Desert pods
Our intended entry-price stay: compact rooms for one or two guests, with private outdoor space. Building system, bathrooms, installed cost, and nightly rates remain unconfirmed.
Development partners
A desert retreat.
The right team to build it.
Rancho Codorniz is seeking an experienced California hospitality co-developer and operator to turn a mature desert-retreat concept into a permitted, commercially viable property.
Current stage
Brand and experience concept established. No site is controlled, development partner appointed, or professional feasibility study completed. We are preparing for those next steps.
Three lodging types. One shared guest experience.
Container homes
The intended mid-range stay for up to three: two in the main bed and one on a convertible sofa, with a kitchen, bathroom and indoor–outdoor living. Roof decks are optional; commercial-code, thermal and structural costs still need testing.
One family casita
A larger home for families and longer stays. The current concept is three pods, two container homes and one family casita: six proposed stays. A 16–18 overnight-guest layout study is provisional, not permitted occupancy.
The Oasis, Casa Sabia, food, and small cultural gatherings create the shared experience. Their opening scope must follow legal feasibility, water and infrastructure capacity, operating cost, and funding.
Our working ambition is a first operating resort phase by September 2029—not a confirmed opening date. The first year must establish a capable sponsor team, a controlled site, a credible approval route, and site-specific costs and operating economics. The six-stay concept is not yet underwritten; opening scale and phasing must follow that work. Read the current planning assumptions.
The proposed model
Creative founder × development partner
Vision, brand, and guest experience
Alexis Rodriguez leads creative direction, identity, cultural programming, and the guest experience. The brand and concept assets are established; the founding-guest platform is ready to begin demand validation. No audience size is claimed.
Acquisition, entitlements, delivery, and operations
Demonstrated hospitality execution, California land-use experience, professional team leadership, capital formation, and accountable operations.
Who we want to meet
California development
Site acquisition, entitlement strategy, infrastructure, procurement, construction, and delivery.
Hospitality operations
Evidence-backed operating forecasts, service design, staffing, booking channels, and opening.
Aligned capital
A staged funding strategy, with each commitment supported by stronger site, cost, and operating evidence.
What is true today
- No parcel is represented as acquired or entitled.
- Concept visuals are not surveys, plans, permits, or construction documents.
- Development scenarios remain preliminary until a site and professional budget exist.
- The immediate ask is an exploratory development-partner discussion and a scoped professional feasibility program.
- This page is not an offer to sell securities or future stays.
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Tell us what you have built.
Share relevant hospitality, desert, entitlement, operating, or capital experience. We would like to discuss relevant projects, the right first-phase scale, and a practical scope for feasibility.