Cap Cana & the Growth Story — Tourism, Development, Golf

Overview

The Dominican Republic's flagship luxury enclave

Cap Cana sits on the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic, minutes from Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ) — one of the most-connected airports in the Caribbean, with nonstop service from dozens of North American and European cities. Inside the gates: two Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses, a deep-water marina, branded resorts and residences, and some of the region's best beaches.

After twenty years of development, Cap Cana has matured into an established address — and, according to its official sales team, more than 90% of all community property has now been sold.

A Decade of Tourism Growth

Visitor numbers roughly doubled in ten years

~5.6M → ~11.6MDR annual visitors, 2015 → 2025

60%+of national air arrivals via PUJ

+32%air arrivals vs. 2019

2 yrsof record-breaking arrivals

Sources: DR Ministry of Tourism / Central Bank arrivals data. Figures rounded.

The Build-Out

A pipeline that keeps pulling demand east

The St. Regis Cap Cana

Marriott's flagship luxury resort and branded residences opened in 2026 — ~200 ocean-view rooms, 70 residences and a roster of dining venues.

El Dorado Water Park

A water park and crystal lagoon inside Cap Cana — slides, a wave pool and an artificial beach for residents and guests.

Cap Cana Marina

One of the Caribbean's premier marinas — yacht charters, deep-sea fishing, waterfront dining and a growing residential quarter.

Development & Investment

Cap Cana is entering a major new growth cycle

Cap Cana is in the middle of one of the largest privately driven development expansions in the Caribbean. Per development information presented by Cap Cana, the destination had roughly 9,780 operating hotel and residential rooms/keys as of June 2026, with a further 9,363 already under construction.

By 2030 it projects about 24,907 operational rooms and keys — roughly 2.5× today’s operating inventory — including some 1,600 new hotel rooms and 13,000 new residential rooms/keys. That build-out is backed by heavy institutional and private capital: about US$4.8B invested by December 2025, rising to a projected US$7.5B by 2030.

For a limited-supply homesite on Punta Espada, an investment base of this scale should keep pulling demand toward luxury villas, finished residences and well-located development parcels.

The Pipeline, In Numbers

Current & projected build-out

US$6.0BCommitted investment — operating + under construction (Dec 2025)

US$7.5BProjected total investment by 2030

24,907Rooms & keys projected operational by 2030

~2.5×vs. current operating inventory

June 2026 — today9,780rooms & keys in operation · US$4.8B invested

Projected 203024,907rooms & keys operational · US$7.5B invested

From today to 2030: ~2.5× the operating inventory — ~1,600 new hotel rooms and ~13,000 new residential rooms/keys, with 9,363 already under construction.

Category	Rooms / Keys	Villas	Condo developments*	Hotels
In operation — June 2026	9,780	371	33	10
Under construction — June 2026	9,363	184	61	1
Projected operational by 2030	24,907	419	154	14

Investment (current value)	Total	Third-party developers	Cap Cana direct
Operating — Dec 2025	US$4.8B	US$3.2B	US$1.6B
Operating + under construction, committed — Dec 2025	US$6.0B	US$4.3B	US$1.7B
Projected by 2030	US$7.5B	US$5.7B	US$1.8B

Source: Cap Cana development presentation. Figures include operating, under-construction and projected developments; future figures are projections and subject to change. *“Condo developments” refers to condominium projects, not individual units.

Global Context

One community, outbuilding entire countries

Only a handful of destinations on earth are expanding at this scale — and most of the peer group is either sovereign-funded or an entire nation. Cap Cana’s build-out is privately driven, inside one gated community.

Cap Cana single community · committed investment, Dec 2025

US$6.0B

Jamaica entire national hotel pipeline

US$4.2B

Red Sea Project, Saudi Arabia sovereign-funded flagship · announced investment

US$13B+

Cap Cana rooms & keys projected operational by 2030†

24,907

Red Sea Project 2030 target hotel rooms across 50 resorts

8,000

Entire Caribbean activated new-hotel pipeline (CHTA, 50 projects)

19,591

Sources: Cap Cana development presentation; JAMPRO via press reports (Jamaica); Red Sea Global / press reports (Saudi Arabia); Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association Construction & Investment Benchmarking Report. †Cap Cana figures include hotel and residential rooms/keys; peer pipeline figures are hotel rooms only. Figures are as reported and subject to change.

What This Means For Lot 104

Growth on the demand side. Zero growth on the supply side.

Every one of the roughly 15,000 rooms and keys Cap Cana projects to add by 2030 represents new affluent visitors and residents arriving inside the gates, year after year — each a prospective villa renter, buyer, or future bidder for a finished estate. Regional data already shows demand outpacing new supply across the Dominican Republic’s hotel market.

Meanwhile, the asset class Las Palmas 104 belongs to cannot expand. Estate lots on Punta Espada with a permanently protected 270° panorama are a fixed — and shrinking — supply. More than 90% of Cap Cana’s property is already sold, and the parcel protecting this lot’s view is owned by Cap Cana itself and cannot be built on.

The 9,363 keys under construction today also carry a timing implication: buyers who wait are buying after the St. Regis-era repricing of the destination, not before it. The build-out is funded, underway and visible from the lot.

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