It’s vast…nearly 50 square miles…
That’s twice the size of Manhattan.
Set along three miles of glistening white-sand beach, and miles more of stunning Caribbean coastline, it’s home to the largest inland marina in the region. You’ll also find mansions that sell for tens of millions of dollars…and incredible 5-star resorts…
Nestled in the Caribbean is a vast, exclusive enclave of the ultra-rich…a virtual city state set on some of the world’s most breathtaking beaches.
Along its 72 miles of perfectly paved roads, there are high-end resorts like a Secrets and Eden Roc as well as a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, a university campus, fitness centers, convention centers, one of the Caribbean’s finest equestrian facilities, a fire station, and medical and veterinary clinics…
The Caribbean’s largest water park just opened, its amphitheater inaugurated by Elton John.
Just 10 minutes’ away is an international airport with a private jet terminal.
To date, nearly $2 billion has been spent on infrastructure and facilities. That’s the kind of money governments in the Middle East and Asia put aside to build entire cities. And there’s more money coming…
At this private link exclusively for Your Overseas Dream Home readers, you’ll find a video overview of this ultra-luxe haven. Footage in this video was shot by my team when we had boots on the ground there.
Some call this destination a “master-planned community.” But that doesn’t capture the size and scale of what’s happening here.
This is a self-sufficient and secure bastion of wealth and luxury that functions with a high degree of autonomy. A virtual city-state for the affluent.
This is Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic.
And it’s one of the best destinations in the world for an overseas dream home. That’s why I’m about to buy one here alongside members of my Real Estate Trend Alert group…though we won’t be spending millions. Far from it.
Cap Cana versus Manhattan…Cap Cana is over twice the size of Manhattan. It’s an immaculately planned and luxuriously conceived “city state” for the affluent.
From the first moment I stood overlooking the fairway along the ocean, close to Cap Cana’s St. Regis, I thought of Cap Cana as a Caribbean Cabo.
It has much of the same appeal…with some of the world’s best sports-fishing just offshore and one of the Caribbean’s largest marinas, capable of hosting super-yachts. And its beaches are extraordinary…
Cap Cana’s origin story can be traced back to the 1960s…
This community is found on easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. This region was once sparsely populated and hard to reach. In the 1960s, Colgate-Palmolive, a major American consumer products company, built a road in this region as part of an ambitious agricultural project. The company had acquired a large tract of land, specifically in La Altagracia province in the far east of the country, with the intention of establishing a coconut plantation.
At the time, coconuts were a valuable commodity used in a wide range of consumer products, particularly soaps and personal care items, for which Colgate had a growing market. However, the land they purchased was in a remote and undeveloped area with little infrastructure, making it difficult to access the plantation site.
To facilitate transportation of goods and workers to and from the plantation, Colgate decided to construct a road leading to the property. This road helped open up the region, connecting previously isolated areas to the rest of the country.
Though Colgate’s coconut plantation did not turn out to be as successful as they had hoped, the road they built had a significant long-term impact on the area. It improved accessibility and laid the groundwork for future development. When Frank Rainieri and Theodore Kheel began developing the region for tourism in the late 1960s and early 1970s, opening the area’s first resort in the Punta Cana Club, the road built by Colgate played a key role in making the region more accessible.
In this way, Colgate’s decision to build a road for agricultural purposes indirectly contributed to the development of this iconic destination.
Cap Cana is on the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic, near Punta Cana Airport, which is just a 2.5-hour flight from Miami.
In 1984 Punta Cana Airport welcomed its first international flight. From there the international hotel chains recognized the opportunity and arrived.
With the birth of Cap Cana in the early 2000s things ramped up considerably…
The vision for Cap Cana was to create a destination that would offer luxury living and world-class amenities.
Today, everything the affluent want or need is right here. The marina. The equestrian center. The luxury boutiques. The fine dining.
In terms of schooling, you’ll find the U.S.-recognized Cap Cana Heritage School which grew in student numbers by 20% last year. It’s bilingual and has students from early childhood to 12th grade. The UNIBE University Cap Cana campus offers complete programs for all levels of university degrees.
