Construction of The Brando Resort began in 2009 by Teti'aroa
Pacific Beachcomber SC. In September 2010 Pacific Beachcomber announced it was investing US$60 million in construction. The first phase of the building included repairing the airstrip runway for smoother plane landing and lengthening the tarmac to meet current aviation standards. Additionally, a reef dock was constructed to enable shipments from the ocean to the lagoon side of the reef. In February 2014, it was announced that construction on The Brando Resort was officially completed. In July 2014, The Brando was officially open to the public. Eight of
Marlon Brando’s eleven children were involved in the project along with the Brando Estate. Since 2013, the resort had been in conflict with Teiki Pambrun, a navigator who had been living on a boat in the lagoon of the Tetiaroa atoll and who criticized the resort for its “environmental damages.” In 2014, a court issued a summary order requiring Pambrun to remain more than 10 kilometers from the atoll, under penalty of a fine of 100,000
CFP francs per day. In the absence of payment or leaving, on 22 January 2016, a court of appeal confirmed Pambrun’s expulsion from the lagoon. On 8 July 2016, the two parties announced in a joint press release that an amicable agreement had been reached, with the terms of the agreement not disclosed. Pambrun subsequently relocated to Huahine with his family. In October 2016 the resort was named the world's best resort by Condé Nast. ==Ecology==