Utah’s Park City has long been a haven for powder hounds, but it’s seeing a boom in development that’s taking it from intermediate to expert levels of luxury.
Both Montage Deer Valley and the Stein Eriksen Lodge are well known to frequent skiers, hikers and mountain bikers in the Wasatch Mountain range and synonymous with the highest end of outdoorsy hospitality in Park City. Over the last decade, more luxury hotels moved in—St. Regis, Waldorf Astoria—but luxury residential pickings have still been slim, until this year. A handful of new offerings finally provide step-out-the-door access and all the best extras.
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Pendry Park City
Image Credit: Pendry Park City Whoever coined the phrase “ski beach,” Pendry Hotels & Resorts is making it its own for the brand’s first fully residential condo tower. The trail-side project will have a vast front lawn that will turn into that “beach” come winter, leading right to a new high-speed lift in the heart of the self-contained Canyons Village. From the building, everything is walkable: restaurants, shops, bars—and mountain access. Slated to open in 2021, the Pendry will have the town’s first rooftop pool and bar, as well as a five-star spa and the full-scale hospitality expected from a luxury hotel brand. More than half the 152 units have sold so far; prices range from $595,000 for a studio to $3 million for a four-bedroom penthouse. All units can be placed for rent when not in use. Expect a killer après-ski scene from the dining and bar venues that open to the ski beach, one thing developer Brian Shirken felt Park City was missing: “I’m personally looking forward to having my own chair at the bar, where I can chat and enjoy a good cocktail.”
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Apex Residences Park City
Image Credit: Apex Residences Park City The newest fully completed residential complex, Apex offers multi-story town homes and condos that are all ski-in, ski-out. Also located in Canyons Village, the development sits between the trails that lead to the new lift opening outside the Pendry tower and to the gondola from the village center, making this spot ideal for mountain bikers as well as skiers and snowboarders. The plush homes have the feel of more urbane lofts, with sleek modern kitchens and mountain accents like hide upholstery, rather than the Western cabins often seen in the Rockies and Sierras. A clubhouse with a private pool, a game room, spa-services rooms and a stunning lounge round out the development’s amenities, with heated underground parking and private entry. Completed this year, the residences have mostly sold out, with only one (a five-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath townhouse) currently available, for $3.95 million. Equally stylish sister property Lift, just yards away, debuted last year with 61 turnkey units. Of those, just one four-bed penthouse is still available, for $3.8 million.
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Promontory Club
Image Credit: Promontory Club A private community established in 2001, Promontory sits on more than 6,000 acres just outside of Park City proper. While there’s already an established base of residents, an entire new section of homesites was released last year, called Pinnacle. This neighborhood is the division’s most private, with large parcels and prices for vast, finished homes starting at $3.6 million, and its own gathering space called the Skyhouse, with pool, spa rooms, and fitness and entertaining areas. Within the greater Promontory Club, members have access to two golf courses, equestrian facilities and trails, and the beach and water sports at the club’s own lake, as well as private lodges at both Park City and Deer Valley ski resorts.
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The Snow Park Residences
Image Credit: Unsplash Opening next month, this new project includes just nine units in lower Deer Valley as part of the St. Regis Deer Valley resort. Prices begin at $2.7 million for a two-bedroom condo and go to $7.2 million for the duplex penthouse, which has four bedrooms, five fireplaces, five heated balconies and plenty of room for a fitness studio or wine cellar. As part of the resort, residents gain access to a ski valet, butler service and an on-site private ski club.
