Knight Frank, an architecture consulting firm, shared the top trends in real estate that will set the pace next year. These include converting non-residential facilities to residential stock, building luxurious bunkers for the super-rich, making aboveground swimming pools, and purchasing a second home with hotel services in the city in addition to a countryside residence.
The most exciting trend of 2023, however, is the desire to live on a sea coast even if there is no sea nearby, experts claim. Incredible artificial lagoons are built for this purpose.
For instance, Arquitectonica designed the 32-storey One Park Tower in North Miami, Florida. Residents of this exquisite skyscraper will have access to a private lagoon, Laguna SoLè, with an area of almost 30,000 m2 and a private island, where they can SUP board or relax in a lounger under an umbrella on the beach.
The developer, Crystal Lagoons, is building over 1,000 such properties around the world, 200 of them within the USA. The company had already created lagoons for resorts before but has recently started building residential complexes on its own.
The first such lagoon was built in Epperson within the Wesley Chapel community in Florida in 2018. It contains 60 m3 of crystal-clear water, a beach, and all amenities of an upscale resort.
Carlos Rosso, a representative of the developer, believes that building beachfront properties within a city creates breathtaking views and increases the value of such homes.