Richard Gere is reportedly helping develop an eco-friendly luxury resort community on Mexico’s Pacific Coast in Jalisco’s Costalegre region called Xala.
Inside the Development
Anchored by the country’s first Six Senses Hotel and Residences, the project promotes a form of high-end living designed to give back to the planet, according to Robb Report.
Gere, who plans to become a resident himself, has framed Xala as more than a real estate venture, calling it “not a vocation,” but rather “creating a model.”
The residency marks somewhat of a return for the “Pretty Woman” actor as he left North America for Europe in November 2024. He and His wife moved to Madrid, Spain, for what he said would be a better quality of life to raise their children: Alexander, 6; James, 5, The New York Post reported.
Xala is envisioned as one of the lowest-density luxury developments in Mexico, featuring 36 Six Senses–branded, one-story oceanfront homes priced between $8 million and $12 million.
The residences are designed to bring out the surrounding environment rather than dominate it, serving as what Gere sees as a test case for how “high-end hospitality and conservation might coexist without compromise.”
The homes will have indoor–outdoor living, natural materials, and passive cooling strategies, reflecting an aesthetic Gere describes as “agrarian international… as simple as it can possibly be, beautifully done, timeless, with space and nature and no concrete.”
Spanning 3,000 acres, the regenerative resort community will develop less than 20 percent of the site.
The remainder will be preserved as protected natural land, reforestation zones, organic agricultural areas, and wildlife habitats.
The largely untouched coastline is home to sensitive ecosystems, including sea turtles that nest along five miles of white-sand beaches bordered by UNESCO-protected estuaries, reinforcing the project’s conservation-first approach.
Gere initially had no interest in participating in a luxury development. “I have no interest in things like this whatsoever that are connected to some kind of commercial enterprise,” he told Robb Report.
That changed after his wife, Alejandra Silva, visited the site and returned with footage of the terrain. The landscape struck Gere as “like Africa 200 years ago, untouched,” an image that ultimately convinced him to get involved.
Xala’s developers are the same team behind the acclaimed One&Only Mandarina in Riviera Nayarit, a track record that helped build confidence in the project’s long-term vision.
Beyond the Six Senses residences, the community will also include 77 Rancho Estates on larger plots, along with shared amenities such as beach clubs, a surf club, equestrian facilities, miles of hiking and biking trails, and on-site organic farming that supports farm-to-table dining.
Gere has stressed that Xala is not meant to function as an isolated enclave. Conservation efforts extend well beyond the property itself, with the goal of protecting roughly 100 kilometers of coastline through the Sierra a Mar initiative led by the Xala Foundation.
“Preservation and integration and inclusion were part of their mission statement,” Gere said of the project’s founders.
Market demand has been strong.
Of the first 12 Six Senses residences released, 10 sold quickly, and construction is underway on the Six Senses hotel, expected to include approximately 51 villas with a projected 2027–2028 opening.
