# Who Does What in a Florida Branded Residence | ABODE Canonical page: https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-branded-residence-roles/ Last updated: 2026-10-09 Publisher: ABODE International Realty LLC (Real Estate Firm TN 263936; FL Corporation CQ1070640) Florida · Branded residence roles # Who does what in a Florida branded residence Six roles, what Chapter 718 says about each, and where a buyer finds the role in the documents The developer creates a Florida condominium and usually controls its association until turnover. The association operates the common elements through a board that may hire a management company. The unit owner holds title and pays assessments. Section 718.103 defines no brand licensor or hotel operator, so those roles depend on each project’s contracts, which a buyer should ask to see. In short: In a Florida branded condominium, s. 718.103 defines the developer, association and unit owner but no brand licensor or operator; ask to see any brand or operator contracts. ## Who plays which role in a Florida branded condominium, and where is it stated? A branded residence is a condominium under Chapter 718. Section 718.103 defines the developer, the association, the board and the unit owner. It defines no brand licensor or hotel or service operator, so any such role would be set by contracts that vary by project. | Role | What it does | Where it appears | Source | |------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------| | Developer | Defined as a person who “creates a condominium or offers condominium parcels for sale or lease in the ordinary course of business,” with listed exclusions. Owners other than the developer elect a board majority only on the first of seven listed events, so the developer typically controls the board until then. While it holds units for sale, the developer may elect at least one board member at the 5 percent (fewer than 500 units) or 2 percent (more than 500 units) thresholds. Certain pre-turnover grants and contracts for operation, maintenance or management must be “fair and reasonable” (s. 718.302) | Declaration, prospectus or disclosure statement, purchase contract, turnover documents | Notes 1, 7, 8, 13 | | Brand licensor | No statutory definition: the defined-term list in s. 718.103 has no “brand,” “licensor” or “license.” Two law-firm articles (one from a UK firm) describe a trademark license that lets the developer use the brand in marketing and sales, and a technical services agreement connected with the brand’s influence over the project. The structure varies by project. Ask whether any brand or license agreement exists and who is bound by it | Not in the statutory disclosure list. Ask whether a license agreement, technical services agreement or purchaser acknowledgement exists | Notes 1, 14, 15 | | Hotel or service operator | No statutory definition: the term list has no “hotel” or “operator.” A UK firm’s article describes an operator that runs the residences to brand standards, and in some projects a separate hotel management agreement and shared facilities agreement. A Florida Bar Journal article describes hotel condominiums in which the developer typically moves the lobby, elevators and amenities out of the common elements. Whether any of this exists in a given building is a question for the documents | Ask whether a residences management agreement, hotel management agreement or shared facilities agreement exists. If hotel or shared facilities exist, read the declaration | Notes 1, 15, 16 | | Condominium association | Defined as the entity responsible for the operation of the common elements, among other things. It acts through a board. It “may contract, sue, or be sued,” may enter into agreements to acquire leaseholds, memberships and other possessory or use interests (agreements not entered into within the 12-month window s. 718.114 describes need a majority vote of the total voting interests, or authorization by the declaration), and collects common expenses by assessments against the units in the declaration’s proportions. Its officers and directors have a fiduciary relationship to the unit owners | Articles, bylaws, minutes, annual budget, official records (including insurance policies, contracts and bids) | Notes 1, 2, 3, 4 | | Management company (community association manager or firm) | Not a defined term in s. 718.103. The association may hire one. The statute says a manager or firm the association contracts with “must possess all applicable licenses” required by part VIII of chapter 468. A written maintenance or management contract is not valid or enforceable unless it has the contents s. 718.3025 lists, including the services, the costs, how often each service is performed, a minimum staffing number, and disclosure of listed financial or ownership interests. Services not stated on the face of the contract are unenforceable | Management agreement. The association must keep a current copy among its official records. In a developer sale, contracts over 1 year must be furnished, and a prospectus must describe the management arrangement | Notes 2, 9, 12, 13 | | Unit owner | A “record owner of legal title to a condominium parcel.” Pays a share of common expenses through assessments. Has no authority to act for the association just by being an owner. After turnover events, owners other than