences indicated with a marker — Aerial photograph of Palm Beach; the location of the residences is indicated. Marker is illustrative.

Five signatures

Mandarin Oriental: Brand and residential serviceThe name on the door and the team in the house — formed, trained and led by Mandarin Oriental.
Great Gulf: DeveloperToronto, since 1975; more than a hundred thousand homes across North America, and La Clara in West Palm Beach.
Safdie Architects: ArchitectureMoshe Safdie — Habitat 67, Marina Bay Sands, Jewel Changi. This is the studio’s first project in Florida.
Studio Munge: Interior designAlessandro Munge, Toronto and Miami — interiors of natural stone, pale oak and travertine.
ENEA Landscape Architecture: LandscapeEnzo Enea, Rapperswil-Jona and Miami — the tropical gardens from the porte-cochère to the shore.

Sales and marketing by Cervera Real Estate.

Kitchen detail in pale oak and light marble by Studio Munge — Oak and marble Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

A travertine vanity in the primary bath, soft light on stone — Travertine Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Dinner on the terrace at sunset, the sky turning gold over the water — The terrace at sunset Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

Kitchen and living room opening together toward the water — Kitchen and living room, toward the water Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

A cabana beside the waterfront pool, a palm and the water beyond — A cabana at the shore pool Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

The shore pool among the palms at sunset, the Intracoastal beyond — The shore pool among the palms Illustration is artist’s concept. E.&O.E.

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Mandarin Oriental Residences, West Palm Beach — Where the city goes quiet, the water begins.