Atlantic Village Hotel & Marina

Dania, FL
The to-be-built $100 million plus Atlantic Village Hotel & Marina, Dania (on the southern fringe of Ft. Lauderdale), will be a unique one-of-a-kind mixed resort development consisting of an 80-slip marina, a 125,000 sq. ft. Class-A office building with over 1,000 parking spaces, and a five-star 349-unit condo hotel.

The 10-acre site is located one minute from I-95, one of Florida’s most important North-South highways and Griffin Road, just south of and practically touching the Hollywood-Ft. Lauderdale International Airport.

This resort development is a sleeper with awesome upside possibilities. Here’s why: While most South Florida oceanfront condo hotels are challenged to seek both high occupancy rates and high daily room rates in order to net out positively, the Atlantic Village developer had the vision to find a site that had been overlooked but not yet priced excessively out of sight.

As a result, the developer can dedicate more money to the building, its rooms, its surroundings, and a package of amenities that runs from a European spa and tennis courts to indoor and outdoor gourmet dining, 20,000 sq. ft of ballroom and conference facilities and a 1,200 sq. ft. business center.

The property will even contain an actual island where guests will enjoy a Mickey Mouse-shaped pool and tiki lounge while watching boats cruise in and out of the marina and the planes coming in for a landing at nearby Ft. Lauderdale International Airport. The site has all the factors that could make it into a leading world-class resort.

It will be designed by two of Miami’s best architect companies, Sieger-Suarez and EGS2. Together, they are responsible for practically creating the skyline of the beaches of South Florida with their architectural innovations.

Studio units at Atlantic Village will start at only $189,000. One and two bedroom units are available too from $329,000 to $799,000. All units will have a furniture and fixtures package costing about $40,000 built into the purchase price. The package will include:

• Floor to ceiling glass
• Elaborate bathrooms with separate shower and bath, bidet and two vanity sinks
• A choice of a king or two double beds
• Owner’s closet
• In-room safe · 42” Plasma TVs
• Concierge service
• 24-Hour room service, doorman and housekeeping service

The resort will appeal to three primary areas that usually make a hotel successful; namely, commercial, meeting and convention, and leisure business. The hotel’s location is undeniably one of its strongest points:

• 5 minutes from the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
• 10 minutes from downtown Ft. Lauderdale
• 10 minutes from the Atlantic Ocean beaches
• 30 minutes from the Miami International Airport
• 25 minutes from downtown Miami
• 1 minute to I-95
• 5 minutes to Port Everglades, South Florida’s largest cruise ship port

In addition, the resort is located across from the Design Center of the Americas, the world’s largest international free-standing, interior design campus housing 775,000 square feet of exclusive designer products and showrooms.

The resort is three minutes by car from the Bass Pro Shops, an immense store featuring over 160,000 sq. ft of outdoor equipment –fishing, marine, camping, clothing, footwear, golf, hunting, and gifts.

Within minutes of the property is the entrance to the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport which brings in 55,000-58,000 people every single day. In 2003, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport reported the best year in its history, welcoming more than 17 million visitors. It was one of only four U.S. airports that expanded its number of daily flights. Atlantic Village is also just 30 minutes from Miami International Airport.

Along with the very popular Design Center of the Americas adjacent to the Sheraton, Atlantic Village is close to many area attractions, including the elegant shops on Las Olas Boulevard and in the Galleria Mall, the Broward County Convention Center and its Center for the Performing Arts, Pro Player Stadium (Go Dolphins!) and Bass Pro Shops with its 160,000 sq. ft. of outdoor sports equipment. Best of all, Atlantic Village is only 10 minutes to its namesake, the Atlantic Ocean, as well as downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Atlantic Village is just minutes from Port Everglades, the largest cruise port in South Florida. Unbeknownst to many people, Port Everglades is one of South Florida’s strongest economic engines. Almost 6,000 ships a year call at Port Everglades giving it a reputation as the “world’s premier cruise port.”

Often, cruise passengers will package their cruise with a visit to the South Florida area before or after their voyage. The Atlantic Village’s incredible location, practically kissing the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, and being just minutes away from Port Everglades is bound to make the Atlantic Village a convenient stopover point.

If you like a little nightlife, try your luck at the brand new Indian owned Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, only five minutes from Atlantic Village. This 500-room Mediterranean-style tower, on nearly 100 acres, features a colossal 130,000 square-foot casino and a soon-to-be world famous Downtown Disney-type entertainment complex.

The Seminole Hard Rock is the closest thing to Las Vegas-style entertainment in south Florida. Measured in glitz and glamour, the hotel rivals just about anything on Las Vegas’ famous strip. To be sure, there is nothing else like it in the Sunshine State.

By fall, visitors will have even more options when Seminole Paradise debuts. The 300,000 sq. ft. retail area will boast more than 30 shops, 11 restaurants and 11 nightclubs, a 5,600-seat concert venue and an amphitheater where Seminoles will reprise one of the few entertainments that drew paying customers when tribal members were too poor to afford shoes: alligator wrestling. (Trust me; if you’ve never seen alligator wrestling, you haven’t lived!).

When completed approximately three years from now, Atlantic Village will be a hip, upscale, quality condo hotel with a feel that is similar to a Four Seasons. Granted, this is not an oceanfront property, but it is unlikely you will find a five-star property with all the amenities imaginable, with excellent upside potential, and at a price-to-value that is literally impossible to beat.

Read the Property Alert newsletter which featured the Atlantic Village.

If you are interested in learning more about this condo hotel, please feel free to ask specific questions or request our detailed data sheet. We will respond within 24 hours (usually much sooner). Contact Joel Greene at Joel@CondoHotelCenter.com or call (954) 450-1929.