the developer elect the board. Owners hold the statutory cancellation and vote rights discussed in the next section | Deed, declaration (the unit’s share), estoppel certificate, budget | Notes 1, 2, 4, 7 | | Hotel-unit or commercial-unit owner (some buildings only) | Not a statutory role. A Florida Bar Journal article on one case describes a declaration in which the hotel unit contained the hotel rooms and all the amenities, and in which the trial court found the declaration gave the hotel-unit owner, rather than the association, control of maintenance. Do not assume any building follows that structure | Declaration (unit descriptions, shared facilities provisions), prospectus answers on multiple-parcel buildings | Note 16 | Roles in a Florida branded condominium, what each does, and where a buyer sees the role stated. Statutes are the 2026 edition; checked October 9, 2026. Rows on the brand licensor and the operator rest on law-firm commentary, not on any statute. The commentary is general (one source is a UK firm), and none of it describes a particular Florida project. See [ABODE’s Florida branded residences guide](https://abodeintlrealty.com/florida-luxury-condos-branded-residences/) and the [branded residences hub](https://abodeintlrealty.com/branded-residences/) for project pages. ## Who can change a role, a contract or a document? **Before turnover.** Under s. 718.301(1), owners other than the developer are entitled to elect at least a majority of the board upon the first of seven events, including three years after 50 percent of the units have been conveyed, three months after 90 percent have been conveyed, and seven years after a recording event the statute describes (Note 7). They are entitled to elect at least one-third of the board when they own 15 percent or more of the units (Note 7). Until then the developer-controlled association is the party that signs the association’s contracts. Section 718.302 puts guardrails on those pre-turnover arrangements. Subsection (1) covers a grant or reservation made by a declaration, lease or other document, and a contract made by an association before owners other than the developer assume control, that “provides for operation, maintenance, or management of a condominium association or property serving the unit owners of a condominium.” It says the grant, reservation or contract “shall be fair and reasonable” and may be canceled by unit owners other than the developer. Under paragraph (a), which applies where the association operates only one condominium, cancellation is by concurrence of the owners of at least 75 percent of the voting interests other than those the developer owns (the section gives a different figure for some small nonresidential condominiums), and paragraphs (b) through (d) set separate rules where an association operates more than one condominium or property serves more than one condominium. Subsection (2) deems a grant, reservation or contract made by the developer or the association before non-developer owners elect a board majority, and that requires the association to purchase condominium property or to lease condominium property to another party, ratified unless a majority of the voting interests of non-developer owners rejects it within 18 months after they elect a board majority; it carves out certain declaration grants of use rights to other persons who pay at least a proportionate share of the cost. Subsection (5) states that Florida public policy prohibits the inclusion or enforcement of escalation clauses in management contracts for condominiums and declares such clauses void; it defines an escalation clause as a clause in a condominium management contract providing that the fee increases at the same percentage rate as a nationally recognized and conveniently available commodity or consumer price index (Note 8). Which of a project’s contracts fall inside those provisions is for an attorney to decide. **At turnover.** Section 718.301(4) lists what the developer must deliver when owners elect a majority of the board. The list includes the association’s financial records, minute books, a roster of unit owners, insurance policies, effective written warranties, leases to which the association is a party, employment or service contracts, and all other contracts to which the association is a party (Note 7). After the developer relinquishes control it may vote developer-owned units in the same manner as any other unit owner, except for purposes of reacquiring control of the association or selecting the board majority (Note 7). A buyer can ask in writing whether turnover has happened and whether those items were delivered; see [ABODE’s guide to preconstruction and resale condominiums](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-preconstruction-vs-resale-condominiums/). **Contracts, bids and conflicts.