At the Aman resort in the Turks and Caicos Islands, guest villas come complete with infinity pools and butlers who serve you a private romantic dinner on the beach. In a remote Utah desert, Aman guests can “camp” in tented lodges with plunge pools and king-size beds.

The Swiss company, owned by Russian property developer Vlad Doronin, has been described by Forbes as “the world’s most preeminent resort brand” and attracts notably affluent clients like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and George and Amal Clooney.

Launched in Indonesia, Aman is known for its small resorts in exotic tropical locations or its historically significant properties such as a 16th century palace in Venice.

Now, the ultra-luxury hotel brand beloved by celebrities is coming to Beverly Hills as part of a $2 billion residential complex called One Beverly Hills. Its promoters revealed Thursday that Aman will operate the hotel, a private club and select Aman-branded residences in a lush landscaped oasis next to the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where stars gather for the annual Golden Globe Awards.

One Beverly Hills, announced in 2020, won city approval for a 42-room hotel — all suites — and 37 hotel-branded condominiums, where owners can choose to receive hotel amenities like in-room dining. and housekeeping.

The 17.5-acre One Beverly Hills property near Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, formerly occupied by a famous Robinsons-May department store, is considered one of the most desirable real estate development sites in the country, but has remained in fallow for years while previous plans to expand it failed to materialize.

The main vacant lot was bought for $445 million in 2018 by Alagem Capital Group, the local owner of the Beverly Hilton, and its partner Cain International of London. The partners have proposed a new plan that merges the existing Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills with a new development designed by Norman Foster, an English lord perhaps best known for designing a lipstick-like skyscraper in London known as the Gherkin and the Hoop- shaped headquarters of Apple Inc. in Cupertino, California.

Foster’s plan calls for up to 340 upscale residences in two towers as high as 32 stories. The buildings will be surrounded by 8 acres of native plant gardens and trail-woven water features, most of which would be open to the public. There is also to be a 10-story building to house the Aman, its residences, the private Aman club, a spa and restaurants.

Foster said in a 2020 interview that his plan dates back to a period in the 1930s when architects who came to Los Angeles “embraced the sanitary aspects of the climate” by designing structures with balconies, terraces and other elements intended to integrate indoor and outdoor. One Beverly Hills will follow, with a focus on the outdoor environment.

The architecture of the building is an extension of the greenery, he says. “The protagonist is the landscape, the garden.”

A rendering of a garden at One Beverly Hills. The design provides for 8 acres of native plant gardens and trail-woven water features.

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The 28- and 32-story condo towers would be “permeable” in terms of being seen through, Foster said, and far enough apart to preserve sight lines from afar. The hotel would be set back from Wilshire Boulevard, partly on land once occupied by a 76-brand gas station that the developers acquired.

Cain and Alagem Capital partnered in 2018 and received the city rights to build One Beverly Hills in 2021. The Beverly Hills City Council approved the project despite the objection of council member and former mayor John Mirisch, who called the development project “elitist, exclusive and exclusive.”

“Without affordable housing, the project has turned into a castle-fortress of exclusion,” Mirisch told the other four council members.

Construction is expected to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2027, said Jonathan Goldstein, chief executive of Cain International.

Partners Cain and Alagem have hired executive Larry Green, a former US development manager for the Westfield mall owner, to oversee development. Among the big projects Green shaped was the billion-dollar renovation of nearby Westfield Century City in 2017.

A rendering of One Beverly Hills, which will include a 10-story building to house the Aman, its residences, the private Aman Club, spa and restaurants.

(DBOX for Alagem Capital Group)

The addition of an ultra-luxury hotel should boost One Beverly Hills’ appeal to travelers, who could choose between a Hilton, a Waldorf Astoria and an Aman, Goldstein said. “We think we’ve covered all the bases on the site.”

Pricing for the Aman in Beverly Hills has yet to be set, but other Aman hostels have reached eye-popping benchmarks.

A night at Aman’s Amangiri resort in Canyon Point, Utah starts at around $4,000, according to the hotel’s website. A room booked for Monday night through Hotels.com would start at $430 at the Beverly Hilton and $1,195 at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills.

The ultra-luxurious 40-room Amangani Jackson Hole recently sold for $79.5 million, or $1.99 million per room. It was one of the highest prices paid per room in the past two years in the United States, real estate consultant Alan Reay said.

An Aman makes sense in Beverly Hills, Reay said. “They are a high end luxury hotel like I have never seen.”

Aman operates 33 properties in 20 countries. The Beverly Hills hotel will be its fifth in the United States after Aman opened hostels in New York in August and Miami in 2024.

“Staying true to our DNA and the coveted Aman lifestyle,” Doronin said in a statement, “Aman Beverly Hills, nestled in its expansive botanical gardens, captures Aman’s legacy and heritage while connecting our customers to fascinating urban environments.”