The Gansevoort Hotel Group is to extend its brand with third party management ventures, each with a spa, in the Turks and Caicos islands, and in Toronto, Canada, and Chicago, US.

First to open will be the Gansevoort Turks & Caicos, a Wymara Resort, in March 2009.

The 91-bedroom property on the main tourist island of Providenciales will be located in the western area of Grace Bay Beach and boast reef-protected ocean waters on its stretch of beachfront.

Built by the Apollo Development Company, the resort will have a 7,000sq ft (650.3sq m) infinity-edged swimming pool as well as an Exhale Spa.

Gansevoort Toronto and Gansevoort Chicago will both open in 2011.

The new Turks & Caicos property follows the launch of the Gansevoort South Hotel, Spa and Residences in Miami, US, in March 2008. The 332-room Gansevoort South is located at the north end of Collins Avenue.

The original Hotel Gansevoort opened in New York City’s historic meatpacking district in 2004, featuring G-Spa, a spa-lounge concept. Details: hotelgansevoort.com