** A contract not to be fully performed within 1 year, and every contract for services, must be in writing. When a contract’s aggregate payment exceeds 5 percent of the association’s total annual budget, including reserves, the association must obtain competitive bids, though it need not accept the lowest bid. The text exempts contracts with employees and for attorney, accountant, architect, community association manager, timeshare management firm, engineering and landscape architect services from that section (Note 10). Section 718.3027 covers directors, officers and their relatives (within the third degree of consanguinity by blood or marriage). They must disclose to the board any activity that may reasonably be construed as a conflict. Approval of a conflicted activity needs an affirmative vote of two-thirds of all other directors present, and members may cancel the contract by majority vote of the members present, with the association owing no termination fee, liquidated damages or penalty for the cancellation. A contract that was not disclosed is voidable on written notice to the board carrying the consent of at least 20 percent of the voting interests. The section does not apply to timeshare condominium associations (Note 11). The 2026 text contains no reference to a manager, management company or management firm, so whether it reaches a particular manager depends on the facts and on the contract; ask an attorney. **New amenity or membership agreements.** Section 718.114 lets an association enter into agreements to acquire leaseholds, memberships and other possessory or use interests in lands or facilities such as country clubs, golf courses, marinas and other recreational facilities. Interests existing when the declaration is recorded must be described in the declaration. Agreements not entered into within 12 months after the first of two recording events the section names (the surveyor and mapper’s certificate, or a unit title transfer without a recorded assignment of developer rights) are a material alteration or substantial addition to association property, and the association may not enter into them except upon a vote of, or written consent by, a majority of the total voting interests, or as the declaration authorizes (Note 3). **The declaration and bylaws.** A declaration is amended by the method it provides; if it has none, the statute provides a default of approval by owners of at least two-thirds of the units, with matters in subsections (4) and (8) of s. 718.110 excluded. Unless the original declaration provides otherwise, an amendment that materially changes a unit’s configuration or size, or changes its share of common expenses and common surplus, needs the unit’s record owner and the record owners of liens on the unit to join in it and also the approval of all other unit owners in the condominium; subsection (4)(b) sets a different rule for nonresidential condominiums formed on or after July 1, 2025 (Note 5). If the bylaws have no amendment method, they may be amended with approval of at least two-thirds of the voting interests (Note 6). **What the statutes do not say.** No statute we read says how a brand licensor or hotel operator may be removed, or whether an owner group can end a brand-linked management agreement. A law-firm article reports that in branded projects the branding relationship continues after turnover through a management agreement or operational licensing structure, and that many brands require the association to retain a designated management company, often brand-affiliated. It does not address whether owners can terminate or replace that manager (Note 14). A UK firm’s article describes a marketing agreement reserving the brand’s right to withdraw the licence, and a purchaser acknowledgement that the unit is associated with a brand “which can change at any time” (Note 15). These are commentaries about branded projects generally, not rules, and the contract terms in a given building control. ## Which document names each role? Start with the statutory documents, then ask whether each secondary-source agreement exists. A row marked “ask” means we found no statute that requires or lists it. | Document | Roles it names or binds | What to read for | Source | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------| | Declaration of condominium | Developer (as creator), association, unit owners; may also describe shared facilities and any hotel or commercial unit | The unit’s share of common expenses, who maintains what, how the declaration is amended, and anything tying the unit to a hotel, club or other parcel | Notes 1, 5, 16 | | Articles and bylaws | Association, board, officers, unit owners | Board structure and meetings, assessments, amendment method; if the bylaws fail to provide one, the two-thirds default | Notes 1, 6 | | Prospectus or disclosure statement (developer sale; a prospectus is required for residential condominiums of more than 20 residential units) | Developer, management contractor, recreation lessor, any person retaining control of the board | The management arrangements: names of contracting parties, term, nature of services, compensation stated monthly and annually with provisions for increases; the contract-manager statement; recreational facilities lease and mandatory-membership statements; the statement, where it applies, that the developer or another person has the right to retain control of the board for more than 1 year after a majority of units are sold | Note 13 | | Management contracts furnished in a developer sale | Association, management company | Contracts with a service term over 1 year, and renewable management contracts, which the developer must furnish with a first sale. Compare with the 718.3025 contents list | Notes 9, 12 | | Management agreement in the association’s records | Association, management company | The association must keep “a current copy of any management agreement, lease, or other contract to which the association is a party.” Ask for it in a resale, since the resale list in s. 718.503(2)(a) does not name it | Notes 2, 12 | | Recreation or shared-facility lease | Developer or lessor, association, unit owners | Whether a recreational facilities lease exists, whether membership is mandatory, whether rent or land use fees are payable, and whether a lien secures the rent | Notes 12, 13 | | Turnover deliverables | Developer, association, unit owners | Contracts, leases, warranties, insurance policies and records delivered at turnover; ask whether they were delivered and when | Note 7 | | Rental records, if any | Association (when acting as rental agent), unit owners | The association keeps all rental records if it acts as agent for the rental of units. A rental program’s own terms are in separate documents; ask whether one exists | Notes 2, 15 | | Brand or license agreement (ask) | Brand licensor, developer; possibly others | Whether it exists, who is bound, and what happens if the brand relationship ends. A UK firm’s article describes licence withdrawal rights and purchaser acknowledgements; that is commentary, not Florida rules | Notes 14, 15 | | Technical services agreement (ask) | Brand licensor, developer | A law-firm article (Winstead) describes a technical services agreement as typically the document through which the brand exercises the greatest practical influence over the project, and says many such agreements incorporate brand standards manuals or design criteria that may continue evolving. The structure varies | Note 14 | | Residences management, hotel management and shared facilities agreements (ask) | Operator, association, developer, hotel owner, brand | Who the operator is, the term and renewal, how fees reach the budget, who maintains shared facilities, and how amenity charges are set. Keystone Law describes these agreements in a UK context. The Florida Bar Journal describes shared-facility structures in Florida hotel condominiums | Notes 15, 16 | | Club or membership documents (ask) | Club operator, unit owners | No authoritative source describing these was found. Ask whether a club exists, whether joining is required, and how dues and transfers work | None found | | Purchase contract | Buyer, seller or developer | Any purchaser acknowledgement about the brand or operator. A UK firm’s article describes such an acknowledgement in sale agreements; ask whether one is in yours | Note 15 | Documents that name or bind the roles in a Florida branded condominium. Checked October 9, 2026. See also [ABODE’s condominium document review checklist](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-condominium-document-review-checklist/) and the [ownership-costs guide](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-branded-residence-ownership-costs/). ## Where can one party hold more than one role? The same person or company can appear in more than one row. The statutes address some overlaps directly, and a buyer should know which. - **Developer-appointed directors.** Until turnover the board is typically developer-elected, but its officers and directors still have a fiduciary relationship to the unit owners, and an officer, director or manager may not solicit, offer to accept or accept a kickback (Notes 2, 7). The term “kickback” is defined in s. 718.103 (Note 1). - **Developer interest in the manager.** A management or maintenance contract must disclose financial or ownership interests the developer holds in the contractor, and certain interests of board members, to be valid and enforceable (Note 9). - **Brand-affiliated manager.** A law-firm article reports that many brands require the association to retain a designated management company, often affiliated with the brand, and that some management agreements give the manager broad discretion over matters that traditionally fall to the board (Note 14). It does not say how often this happens or whether it happens in Florida. - **Manager and the association’s lawyer.** The statute says an association may not hire an attorney who represents the association’s management company (Note 2). - **Owner who is also a director or related to one.** Section 718.3027 applies the conflict rules to directors, officers and their relatives (Note 11). - **Hotel unit and shared facilities.** Where a declaration places shared facilities in a hotel unit rather than the common elements, the owners and the association may not control those facilities. One Florida Bar Journal article describes owners in one case as paying for facilities they did not control, reports that the trial court found the declaration allocated expenses other than by each owner’s percentage interest, and calls the appellate opinion ambiguous (Note 16). That article is commentary on one case; it does not describe other buildings. ## What should you verify before you buy? Ask for each item in writing and have the attorney you choose read the contracts. The answer to each is a fact about one building. | Check | Why it matters | Source | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| | Who is the developer named in the declaration, and has turnover happened? | The developer’s board control ends on the first of seven listed events. Whether it has ended determines