The bright red British phone booth still stands a few steps from the sand, facing a bay painted in impossible shades of blue. The phone never actually rings. Most people stop for a photograph, then turn toward the water. The booth feels like a relic from another era, but that’s part of the appeal of […]
St Barth. Anguilla. Turks and Caicos. The Bahamas. Cayman. Mustique, to name a few. The Caribbean has always had a pantheon of luxury real estate destinations, a group that has very rarely included Jamaica near the top, at least in recent decades. But lately, when it comes to the evolution of Jamaica as a luxury […]
A villa that had been listed for $39.49 million has been sold in The Bahamas, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The villa in Nassau’s Old Fort Bay was sold for “just under” the initial asking price, according to a spokesperson for Matthew Marco of Bond Bahamas, who represented both sides of the deal. It’s likely […]
One of the Caribbean’s most active luxury markets has another major new project, this time from developer Waterloo. Waterloo, best known for its Ambergris Cay private island resort, has launched Idyll East, a collection of 11 waterfront homes. The project, set on the easternmost tip of Providenciales, is a design by Coast Architects, which also […]
Whether stepping foot on Canouan for the first time or seeing its green Mount Royal peak and coastal posh surroundings from afar, there’s a visible vibe. And, that vibe is ultra-luxurious. Compared to its St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterparts like the islands of Mustique and Bequia – many of which are regarded as playgrounds […]
The Cayman Islands’ real estate market is off to a strong start so far in 2024, with sales volume topping $250 million, according to a new report from brokerage Provenance Properties. That included a total of 200 recorded sales, according to the CIREBA transaction database. The highlights? The first-ever $3,000-per-square-foot sale of a condominium in […]
Christie’s International Real Estate is back in Barbados, with the network rebranding Barbados Luxury Listings as Christie’s International Real Estate Barbados. The new brokerage is the product of a partnership between Christie’s and Barbados broker Dominique Silvera-Chittell. It means a return for Christie’s to the local market after a five-year hiatus. Silvera-Chittell is one of […]
Peruse your Caribbean-centric real estate website of choice and you’re bound to see some comparatively expensive options on the eastern tip of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). That would be Oil Nut Bay, the brainchild of renowned developer David Johnson, creator of the 1,200-acre lux Bay Harbor development along Lake Michigan, among […]
Dominica’s Residences at Secret Bay has launched a new development enclave called the Waterfront. The Waterfront will be a collection of 10 “jungle-meet-sea” villas, with the most private location in the broader Secret Bay master plan. That includes trail access to two spectacular swimming beaches. The units will be available for either whole or fractional […]
St Maarten’s new luxury residential resort project has officially launched sales, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. The project, which will include a total of 280 units, is targeting a completion date in 2028. The resort is set in the existing Indigo Bay development on the southwestern side of the island; 190 units will be hotel […]
“2023 can be described as a year of resilience,” Jeremy Hurst, the president and broker/owner of Cayman Islands-based IRG International, tells Caribbean Journal. “If you look at the past two decades with Hurricane Ivan here in 2004, the financial crash of 2008, COVID and then, last year, with the recession, we tend to be a […]
When it comes to the upper echelon of luxury in the Caribbean, no conversation is complete without Saint Bathélemy. Regularly referred to as St. Barth in everyday conversation, the island is just a hair above 8 square miles and home to approximately 10,000. Where the aforementioned numbers may be miniscule in size, they jump significantly […]
