Cotino, in
Southern California's
Coachella Valley, in the city of Rancho Mirage, is the first Storyliving by Disney community under development. It is adjacent to, and on land once owned by, the
Annenberg Sunnylands Estate. Developed in collaboration with DMB Development LLC of
Scottsdale, Arizona, Cotino will be a
mixed-use development with several residential options, hotels, resort facilities, and a retail center, all surrounding a grand oasis and lagoon. The first tract map was tentatively approved by the Rancho Mirage
Planning Commission on July 14, 2022, despite opposition by some Coachella Valley residents who cited
the ongoing megadrought as a reason to revisit the
environmental impact of the project before allowing the developer to proceed. Home sales began by December 2023, proceeded by the release of the styles and designs of the houses. In February 2024, as part of a quarterly earnings report, Disney announced that Cotino would open in 2025. The first homes were completed and put on the market by February 2025, while the rest of the development will open by Fall 2025. Imagineering later revealed that Cotino would include a club house based on the design of the Parr house in the Disney-Pixar film
Incredibles 2.
Section 31 The Cotino development includes most of
US land survey Section 31 in the city of Rancho Mirage. Investors had previously purchased the land from the
Annenberg estate in 1977, and in 1993
The Eagle Specific Plan had been approved for development, but never started. After some ownership changes, and at least two bankruptcies brought on by the
Great Recession, Section 31 did not become available again until 2016. In 2017 a portion of the land, separated from the rest of Section 31 by Monterey Avenue, was sold to the Tower Energy Group. The remainder of Section 31 was purchased in 2018 for $75 million by
EC Rancho Mirage Holdings Limited Partnership, a Canadian firm organized in the state of
Delaware. EC Rancho Mirage brought in DMB Development LLC to help design a new plan for the site, initially called the
Section 31 Specific Plan or
Section 31 Project. When Disney was brought in to apply their expertise and brand, the Section 31 Project became Cotino. ==Asteria==