A look inside the amenities at Olara West Palm Beach
- Jake Nicholas
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
West Palm Beach’s waterfront just got a new benchmark, and it’s called Olara. Set along Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach, the development rises as a 26-story sanctuary where wellness, hospitality, dining, and leisure converge in an 80,000-square-foot amenity ecosystem unlike anything in the region.
Olara occupies 1919 N Flagler Dr., just a mile from Palm Beach Island, positioned for sweeping views of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. Designed by Arquitectonica and with interiors by Gabellini Sheppard, the residences are backed by a building-wide infrastructure including a full-building generator, hurricane-rated glass, and EV-ready garage parking. But what truly distinguishes Olara is its ambition: the 80,000 sq ft of indoor/outdoor amenity space is designed not merely as “nice extras,” but as the very heart of daily life.
Wellness at Olara is far more than a gym—it’s a holistic system of performance, recovery and restoration. The fitness and performance zone spans roughly 13,000 square feet and is designed by The Wright Fit. Features include an open-air yoga deck overlooking the water, indoor-outdoor turf lanes for athletic training, a dedicated Pilates studio, and a mixed-use energy studio for low-impact movement and breath work. The locker areas include men’s and women’s spaces, and outside there are outdoor showers and stretching areas.
Complementing the performance side is a five-star “regeneration spa” operated by Arch Amenities Group, renowned for its work with world-class resort spas. On offer: Japanese-style Onsen, cold plunge and vitality pools, sauna, steam rooms, ice fountain, experience showers, halotherapy (salt and “salt-air” rooms), dedicated meditation and relaxation rooms. Acknowledging healthcare needs, each resident also receives a complimentary one-year membership to Sollis Health concierge healthcare services—24/7 access to physicians and medical professionals.
Together, those two tiers—active fitness and restorative spa—are designed to flow seamlessly into one another, enabling a lifestyle where training hard and recovering wisely are part of the same daily rhythm.
On the ground floor of Olara, residents will find an indoor/outdoor restaurant created by Chef José Andrés and the José Andrés Group—the first of its kind in the Palm Beaches. The concept blends living-room intimacy with destination dining: al-fresco dining by the water, private in-residence service, pantry and catering support, juice bar, café and entertainment-ready spaces. For residents, the result is a culinary ecosystem embedded in the tower: morning coffee or smoothie at the juice bar, afternoon meetings in the club-room, dinner at the Chef Andrés restaurant or catered entertaining through the tower’s private dining rooms. It’s not just “amenity dining” but an embedded dining lifestyle.
Olara’s sixth-floor amenity deck brings fresh air, water views, and full-service leisure into the heart of the building. An Olympic-length lap pool anchors the deck, alongside a resort-style leisure pool with full-service cabanas. A waterfront veranda and library lounge extend living space outdoors. Below, Olara reinforces its waterfront credentials with a private dock on the Intracoastal Waterway: multiple dedicated boat slips for residents’ use, direct access to boating and paddleboarding, and even a seafaring concierge service. This is more than “water-view” living—it’s a water-access lifestyle.
What sets Olara apart is not any single amenity, but how they work together as a system. Start the day with open-air yoga at dawn, head into a turf lane workout, glide into the cold plunge, shower, and move into brunch at the juice bar. Then, entertain guests in the multi-sport simulator or media lounge, catch sunset on the veranda, step into your boat for a cruise, and finish with dinner at the Chef Andrés restaurant. The menus, the movement zones, the water access—they’re all part of one design philosophy: life seamlessly curated, without leaving home.
In this way, Olara’s amenity vision isn’t additive—it’s integrative. The fitness, spa, dining, lounge, marin, and outdoor decks form a fabric of service and experience, elevating everyday life into what feels like a resort without leaving the building.
For residents of Olara, luxury is redefined as “ease through design” and “depth through integration.” The building’s amenities are not passive—they support active, elevated living. From concierge healthcare to full-service dining, spa to sport, ship slip to supper, the lifestyle unfolds with intention.
Olara is not simply a residence in West Palm Beach—it is the blueprint for how luxury living will be defined in the market going forward.
