Why Founders Are Moving Into Longevity Residences

In September 2024, Sam Nazarian stood on a stage in Los Angeles and announced something that sounded more like science fiction than real estate. The luxury hotelier behind SBE Entertainment, together with Tony Robbins, was launching The Estate: a global chain of residences where full-body MRIs, AI-powered diagnostics, and personalized longevity protocols would be built into the walls. Annual membership: $35,000. First locations opening in 2026 across St. Kitts, the UK, Northern Italy, and Switzerland. The goal: 15 hotels and residences plus 10 urban longevity centers by 2030.

Longevity residences are a new category of wellness real estate that integrates preventive medicine, advanced diagnostics, and health-optimized design directly into residential living, turning your home into an active participant in extending your healthspan.

Last updated: March 2026

What are longevity residences?

Traditional wellness real estate gave you a nice gym and maybe a juice bar in the lobby. Longevity residences go several layers deeper. These are homes and communities that track your biomarkers, personalize your care over decades, and remove friction from proactive health behaviors.

The distinction matters. A wellness condo might have a yoga studio. A longevity residence monitors 250+ health markers through in-home diagnostics, adjusts your circadian lighting based on your sleep data, and connects you to concierge physicians who know your bloodwork history going back years.

The Global Wellness Summit identified this category in their Future of Wellness 2026 Trends report, noting that “longevity is moving out of the clinic and into the place that shapes our health more than any other: where we live.” The report frames this as the convergence of three massive sectors: the wellness economy, the health and medical sector, and biotech.

For founders who already wear an Oura Ring to bed and schedule quarterly blood panels, longevity residences are the logical next step. Instead of optimizing health in 30-minute increments between meetings, the home itself becomes the optimization engine.

Who is building longevity residences in 2026?

Three projects stand out for their scale, funding, and founder-relevant positioning.

The Estate (Tony Robbins + Sam Nazarian)

The headline project in this space. Robbins and Nazarian partnered with investors including musician Marc Anthony and Richard Attias, CEO of the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The Estate’s first four hotel and residence locations launch in 2026 in St. Kitts, the UK, Trento (Northern Italy), and Montreux, Switzerland. Miami and GCC locations follow shortly after.

Members pay $35,000 per year for access to diagnostic testing that includes full-body MRIs, heart and lung scans, and bone density tests at urban longevity centers before they even arrive at the hotel properties. The clinical backbone comes from Fountain Life, Robbins’ longevity clinic chain that runs the same diagnostics used at the Cleveland Clinic.

Velvaere (Park City, Utah)

Developed by Magleby Development, Velvaere spans 60 acres adjacent to Deer Valley Resort with ski-in/ski-out access. The community offers 115 custom residences built with recycled clay and stone, Thermory wood, and locally sourced stone. Each home includes an in-residence sanctuary with a treatment room, steam shower, cold and hot plunge, and a HaloIR salt therapy/infrared sauna chamber.

The wellness infrastructure integrates Fountain Life’s early-detection diagnostics directly into the community. Advanced air purification, water filtration, and circadian lighting come standard.

Tri Vananda (Phuket, Thailand)

The most ambitious project in terms of scope. Tri Vananda covers 230 acres with 85% preserved as forest and lakes. Developed by Montara Hospitality Group, it’s explicitly designed for multigenerational living, with two villa styles (the forest-inspired Vana Villa and the bioclimatic Nanda Villa) that accommodate extended families.

The health infrastructure centers on a Longevity Master Assessment covering 300+ health markers, with personalized plans for each resident. A Health Resort by Clinique La Prairie, the Swiss longevity clinic with over a century of expertise, is scheduled to open on-site in 2026.

How much do longevity residences cost?

The honest answer: these are not cheap, and the market is still sorting out pricing models.

At the membership level, The Estate charges $35,000 per year for diagnostic access and longevity programming. Canyon Ranch’s Longevity8 retreat costs $20,000 for four days, which includes 18 one-on-one consultations measuring 250+ biomarkers, electrocardiograms, carotid ultrasounds, and DEXA scans. Jack Kramer, an attorney from Indiana who attended, told Fortune he “probably did more for my health in any single day here than I have in two and a half years.”

At the residence level, pricing depends on the project and location. Velvaere’s 115 custom homes in Park City sit firmly in the luxury tier. Tri Vananda’s multigenerational villas in Phuket offer a range of price points depending on villa style and size.