who signs the association’s contracts today | Notes 1, 7 | | Who is the management company, and what does its contract say? | The contract must state the services, costs, frequency, staffing and listed interests to be valid and enforceable. A prospectus must state the term and compensation | Notes 9, 13 | | Does the manager hold the required licenses? | The statute says a manager or firm the association contracts with must possess all applicable part VIII, chapter 468 licenses. Ask for evidence | Note 2 | | Were any contracts made before turnover, and what rights do owners have over them? | Section 718.302 sets a fairness standard and cancellation by non-developer owners in subsection (1) (75 percent of non-developer voting interests in the single-condominium case in paragraph (a)), and an 18-month rejection period for certain purchase or lease-to-another-party contracts in subsection (2) | Note 8 | | Does a brand or license agreement exist, and is the unit owner bound by it? | No statute lists it. A UK firm’s article describes licence withdrawal rights and a purchaser acknowledgement that the brand can change | Notes 14, 15 | | Are there operator, hotel management or shared facilities agreements? | They decide who maintains shared facilities and how access is charged. The declaration controls how costs are allocated | Notes 15, 16 | | Is there a recreation lease, club or mandatory membership? | The prospectus must say if a recreational facilities lease exists, if membership is mandatory, and if rent or a lien applies | Notes 12, 13 | | Do related-party interests appear anywhere? | The contract disclosure rules and the conflict rules cover developer, board and certain other interests | Notes 9, 11 | | What contracts exceed 5 percent of the budget, and were they bid? | The bid requirement applies above that threshold, but the section exempts several service types, including community association manager services | Note 10 | | How can the declaration and bylaws be amended, and who must consent? | Roles can change by amendment. A material change to a unit’s size, configuration or share of common expenses needs the unit owner and lienholders to join and all other unit owners to approve, unless the original declaration provides otherwise | Notes 5, 6 | | Rental program terms and records | If the association acts as rental agent it keeps rental records. Program terms are in separate documents and vary | Notes 2, 15 | Checks on roles and contracts for a Florida branded condominium purchase. Checked October 9, 2026. See [ABODE’s guide to rental and owner-use rules](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-condominium-rental-and-owner-use-rules/) for the rental side. ## What does this guide not decide? This guide does not say how any brand, operator or manager is structured in any Florida project, because we found no authoritative source describing that, and it describes no specific brand’s agreements. It does not decide whether a contract is fair and reasonable under s. 718.302, whether a cancellation or conflict-of-interest provision applies to it, whether a rental arrangement is lawful or a security, how a declaration allocates the cost of shared facilities, or whether a licence can be withdrawn. Those questions turn on the actual documents and are for your attorney. The brand and operator descriptions come from law-firm commentary, one article from a UK firm, and should not be read as Florida law or as a description of any one building. We read each statute in short excerpts on October 9 and 10, 2026, and the Florida Senate pages carry a disclaimer that their information is unverified. We did not review other chapters on lodging or securities, or the community association manager licensing rules in part VIII of chapter 468. Statutes change, so confirm current text before relying on any point here. ## How can an ABODE advisor help you understand the roles in a branded residence? Tell us which project you are considering and what you have received. An advisor can list which documents to request first, such as the declaration, the management agreement and any brand, operator, shared-facilities or rental documents, and can put your written questions to the seller, the developer or the association. ABODE represents buyers and sellers. We bring in the attorney you choose to read the contracts. We cannot tell you how a brand or operator is structured in a given building; that is in the documents. [Talk about buying](#contact)   [Talk about selling](#contact) ## Which related guides should you read next? ### [Florida branded residence ownership costs](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-branded-residence-ownership-costs/) Cost categories, legal basis and the document that states each, for Florida branded condos ### [Florida condominium document review checklist](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-condominium-document-review-checklist/) The documents a Florida condo buyer can request, what the 2026 statutes say, and branded-building extras. ### [Preconstruction vs. resale Florida condominiums](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-preconstruction-vs-resale-condominiums/) Developer first sale vs resale: disclosure, cancellation windows, deposits and turnover. ### [Florida condo rental and owner-use