Aman Residences, Amancaya
Aman Residences, Amancaya places a small residential component beside a 36-pavilion Aman resort across roughly 400 acres of two private Bahamian cays, and the commercial detail comes from the selling side rather than from Aman, which is why we go to it directly.
Artist's rendering, Aman. A computer-generated impression released by the operator; the completed building may differ.
- Price
- From approximately US$27 million
- Stage
- Under construction
- Bedrooms
- 3 to 5
We tell you what is available and arrange the introduction.
The property
Aman Residences, Amancaya sits on two entirely private cays in the Exumas, Children's Bay Cay and Williams Cay, across approximately 400 acres, alongside a 36-pavilion resort. Aman calls Amancaya its first destination in The Bahamas, the brand's third Caribbean property after Amanera in the Dominican Republic and Amanyara in Turks and Caicos. Aman gives the name as meaning peaceful island in Taino, which we pass on as brand copy rather than as an etymology we can check.
Read the full picture
Aman Group is developing Amancaya in partnership with the Swiss investor and philanthropist Dona Bertarelli, with Squircle Capital involved in the development. Jacobsen Studio has the architecture, Yabu Pushelberg the interiors and Raymond Jungles the landscape. Groundbreaking took place on 17 April 2026, attended by Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper, with a total development value above US$260 million and roughly 200 construction jobs and 300 permanent positions projected. The property targets LEED certification and is presented as aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Aman carries Amancaya as coming soon, with three- to five-bedroom residences spanning two private cays. The selling side adds the specifics: 23 estate residences in total, on homesites of roughly two to five and a half acres in beachfront, ironshore and oceanview settings, with about 7,088 to over 9,197 square feet of total living space. Aman has not yet confirmed those figures, so we treat them as the selling side's statement and confirm them at the point of offer. Aman names no unit types for Amancaya.
Ownership is the point that matters here. Whether residences at Amancaya sell freehold, leasehold, condominium or fractional, and what the service charge, association fee or maintenance figure runs to, are the two things that determine what a purchase costs to hold, and both are to be confirmed. The property entry is approximately US$27 million. Owners may place a residence in an optional Aman rental programme, with privileges through the Aman Private Office and Aman Club, on terms that are to be confirmed.
Amancaya suits a buyer who wants an Aman-run island home, is comfortable committing years ahead of delivery on drawings, and is working well into eight figures. Anyone at that stage should expect the tenure, the annual charges, a floor plan and a current price list to are to be confirmed, and should treat the 2029 estimate loosely, on a site that has seen earlier properties come and go, including one with a golf course that the Aman plan drops. We make that approach on a client's behalf and put the answers in writing.
- Site
- Approximately 400 acres across two entirely private cays in the Exumas
- Resort on site
- A 36-pavilion Aman resort, with Aman Spa and wellness centre, beach club, private marina and several dining venues
- Residences
- Three- to five-bedroom residences spanning two private cays, listed as Coming soon
- Number of homes
- 23 estate residences to be offered in total; Aman describes a limited collection of three- to five-bedroom residences
- Entry price
- From approximately US$27 million
- Groundbreaking
- 17 April 2026, attended by Prime Minister Philip Davis and Deputy Prime Minister Chester Cooper
- Estimated completion
- 2029 estimated; Aman carries the property as coming soon
- Design team
- Jacobsen Studio architecture, Yabu Pushelberg interiors, Raymond Jungles landscape
- Development value
- More than US$260 million, with roughly 200 construction jobs and 300 permanent positions projected
- Sustainability
- Targeting LEED certification and presented as aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The homes
Named exactly as the developer or the seller's agent names them. Sizes appear only where they are published.
Three- to five-bedroom residences
3 to 5 bed
Aman's own description; unit-type names, floor areas and plot sizes are to be confirmed. The homes sit on homesites of roughly two to five and a half acres in beachfront, ironshore and oceanview settings, with about 7,088 to over 9,197 square feet of total living space, figures to be confirmed.
Owning it
How title works here, what is on the market, what it costs to run and what happens when you are away. Open the one that is your question.
How ownership works here
Whether residences sell freehold, leasehold, condominium or fractional is to be confirmed; we will not infer Bahamian freehold in advance.
Leasehold or freehold: which is better?
Each has its advantages, and we would not steer a buyer to one over the other in the abstract. Freehold is title in perpetuity: the home is yours outright, it passes to your heirs without a clock on it, and it is the simpler asset to finance and to sell to the widest pool of buyers. Leasehold is normally structured to 90 years, as a 30-year registered term with two further 30-year terms written into the contract in Thailand, or as a 99-year term in markets such as Singapore, and it is the route to a villa on its own land where the law keeps freehold land in local hands. On resale a lease is assigned rather than a title transferred, which in Thailand means a fraction of the transfer fees and taxes a freehold sale attracts, and a well-run branded estate keeps its resale value on the strength of the operator and the address rather than the tenure. What matters is the specific home: the years left on the term, how the renewals are secured, and what the purchase pack says about assignment. We put those three questions to the developer or the seller's side before any offer, and we tell you what comes back.
What is available now
The property entry is approximately US$27 million. No individual residence carries its own price yet, there is no upper asking price, and how many of the 23 homes remain available is to be confirmed. Aman markets the residences as coming soon.
What it costs to run
The service charge, homeowners' association fee and maintenance figure for Amancaya are to be confirmed.
Letting it when you are away
Owners may place a residence in an optional Aman rental programme. How it is run, who may enter and on what terms are to be confirmed.
Who is behind it
Developer
Aman Group, in partnership with the Swiss investor and philanthropist Dona Bertarelli, developed with Squircle Capital
Architecture and interiors
Jacobsen Studio (architecture), Yabu Pushelberg (interiors), Raymond Jungles (landscape)
The hotel on site
Amancaya, a 36-pavilion Aman resort with an Aman Spa and wellness centre, a beach club, a private marina and several dining venues
Completion
Completion is estimated at 2029; Aman itself carries Amancaya as coming soon with no date fixed. The site has a roughly fifteen-year history under earlier heads of agreement, which is reason to hold the 2029 estimate loosely.
Where it is
Exuma, The Bahamas.
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How this works
Via Privata is a travel advisory. We do not sell property and we are not the developer, the seller, or a licensed real-estate broker in any of the markets on these pages. What we do is introduce a buyer to the developer or to the agent selling a home, and stay alongside for the parts we are useful for. The sale is concluded directly between you and them.
Where an introduction leads to a purchase we may be paid a fee by the developer or its appointed agent, and we do not act for both sides of the same transaction.
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