Condomínio Laranjeiras

History

The Condomínio Laranjeiras was designed in the early 1970s, from the former Fazenda Laranjeiras, with a clear premise: to offer an unparalleled refuge of privacy on the Brazilian coast. The master plan established generous plots, of 1,000 to 2,000 m², and deliberately sparse occupation — to this day there are just over two hundred houses across the entire estate. This low-density design preserved the forest and, at the same time, established the development as the holiday destination of the country’s business and financial elite, in a secrecy that is part of the product.

• Concept: absolute privacy on the scale of a country estate — 1,131 hectares, of which 95% remain covered by native Atlantic Forest, occupied by just over two hundred residences.
• Trivia: in a 2025 survey by Bloomberg Línea, the Laranjeiras helipad appears as the second most used in the country by the charter platform Revo, behind only the route between Faria Limai Avenue and Guarulhos Airport — a sign of the “third home” phenomenon, in which the family keeps its residence in the capital, a second one in the countryside, and a third at the beach, which it prefers to reach by helicopter.

Architecture and aesthetics

Laranjeiras does not have a single signature: it has a grammar of place. The houses are mansions positioned to make the most of specific views — the sea, the marina or the golf course —, and a good number of the projects explore an aesthetic of authenticity, with rustic and reclaimed materials, such as timber from old fishermen’s houses, integrated into modern volumes. The effect is one of unpretentious sophistication, fitted into the landscape rather than imposed on it. What gives the estate its unity is less the style of each house and more the invisible infrastructure: paved streets with underground wiring, water drawn from its own springs and in-house treatment of water, sewage and power, with backup generators.

Aesthetics and scarcity

Technical specifications

• Plots and units: it is neither a tower nor a ready-made-house development. There are 292 plots, of 1,000 to 2,000 m², with sparse occupation — just over two hundred houses built across the entire estate.
• Sizes: what is traded is the plot (1,000 to 2,000 m²); the house is each owner’s own project, and the existing mansions have no single declared typology.
• Parking spaces: not applicable to the plot; defined by each project.
• Structural highlights: 1,131 hectares, 95% preserved Atlantic Forest, on a plain between the mountains and the sea; four near-private beaches (Laranjeiras, Fazenda, do Sobrado and Vermelha), with tightly controlled vehicle access; private marina with 100,000 m² of navigable area and an in-house fuel station; licensed helipad for daytime and night-time operations; self-sufficiency in water, sewage and power; in-house medical centre and mini-market.
• Registration and parameters: development on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro state, outside the grid of urban planning parameters used in the São Paulo survey. Registry jurisdiction not confirmed by any source — the field is left blank.

Leisure and facilities

• Social club with swimming pools and restaurants
• 9-hole, par-64 golf course, with driving range and putting green
• Private marina, with 100,000 m² of navigable area and a fuel station
• Licensed helipad for daytime and night-time flights
• Full gym
• Tennis and multi-sport courts
• Four near-private beaches (Laranjeiras, Fazenda, do Sobrado and Vermelha)
• Mini-market
• In-house medical centre
• 24-hour security, with controlled gatehouses and perimeter monitoring

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Paraty: the address

Paratyi is a municipality at the southern tip of the Rio de Janeiro coast, on the border with São Paulo, closing off the Costa Verde on the opposite side from Angra dos Reisi. A colonial town born of the gold cycle, it has one of the best-preserved colonial architectural ensembles in Brazil, recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Condomínio Laranjeiras sits about 25 km from the historic centre, on a strip of plain between the Serra do Mar and the Atlantic. Land access is via the same BR-101 (the Rio–Santos highway) that serves the whole Costa Verde, with the weekend bottlenecks the region is known for — which is why the marina and the helipad here are not decorative luxury: they are the arrival infrastructure that defines the address.