rules](https://abodeintlrealty.com/guides/florida-condominium-rental-and-owner-use-rules/) Who sets rental and owner-use rules for a Florida condo, and where a buyer reads them ### [Florida luxury condos and branded residences](https://abodeintlrealty.com/florida-luxury-condos-branded-residences/) What branded residences are, with sourced premium and demand figures ### [Branded residence guides](https://abodeintlrealty.com/branded-residences/) The hub for 13 sourced project guides in Florida and Nashville, with no prices ## Branded residence roles: frequently asked questions Who controls a Florida condominium association right after the developer starts selling units? Usually the developer. Owners other than the developer are entitled to elect a board majority only on the first of seven events in s. 718.301(1), for example three years after 50 percent of the units are conveyed or three months after 90 percent are conveyed. They can elect at least one-third of the board once they own 15 percent or more of the units. Ask the seller or developer whether turnover has happened. Is the brand part of the condominium association? Section 718.103 defines no brand or licensor, and the association is the entity that operates the common elements and acts through its board. Law-firm commentary describes a brand license with the developer and, in some projects, agreements involving the association, but the structure varies. Ask whether any brand, technical services or management agreement exists and who it binds. Who is the management company, and does it need a license? It is the company the association hires to manage. The statute says a community association manager or firm the association contracts with must possess all applicable licenses required by part VIII of chapter 468. The written contract must also have the contents listed in s. 718.3025, including the services and costs, to be valid and enforceable. Can unit owners end a management contract? It depends on the contract and the facts. Section 718.302(1) says certain grants, reservations and association contracts made before turnover that provide for operation, maintenance or management may be canceled by unit owners other than the developer; in the single-condominium case in paragraph (a) that is by concurrence of at least 75 percent of the voting interests other than the developer’s. Separately, s. 718.3027 says a contract involving a director’s, officer’s or relative’s conflict may be canceled by a majority vote of the members present. For a brand-linked manager, one law-firm article does not address whether owners can terminate. Ask an attorney. Where do I see the management agreement? In a developer sale, contracts for management of the association with a service term over 1 year must be furnished, and a prospectus must describe the management arrangement. The association keeps a current copy among its official records. The resale document list in s. 718.503(2)(a) does not name it, so ask for it separately. Who runs the hotel or amenities in a branded building? It depends on the declaration. Some buildings keep amenities in the common elements run by the association. A Florida Bar Journal article describes hotel condominiums in which the lobby, elevators and amenities sit outside the common elements, in a hotel unit. Read the declaration and any shared facilities agreement, and ask what the Q&A sheet says about multiple-parcel buildings. What say does a unit owner have in these arrangements? A unit owner holds title and has no authority to act for the association just by being an owner. After turnover events, owners elect the board, and owners hold the cancellation, conflict-of-interest and amendment voting rights described in this guide. Contracts to which the association is not a party, such as a brand license with the developer, depend on their own terms. ## Sources and notes 1. [Florida Statutes § 718.103, Definitions (2026)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/718.103). Definitions of association, board, common expenses, declaration, developer, kickback, operation and unit owner. We listed the 35 defined terms and found none for brand, licensor, license, hotel, operator, management company or community association manager; “manager” appears in the kickback definition but is not itself defined. The page carries a disclaimer that its information is unverified. Checked October 10, 2026. 2. [Florida Statutes § 718.111, The association (2026)](https://m.flsenate.gov/Statutes/718.111). Fiduciary relationship and kickback rule in (1)(a), unit owner authority in (1)(c), power to contract in (3)(a), the attorney limit in (3)(f), manager licensing in (3)(g), and the official records list in (12)(a). The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 3. [Florida Statutes § 718.114, Association powers (2026)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/0718.114). Association agreements to acquire leaseholds, memberships and other possessory or use interests, the interests described in the declaration, and the owner vote that applies to agreements not entered into within 12 months of the recording events the section names. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 4. [Florida Statutes § 718.115, Common expenses and common surplus (2026)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/718.115). What common expenses include and how they are collected by assessments against the units in the declaration’s proportions. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 5. [Florida Statutes § 718.110, Amendment of declaration (2026)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/0718.110). Default amendment approval, the limit on changing a unit’s configuration, size or share of common expenses (which also requires approval of all other unit owners unless the original declaration provides otherwise), and developer amendments. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 6. [Florida Statutes § 718.112, Bylaws (2026), subsection (2)(j)1](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/0718.112). Default bylaw amendment approval by two-thirds of the voting interests when the bylaws provide no method. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 7. [Florida Statutes § 718.301, Transfer of association control (2026)](https://m.flsenate.gov/statutes/718.301). Events at which non-developer owners elect a board majority, the one-third and 15 percent provision, the developer’s seat thresholds, the items delivered at turnover, and the developer’s voting of its units afterward. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 8. [Florida Statutes § 718.302, Agreements entered into by the association (2026)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/718.302). Subsection (1): fairness standard and cancellation by unit owners other than the developer, with the 75 percent figure in paragraph (a) and separate rules in (b) through (d); subsection (2): 18-month ratification; subsection (5): escalation clauses. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 9. [Florida Statutes § 718.3025, Agreements for operation, maintenance, or management of condominiums (2026)](https://m.flsenate.gov/Statutes/718.3025). Required contents of written maintenance and management contracts, services not stated on the face being unenforceable, and exclusions. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 10. [Florida Statutes § 718.3026, Contracts for products and services (2026)](https://m.flsenate.gov/Statutes/718.3026). Written contracts, the 5 percent competitive bid threshold and the listed exemptions. We found no conflict-of-interest text in this section; conflicts are in s. 718.3027. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 11. [Florida Statutes § 718.3027, Conflicts of interest (2026)](https://m.flsenate.gov/statutes/718.3027). Disclosure, approval, member cancellation and voidability rules for directors, officers and relatives, the third-degree relative definition and the timeshare exclusion. The 2026 text contains no reference to a manager, management company or management firm. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes (history through ch. 2026-168). A www.flsenate.gov 2026 version of this section could not be opened, so this mobile page was read instead. Checked October 10, 2026. 12. [Florida Statutes § 718.503, Developer disclosure and seller disclosure to prospective purchasers (2026)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2026/718.503). The developer document list in (1)(b), including management contracts, recreation leases and the budget, and the resale list in (2)(a). The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 13. [Florida Statutes § 718.504, Prospectus or offering circular (2026)](https://m.flsenate.gov/statutes/718.504). What a prospectus must state about management arrangements, recreational facilities and developer control of the board where it lasts more than 1 year after a majority of units are sold. The page identifies itself as the 2026 Florida Statutes. Checked October 10, 2026. 14. [Winstead (via The National Law Review), Branded Living: Key Developer Considerations in Branded Residential Condominium Projects (July 29, 2026)](https://natlawreview.com/article/branded-living-key-developer-considerations-branded-residential-condominium). Secondary source. A law-firm article on agreements among developer, brand and association in branded condominium projects. It is not Florida-specific (it refers to Texas and other Sunbelt cities and cites no Florida statute) and does not say whether owners can terminate a designated manager. It does not use the terms hotel management agreement or shared facilities agreement. Checked October 10, 2026. 15. [Keystone Law, Legal considerations of branded residential developments (March 10, 2025)](https://keystonelaw.com/keynotes/legal-considerations-of-branded-residential-developments/). Secondary source from a UK firm; it does not address Florida or US law (its examples concern the UK, Dubai and Abu Dhabi). Used only to describe the kinds of brand, operator, shared-facilities and rental agreements discussed for branded residences generally. Commentary, not Florida law. Checked October 10, 2026. 16. [The Florida Bar Journal, Enter the Twilight Zone: The IconBrickell Case and Mixed-Use Condominiums (Jan./Feb. 2021)](https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-journal/enter-the-twilight-zone-the-iconbrickell-case-and-mixed-use-condominiums/). Secondary source. Commentary (not the court’s opinion) on a 2020 Third District Court of Appeal decision about hotel and shared-facility structures in a condominium declaration. Predates later decisions. Checked October 10, 2026.