The broader longevity clinic market, which feeds into these residences, ranges from $10,000 to over $150,000 annually depending on the diagnostics and treatments included. Six Senses Ibiza offers a six-day longevity program starting at $5,600 that includes NAD+ drips, ice baths, and hyperbaric chambers. Lanserhof, the German medical wellness brand expanding to Spain and London in 2026, starts at $3,400. Chi Longevity at the Four Seasons Singapore, Asia’s first longevity clinic, starts at $14,000.

The pricing premium makes more sense when you consider what a comparable health screening costs on its own. A full-body MRI runs $1,500 to $3,000 at a standalone clinic. Add cardiac imaging, bloodwork panels, DEXA scans, and consultations, and you are easily at $10,000 or more per year. The residence model bundles all of that into the cost of living there.

Is wellness real estate a good investment?

The numbers suggest yes, if you pick the right property. Wellness real estate commands a 10-25% resale price premium over conventional properties, according to the Global Wellness Institute. Commercial wellness buildings see rental premiums of 4.4-7.7% per square foot.

The market itself is growing fast. The Global Wellness Institute reported the wellness real estate market reached $584 billion in 2024, growing 19.5% year over year. They forecast it will double to $1.1 trillion by 2029. North America holds about 38% of that global market.

Consumer demand backs those numbers up. The America at Home Study found that 60% of consumers cited “improves my health and wellness” as the number one reason they want certain home features, a 17% increase from two years prior.

The built environment accounts for roughly 85% of human health outcomes, according to public health research. That stat alone explains why investors are pouring capital into homes that actively support health rather than just providing shelter.

For founders thinking about this as an investment thesis: the longevity industry overall is projected to hit $8 trillion by 2030 according to UBS. Longevity residences are becoming the physical infrastructure for that growth.

Why founders are leading the move into longevity living

This trend is not random. Founders are already the primary consumer base for longevity products. They wear vagus nerve stimulators and track their sleep scores religiously. They book glowcation retreats to come home biologically younger. The missing piece was always the home itself.

A founder running a company cannot afford to spend 10 hours a week on health optimization. But they can live somewhere that handles it passively. Circadian lighting adjusts without touching a switch. Air and water filtration runs constantly. Quarterly diagnostics happen on-site, not across town. The friction drops to nearly zero.

There is also a network effect. Longevity residences are attracting the same crowd that shows up at founder retreats and curated supper clubs. When your neighbors are running companies worth eight or nine figures, the community itself becomes an asset.

Tony Robbins understood this when he structured The Estate around both clinical services and social programming. It is not just a place to get an MRI. It is a place to live alongside people who share your intensity about both building companies and extending healthspan.

Where are longevity communities being built in 2026?

The geographic spread tells you something about who these communities are targeting.

North America: Velvaere in Park City caters to the ski-and-wellness crowd. The Estate’s Miami location targets the growing concentration of tech founders relocating to South Florida. Canyon Ranch in Tucson remains the legacy player with its new Longevity8 programming.

Europe: The Estate is opening in Montreux (Switzerland) and Trento (Northern Italy), two locations that combine natural beauty with proximity to major business hubs. Lanserhof continues expanding from its German and Austrian base into Spain and London.

Asia-Pacific: Tri Vananda in Phuket offers a cost-of-living advantage paired with access to Clinique La Prairie’s longevity expertise. Chi Longevity at the Four Seasons Singapore, starting at $14,000, targets the growing population of tech founders based in Southeast Asia.

Caribbean and Middle East: The Estate’s first location opens in St. Kitts, combining tax advantages with longevity infrastructure. GCC locations are planned to tap into the Gulf’s massive investment in health tourism. The UAE has already begun developing its own longevity residence concepts.

Most of these projects are still in planning or early construction. The ones opening doors in 2026 sit firmly in the luxury tier. But as diagnostics become cheaper and AI-driven healthcare scales, the model will likely trickle down to more accessible price points. The trajectory mirrors how smart home technology went from $50,000 custom installations to $200 Alexa setups in about a decade.

The most interesting signal may be the UAE’s early moves. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are already developing longevity residence concepts as part of broader health tourism strategies. When governments start building the regulatory and infrastructure framework for a trend, it usually means the mass-market version is not far behind.

Longevity residences represent the convergence of three trends founders already care about: health optimization, smart investing, and community. The early movers are paying a premium, but the data on resale values and the sheer growth rate of this market suggest the premium might be the bargain.