And since it opened in 2006 the Punta Espada Golf Course has been ranked among the world’s finest. The renowned Golf Week magazine ranked it as the “No. 1 course in the Caribbean and Mexico” and Golf Digest as 35th in the world. It’s the first of three Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses to be developed at Cap Cana and work is underway on the second.
The Jack Nicklaus-designed Punta Espada is an outstanding course and hosted the inaugural PGA Tour’s Champions Tour in April 2008.
Cap Cana is an incredible enclave of the ultra-rich…and the prices to stay in the resorts here reflect that.
Hyatt owns the 457-room Secrets Cap Cana Resort and Spa there. To stay for a week this December at Secrets Cap Cana Resort and Spa will cost you $5,831.
Secrets is Hyatt’s ultra-luxury brand. You’ll find them in the world’s most popular beach destinations, like Montego Bay and Los Cabos.
Not to be outdone by their competition, Marriott opened the all-inclusive Sanctuary Cap Cana in 2022. Marriott is also bringing out the big guns with the St. Regis Cap Cana opening in 2025. It is a legacy brand known around the world, a lure to the rich and famous.
You don’t just open a St. Regis anywhere. There’s 120 years of history and heritage to protect. New locations are chosen carefully. The process is painstaking and costly.
Aspen, Colorado…
Venice, Italy…
Bora Bora, French Polynesia…
Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives…
These are places deemed worthy of a St. Regis by the experts at Mariott.
Now you can add Cap Cana, Dominican Republic to that prestigious list. It’s costing about $220 million to build. A penthouse listed for sale there for $25 million!
Those kinds of price tags are not uncommon in Cap Cana…
This six-bed villa, spanning almost 20,000 square feet, is on the market for $20 million.
This large six-bed ocean-view house is listed right now for $18 million.
This large three-bed condo overlooking the golf course is on the market for $3.14 million.
You get the idea…
This vast villa in Cap Cana is currently listed at a whopping $18 million. Check out the listing here.
I’ve first scouted the Dominican Republic way back in 2012. I’ve tracked developments there closely. And my scouts and I have put boots on the ground again and again in Cap Cana in recent years…looking for the right opportunity…the right real estate…to bring to my Real Estate Trend Alert group…
It’s taken years to find the right off-market, RETA-only deal. But I knew it would be worth the scouting, the research, the expense, and the patient negotiation…
And now we’ve found it. The first-ever deal in Cap Cana for my RETA group.
And with this deal, we can own for a small fraction of the prices above.
Our opportunity is in the center of it all, a short stroll to the incredible beach of Juanillo, in one of the best locations in all of Cap Cana…
This is really important to understand…
All along this coast, outside of Cap Cana too, there is very little beach access outside of the big resorts.
But we’re going to own close to Juanillo Beach…
Just a short stroll…to this beach…
I’m about to buy a condo in Cap Cana, a short stroll from this postcard-perfect stretch of glistening white-sand beach, as part of an exclusive off-market deal for my RETA group.
This is a chance to own best-in-class real estate in a perfectly located, best-in-class community in Cap Cana at unbelievable prices. And we’ll have incredible ocean-view amenities like an infinity pool, bar, restaurant, and gym.
This deal is exceptional. A no-brainer. And I’ll be buying alongside RETA members…
- I expect gains of $275,000 five years after delivery.
- Rent short term and I conservatively figure on a gross yield of nearly 12%. And that really is very conservative. I’d expect $3,000 a month renting my condo long term, for a gross yield of over 9%. The way I’ll probably play it though, is rent monthly for maybe nine months of the year and have the use of the condo for myself, friends, and family for a few months.
I’m releasing the full details of this opportunity this Saturday, September 14. That will drop in your inbox at 1 p.m. ET. Stay tuned…
Ronan McMahon, Founder, Overseas Dream Home & Real Estate Trend Alert
P.S. The developer behind this community is a specialist in what’s called “quiet luxury.” The focus is on quality and emphasizes discretion, craftsmanship, and timeless elegance. Think a watch from Patek Philippe or Vacheron Constantin or a car from Bentley or Aston Martin…
The render below of the rooftop infinity pool offers an insight into what I mean. Full details coming on Saturday…
The rooftop infinity pool of our building in Cap Cana will have incredible views. (Renders like this shouldn’t be considered final, but give you a good idea.)
