Real Estate
Real Estate
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The East Coast of Grenada is enriched by east-
erly breezes which have turned it into the fa-
voured location for high-end residential devel-
opments. The principal residential estates on
the island are found in Westerhall Point, Fort
Jeudy, Egmont Harbour, L’Anse aux Epines,
and True Blue. Some residential estates are
enhanced by high-end marinas, restaurants
and bars; and some are gated communities.
All are East-facing.
THE HERITAGE TOURISM MARKET
Grenada is replete with heritage assets but has
so far been strangely ineffectual at preserv-
ing and exploiting them. St George’s alone
has more marketable heritage inventory than
can be found in entire countries in the Carib-
bean. Conservation architect Peter Wallace is
a founding partner of Atlantic Partnership. He
once worked with English Heritage, an orga-
nization that is savagely protective of Britain’s
heritage. Peter has transplanted some of that
savagery into his role as a member of the Board
of the Grenada National Trust (www.grenadan-
atinonaltrust.org). This is what he has to say:
In recent years, one of our golfers teamed up
with one of the world’s leading golf course de-
sign companies and they examined a typical
east-facing 300+ acre site in the general area
of Bacolet, in the parish of St David’s, some 20
minutes drive from the capital, the airport and
the main resorts. The result was a copyright
layout for a first class 18 hole championship
course.
Numbers of
Golf Courses 18 Hole
Standard Other
Anguilla 2 2 -
Antigua 2 2 -
3 1 2
Bahamas 12 10 2
Barbados 8 5 3
Belize 2 1 1
Bermuda 6 5 1
Cayman
Islands 4 1 3
13 8 5
Aruba
Costa Rica
Cuba
(Golf being re-introduced. 16 courses planned)
2 2 -
Dominican
Republic 30 21 9
El Salvador 4 3 1
Guadeloupe 1 1 1
Honduras 8 2 6
12 10 2
Curacao
Jamaica
Martinique 1 1 -
Puerto Rico 27 21 6
St Kitts Nevis 3 2 1
St Lucia 2 1 1
St Vincent 1 1 -
Trinidad
& Tobago 9 5 4
Turks and
Caicos 2 1 1
US Virgin
Islands 4 3 1
Grenada 1 - 1
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Country
It was described by our golfing friend as fol-
lows: “It has to be one of the most stunning
of courses; with breathtaking views adjoining
beautiful beaches and great challenges. There
are water features on a number of holes and
a peninsula with mind-blowing views. Nine of
the holes and the practice area can be floodlit
to allow play after sunset. This course would
be high on the list of 10 million or so golfers
who travel every year to far flung corners of the
world to test their game”
The design of the course includes the provi-
sion of sufficient real estate to accommodate
high-end residential and resort developments.
“Currently Grenada has one of the finest col-
lections of historic buildings, natural heritage
and archaeological artifacts in the whole of
the Caribbean. I use the word currently be-
cause by lack of attention and focus a little bit
more of these are lost every day. Heritage as-
sets need to be preserved, conserved and pre-
sented to the tourism industry and this costs
money. Happily the outside world sees heri-
tage as valuable to mankind on an interna-
Currently Grenada
has one of the finest
collections of historic
buildings, natural
heritage and
archaeological
artifacts in the whole
of the Caribbean.
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and put them in pens before teeing off !
tional basis. The French and the British built
the forts around St George’s. That makes the
forts part of those countries’ history, as well as
Grenada’s. We are therefore approaching the
international community (in this case UNES-
CO) and expect to be given a fair hearing for
the necessary funding of three initial projects:
World Heritage Status for the Grenadines area
and similar status for the town of St George
generally and for its fortified system in par-
ticular (Fort George, Fort Mathew and Fort
Frederick). This will swing open the flood-
gates of restoration funding and unleash an
immediate increase in visitor numbers and
tourist spend. I rest my case. It is not rocket
science to acquire World Heritage status, as
Peter’s opposite numbers in Morelia, Mexico
(see http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/585), Old
San Juan in Puerto Rico (see http://whc.unes-
co.org/en/list/266), Old Havana in Cuba (see
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/204) and Carta-
gena in Colombia (see http://whc.unesco.org/
en/list/285) can testify. All we need is actual
activity – as opposed to ‘ole talk’ – from politi-
cians, from the authorities, from educational
and preservation societies and from the gen-
eral public. Watch this space.
And there you have it, dear reader. A lot is
happening in Grenada. It is a great place to
visit, an amazing place to live in and a good
place to invest in at the moment. But also a
great place to die in (see photo at end of this
article). Read In Peace, everyone. BG
John Albanie came to Grenada 33 years
ago. He operates a real estate company
called
CARIBBEAN
ENTERPRISES.
(+1 473 405 4558 - [email protected]).
Golf course layout:
HOLE 12
Black 362 180 597 221 470 466 354 596 503
PAR
43
34
56
53
78
44
9
45
4
H O L E 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8
Black
PAR
4 29 403 566 442 175 215 562 400 477
4 4
5
4
3
3
5
4
4
0UT
3749
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A view to die for. The town of St George showing Fort George and other priceless heritage assets seen from Cemetery Hill.
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