Property

Key Facts

—The money. R$11bn ($2.1bn) of private investment over fourteen years, with R$4.5bn ($870m) committed to the first three.

—The site. 845 hectares of restinga, a fragile coastal scrub ecosystem, inside a designated environmental protection area 45km from central Rio.

—The hotels. South America’s first Ritz-Carlton Reserve, Brazil’s first all-inclusive JW Marriott, and a hotel themed on the Rock in Rio festival.