Who Is the Developer Behind HQ Residences Miami?

The team behind a luxury development matters as much as the building itself. When I show clients HQ Residences Miami, the first question I usually get is: "Who's building this?" It's a smart question. HQ is being developed by a three-way partnership — Black Salmon, The Boschetti Group, and Constellation Group — through the legal entity BSC Edgewater Developer, LLC. The tower carries the HQ Residences by sbe brand, which means Sam Nazarian's global hospitality platform is shaping the amenity experience. Address is 422 NE 29th Street, Miami, FL 33137.

Who Is Developing HQ Residences?

HQ Residences is not a single-developer project. It's a partnership of three groups — each bringing something specific to the table. Black Salmon is a Miami-based real estate investment and development firm with a focus on institutional-quality assets. The Boschetti Group is the family office behind several Miami luxury residential projects and brings long-standing local relationships. Constellation Group is a Miami-based developer with a track record of mixed-use and residential developments across the city. Together, they formed BSC Edgewater Developer, LLC to build and deliver HQ.

This kind of partnership structure is common in Miami luxury development — it spreads capital, risk, and expertise across groups that each have specific strengths. Black Salmon brings capital and institutional discipline. The Boschetti Group brings local Miami know-how. Constellation Group brings operational execution. The partnership lets each group do what it does best.

What Does "HQ Residences by sbe" Mean?

The brand you see on the building — HQ Residences by sbe — is a licensing arrangement with sbe, the global lifestyle hospitality group founded by Sam Nazarian. sbe is the company behind SLS, Delano, Mondrian, and Hyde. They don't develop real estate; they license their brand and hospitality expertise to developers building residential and hotel projects. For HQ, that means sbe's team is involved in shaping the resident experience — service standards, amenity programming, the speakeasy concept ("The Marc's"), the private dining room with a chef kitchen.

The sbe brand doesn't mean the developers are guaranteed to execute flawlessly. But it does mean the amenity programming and lifestyle components are being shaped by a team that has delivered this kind of experience at scale across hotels and residences worldwide. That's a legitimate value-add at a luxury price point, particularly at the Level 34 Bathhouse Club and the Level 35 social floor.

Who Designed the Building?

Architecture is by Arquitectonica — the internationally acclaimed firm founded in Miami in 1977. Arquitectonica has shaped the city's skyline for nearly five decades, and the firm designed HQ's signature diagrid façade. Interior design across the residences and the amenity floors is by two firms working together: DesignAgency and Craft. DesignAgency is a Toronto-founded international firm known for hospitality and residential interiors; Craft is an interior architecture studio that works across luxury hospitality. Landscape architecture is by Enzo Enea, the Swiss studio widely recognized as one of the top landscape practices in the world.

The wellness programming on Level 34 — the full-floor Bathhouse Club with pool, yoga shala, pilates studio, and spa circuit — is programmed by Basis, led by Kane Sarhan, who is the founder of The Well (the wellness brand and social club with flagship locations in New York and Bay Harbor Islands). That's a meaningful distinction. Basis isn't just a design consultant; they're the team shaping how the wellness floor will actually operate day to day.

Arquitectonica: The Architectural Lead

Arquitectonica is behind some of Miami's most recognizable buildings — from the Atlantis condominium to American Airlines Arena to the Miami Heat's stadium. The firm has worked on projects in more than 60 countries. At HQ, their work is most visible in the diagrid façade — a patterned exterior that gives the building a strong architectural identity on Biscayne Boulevard. The 35-story massing and the way the tower terminates at the top (with the Bathhouse Club and social floor reading as distinct volumes) are hallmarks of Arquitectonica's approach to luxury residential.

DesignAgency and Craft: The Interior Team

DesignAgency is a Toronto-founded firm with offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, Barcelona, and Belgrade. Their portfolio spans hospitality (Generator Hotels, Ace Hotel, Graduate Hotels), restaurants, and residential. Craft is an interior architecture practice focused on hospitality and luxury residential. Together, they're designing the residence interiors, the lobby, the amenity floors, and the common areas at HQ.

Basis and Kane Sarhan: The Wellness Layer

Kane Sarhan is the founder of The Well — one of the leading wellness clubs in the United States, with flagship locations in New York and Bay Harbor Islands and international expansions into Costa Rica and Bangkok. His new platform, Basis, is the team behind HQ's Level 34 programming. The floor includes a pool, yoga shala, pilates studio, and a full spa circuit — hammam, sauna, steam, plunge, stone-bed loungers, experience showers, a recovery room, and an AEScape treatment room. This isn't a fitness center with a sauna; it's a full-floor wellness experience programmed by people who run wellness clubs for a living.

Enzo Enea: The Landscape

Enzo Enea is a Swiss studio widely recognized as one of the top landscape practices globally. Their work is known for restraint and sculptural composition. At HQ, they're shaping the pool deck, the rooftop terrace, and the building's exterior landscape.

Why the Partnership Structure Matters

When you're evaluating HQ, the development structure matters for a few concrete reasons. A three-way partnership spreads risk and capital across groups with different but complementary skill sets. The sbe brand licensing means the amenity and lifestyle experience is being shaped by people with deep hospitality expertise. The design team — Arquitectonica, DesignAgency and Craft, Basis, Enzo Enea — is a coherent roster of specialists, not a grab bag of names on a rendering. The 2028 delivery target is realistic for a 35-story tower of this complexity.

The Bottom Line

HQ Residences is being built by Black Salmon, The Boschetti Group, and Constellation Group, branded by sbe, and designed by Arquitectonica with interiors by DesignAgency and Craft, wellness by Basis, and landscape by Enzo Enea. That's the team. If you want to talk through what it means for your position in the building — floor, exposure, residence line — call 305-321-7655.