What is Emerald Residences?
Emerald Residences is a condominium development in Hotel Zone, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Current status: Resale · beachfront. Published price: $58,000,000 MXN (approximately $3,327,596 USD), developer list price. It has 4 bedrooms and about 390 m². Bathrooms per unit: up to 6. Amenities include infinity pool, beachfront, social dining, gym, spa. For reference, the median price per m² in Hotel Zone is $130,725 MXN (~$7,500 USD) across 624 available units in 5 developments, from the open Nautilus dataset, cut-off 2026-08-10. Coordinates: 21.1125995, -86.7609766. Half of the sub-zone's available inventory trades between $127,236 and $145,318 MXN per m² (p25-p75). Acquisition tax (ISAI) in the municipality of Benito Juárez is 3%; a foreign buyer holds title through a fideicomiso bank trust. Nautilus Real Estate represents this property and publishes no appreciation, return or occupancy projections.
Some addresses in Cancún need no explanation, and Emerald Residential Tower & Spa is one of them: a beachfront residential tower widely regarded as one of the most iconic in the Hotel Zone. This 390 m² (4,200 sqft) residence is for sale inside it. The building rises on Boulevard Kukulcán (Km 12–12.5, Altamira), directly across from La Isla Shopping Village, on the most central, walkable stretch of the zone. One clarification up front: this is the Emerald residential condominium — not the all-inclusive resort "Now Emerald / Secrets Mirabel," which is a separate property elsewhere in Cancún. It is an established, low-density tower — only a few residences per floor across 20 levels — and you feel it in the quiet of the hallways and in the near-hotel attention residents receive: here, privacy is not a promise, it is a consequence of the design. The residence occupies a high floor, with 390 m² resolved into four bedrooms, each with a full en-suite bath (six bathrooms in all), formal living and dining areas, a family room, a designer kitchen and a service room. The unit is delivered turn-key, ready to move in, with two parking spaces. The terraces open onto the double horizon that defines Emerald: the Caribbean Sea to the east, its blues shifting through the day, and the Nichupté Lagoon to the west, which keeps the sunsets. (The exact orientation of the terraces is confirmed on a visit.) Inside, the materials hold the category: a fully Italian Pedini kitchen with SMEG appliances and quartz countertops; bedrooms with custom closets in wood and marble; and the entire residence fitted with 9 mm glazing, hurricane-rated frames and automated roller shades, built to live the Caribbean climate without concessions. For residents, the building offers hotel-grade amenities: a European-style spa, an oceanfront infinity pool with jacuzzi, a gym, concierge and valet parking included in the HOA, 24/7 security with CCTV, a multipurpose room, a panoramic elevator and direct beach access. (In Mexico the beach is federal land —ZOFEMAT— so this is beach access, not private beach ownership; that is standard across all of Cancún.) The list price is $58,000,000 MXN (about USD $3.34 million at the June 2026 Banxico exchange rate of ~$17.36 per dollar; subject to change). This is a trophy unit at the top of the Hotel Zone market: it is bought for its irreplaceable beachfront position and for capital preservation rather than rental yield. Foreign buyers acquire through a Mexican bank trust (fideicomiso), and Nautilus runs full documentary due diligence —title, condominium regime, HOA standing and the status of the federal beach concession— before closing. We do not describe a property as "in order" without the documents to prove it.
