Capella Residences Seoul
Capella Residences Seoul is the property almost every English write-up has counted wrong: about thirty homes on a wooded estate in Seocho-gu, not the 222 units that belong to the project beside it.
Artist's rendering, Capella Hotel Group. A computer-generated impression released by the operator; the completed building may differ.
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The property
Capella Residences Seoul stands at Heonin Maeul, a wooded site in Naegok-dong, in the Seocho district on the southern side of Seoul. The estate runs to over 56,000 pyeong (over 185,000 square metres) with the built footprint held to around 20% of the land. Olson Kundig designed the residences, David Chipperfield Architects the community clubhouse, and Capella Hotel Group takes the operating role. Completion is given as 2028.
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The unit count is where nearly every English-language write-up of Capella Residences Seoul goes wrong. Heonin Maeul is two developments totalling roughly 260 homes. Le-el Upperhouse, at 222 units, built by Lotte Construction, with move-in in 2027, and Capella Residences Seoul, at about thirty homes, with move-in in 2028. Descriptions that call Capella Residences Seoul a 222-unit residence have merged the two. Capella itself has not put a number on its component, so about thirty is the working figure until Capella confirms it.
The Capella Residences Seoul Club opened on 16 October 2025 at 4 Dokseodang-ro 35-gil, in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu. A different district from the site itself, and open years ahead of the homes. Liaigre designed the interiors. The Living Room occupies the second floor, The Dining Room by Hulotte the third under Chef Seung-jun Lee, and The Roof the fourth under Chef Ambassador Edward Lee; a further venue, The Boxing Club, completes the set. Private appointments are open there, and Capella presents the venue as a club and a prelude (an experience centre, in the Korean marketing) rather than as a sales gallery.
Capella Residences Seoul carries no published price, unit size or unit mix, in Korean or in English, and the ownership structure and service charge are to be confirmed. Le-el Upperhouse publishes a size band for its own apartments; that band describes Le-el Upperhouse and should not be read onto these homes. We put the open points to Capella and to the developer directly, and quote pricing on request.
Buyers suited to Capella Residences Seoul want low-density, wooded living inside the city with hotel-run services attached, and can work without a published guide price. Anyone who needs a floor area, a layout or a tenure before committing will find those to be confirmed for now, in Korean or in English. We put those questions to Capella and to Heonin Town Development Ltd. on a client's behalf, arrange the appointment at the club in Hannam-dong, and update this page when the answers arrive rather than filling the gaps with figures from the property next door.
- Residences
- About thirty homes. The Capella component of the Heonin Maeul development; Capella's own count to be confirmed
- What the 222 figure refers to
- 222 units belong to Le-el Upperhouse, the separate property on the same site, with move-in in 2027, not to Capella Residences Seoul
- Completion
- 2028, given as the move-in year
- Location
- Heonin Maeul, Naegok-dong, Seocho-gu, on the southern side of Seoul
- Site
- Over 56,000 pyeong, over 185,000 square metres
- Built footprint
- Held to around 20% of the site
- Architects
- Olson Kundig for the residences; David Chipperfield Architects for the community clubhouse at Heonin Maeul
- Club interiors
- Liaigre, for the Capella Residences Seoul Club
- Preview club
- Capella Residences Seoul Club, opened 16 October 2025 at 4 Dokseodang-ro 35-gil, Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu
- Club venues
- The Living Room on the second floor, The Dining Room by Hulotte on the third under Chef Seung-jun Lee, and The Roof on the fourth under Chef Ambassador Edward Lee; The Boxing Club is named without a floor
- Hotel on site
- None. Capella operates the members' club and resident services, and no hotel keys form part of the property
- Developer
- Heonin Town Development Ltd., the project implementation agent; Lotte Construction is the contractor at Heonin Maeul
- Price
- Price on request
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
To be confirmed. Neither Capella nor Heonin Town Development Ltd. has set out the ownership structure for these homes. Tenure, and the position of a foreign buyer, are questions for Korean counsel answered in writing before any offer.
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
Private appointments are open at the Capella Residences Seoul Club in Hannam-dong, which Capella presents as a preview club and the Korean marketing calls an experience centre. Whether the Capella component is in open sale is to be confirmed, Capella has named no sales channel, so this page carries the property as announced rather than selling. Pricing is on request; we put an enquiry to Capella and to the developer on a client's behalf.
Who is behind it
Developer
Heonin Town Development Ltd., working in partnership with Capella Hotel Group as the project implementation agent rather than the builder; Lotte Construction is the contractor at Heonin Maeul.
Architecture and interiors
Olson Kundig designed the residences at Heonin Maeul, David Chipperfield Architects the community clubhouse, and Liaigre the interiors of the Capella Residences Seoul Club. Capella credits Olson Kundig for the residences without separating the Capella homes from the larger property beside them, so the attribution here stays at that level.
The hotel on site
No Capella hotel stands at Heonin Maeul and none is announced. Capella's role in the property is operating a members' club and resident services. The Capella Residences Seoul Club, a preview venue rather than a hotel, opened on 16 October 2025 in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu.
Completion
2028, given as the move-in year. The original partnership announcement of October 2024 carried 2027, which is now the move-in year for Le-el Upperhouse, the separate component on the same site. The two dates read as two properties separating rather than as one schedule slipping.
Where it is
Seoul, South Korea. The project is announced rather than built, so the pin marks the district; the exact plot is confirmed with the developer.
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