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This Caribbean Luxury Resort Has Four Pools and a “Rumfire” Bar — and Now It’s All-Inclusive, Too

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If you haven’t been to Dominica, there’s something you need to know: it’s not really like anywhere else you’ve been in the Caribbean. There’s a wildness; a ruggedness; an air of adventure. There’s a reason, after all, it’s called the Nature Island. There’s this sneaking feeling that, wherever you go, Mother Nature is in charge.  […]

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New Nassau Luxury Real Estate Project Now 70 Percent Sold 

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The new Aqualina project by Aristo Development in Nassau is now 70 percent sold, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The $100 million Aristo project on Cable Beach which broke ground 18 months ago, will have a total of 30 residences, all with either three or four bedrooms, private elevators and ocean views.  At the end […]

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How to Move to St Croix, Explained

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI For Jill Cherubin, managing broker for Christie’s International Real Estate US Virgin Islands, the best part about her decision to live in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, was the diverse cultures and customs that helped her children become “well-rounded individuals.” “We raise well-rounded individuals here in the Virgin […]

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What’s the Climate Like for Caribbean Hotel Financing? 

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By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Despite a less-than-sunny outlook for the U.S. hotel market due to higher interest rates, the outlook for Caribbean hotels is more positive. But what does it mean it means for hotel financing in the region going forward? Gary Brough, managing director of Baker Tilly Turks and Caicos Islands […]


How to Move to St Croix, Explained

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI A luxurious, roughly 100-unit residential project on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands is slated to break ground in May. There will be a total of 97 units built at Lacovia, which offers 14 exclusive floor plans ranging from three- to eight-bedroom apartments, all outfitted with […]

A New Way to Live in the Cayman Islands 

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI It’s the newest project in the Cayman Islands: Kapok, a 10-level, 120,000-square-foot residential building with 89 units on floors No. 2 to 10 recently completed development in January. But it’s a new kind of development for the area: all of the units are for lease only.  Units at […]

Caribbean Development of the Week: Cabot Saint Lucia

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI The much-anticipated golf and residential community, Cabot Saint Lucia, will have around a dozen or so guest accommodations online in 2024. Located on a 375-acre peninsula in Saint Lucia, the Coore & Crenshaw-designed 18-hole golf course, Point Hardy Golf Club, will open for preview play in March and […]

The Cayman Islands Real Estate Market Is Leading the Caribbean

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI If you ask the folks at Provenance Properties Cayman Islands what the biggest takeaway from its most recent Cayman Islands real estate market report was, they would say it displays the resiliency and value proposition of the Cayman Islands real estate market. Despite the negative impacts of the […]

Christie’s Real Estate Adds St Martin Brokerage

Christie’s International Real Estate has added another Caribbean brokerage to its quickly-expanding portfolio.  The company has signed Oceano Homes in St Martin, which is based in Orient Bay.  The newly-branded Oceano Christie’s International Real Estate will be the network’s exclusive affiliate for both St Martin and St Maarten.  The brokerage, led by Pablo Yahuda and […]

St Barth Villa on the Market for $23.9 Million 

A five-bedroom villa in St Barth’s Pointe Milou neighborhood is on the market for $23.9 million, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned.  The property is listed with St Barth Sotheby’s International Realty.  The five-bedroom, 5.5-villa stunner is called La Danse des Etoiles. It’s home to five en-suite bedrooms, with three bedrooms on the main level and […]

After Setting New Record, Turks and Caicos Real Estate Keeps Surging 

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI After a history-making year in 2021, which reached $765 million in closed transactions, Turks and Caicos continued its strong performance in 2022, totaling $553 million in sales according to a new report from Turks and Caicos Sotheby’s International Realty.  Last year was actually the second-best year ever for sales volume in the […]

How to Move to Aruba, Explained

By Joe Pike, Special Contributor to CJI Aruba has long been a retirement destination for Americans, but now is attracting an influx of people looking to relocate to the Caribbean island long before their careers end. And Cindy Ruittemanz, founder and owner of Prima Casa Real Estate, said the place potential buyers should be looking […]