The Latest in Luxury Resort & Real Estate News (St. Kitts and Nevis)
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The Latest in Luxury Resort & Real Estate News (St. Kitts and Nevis)
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Category: North America & West Indies / Carribean islands - St. Kitts and Nevis -
This is a press release selected by our editorial committee and published online for free on 2009-08-10
Christophe Harbour's Golf and Yacht Community Takes Shape on St. Kitts
Affluent individuals are continuing to seek vacation home and investment opportunities in the Caribbean. The market is driven by new resort developments, proximity to the United States, increased direct air service from North America and Europe, rising local economies, improved infrastructure and greater political stability in the region. On the largely undiscovered island of St. Kitts, these factors, combined with the development of a compelling new resort-style community, have created an exciting new opportunity in luxury real estate: Christophe Harbour.
Christophe Harbour is located on 2,500 acres on the southeast peninsula of St. Kitts, dividing the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Boasting views of six pristine beaches, the master-planned luxury resort community will feature close to 1,400 homes, from oceanfront and hillside homesites to villas and hotel residences, which will be situated throughout the property's diverse tropical landscape.
The resort's debut residential property offering consists of homesites located on Sandy Bank Bay, a beautiful cove on the Atlantic side of the peninsula. Sandy Bank Bay is set along a dramatic horseshoe bay with two reefs and a natural sand bank more than 100 yards long. A marine sanctuary, the bay will remain free of boat moorings so that sea life can flourish, and wide Atlantic views are protected.
The bay is perfect for snorkeling, reef fishing, and swimming and will include a beach club, spa, pools, dining and hiking trails just steps away. Most Sandy Bank Bay homes and estates will be within a short bicycle ride to Christophe Harbour's mega-yacht marina, and the must-play Tom Fazio golf course. From select homesites, there will be dramatic views across the central to the fairways of Priddies Plateau and beyond. Sandy Bank Bay homesites are priced from $480,000 to $2,700,000.
According to a representative for the development team, Kiawah Development Partners, 39 lots were already sold, three years before the development is scheduled to officially open. Meanwhile, the development team just announced a small collection of built bungalows - 14 total - that will be situated on Sandy Bank Bay. These bungalows will be priced around $1 million each.
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Christophe Harbour
The resort's private-club offering, the Christophe Harbour Club, will have multiple venues where members, their families and guests may relax, play and socialize while enjoying golf, yachting, tennis, distinctive cuisine, and other recreational and health facilities and services. Club memberships will be available to all Christophe Harbour property owners, as well as a limited number of non-property owners who are approved for membership.
In addition to its luxury real-estate and private-club offerings, Christophe Harbour will feature a full-service, world-class mega-yacht harbor and marina village, a Fazio-designed championship golf course, Mandarin Oriental, St. Kitts, hotel and other five-star hotel operations, restaurants and shopping.
The marina will house some of the world's largest yachts, with slips available to accommodate vessels greater than 300 feet. Yacht owners can purchase marina slips and/or harborside homes and homesites. The marina will consist of approximately 300 acres of water surface, an elegant yacht club, and state-of-the-art facilities and services for all vessels.
Christophe Harbour is the first Caribbean venture of South Carolina-based Kiawah Development Partners (KDP), the master developer of Kiawah Island in South Carolina and Doonbeg Golf Club in Ireland. KDP is managing Christophe Harbour Development Company, Limited (CHDC), master development company for the resort.
The St. Kitts government, The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, is working closely with the CHDC development team to ensure the success of the project and the preservation of St. Kitts' unsurpassed natural resources as well as the shoreline, waters and coral reefs that surround the island.
"Christophe Harbour encompasses an assortment of luxury destinations within one resort," says LeGrand Elebash, chief operating officer, Christophe Harbour. "This is a project like no other. It offers dramatic natural surroundings and a multitude of recreational opportunities - world-class golf, sailing, water sports; plus the amenities of the world's finest hotels and spas. Our clients are purchasing a luxurious lifestyle on an island that is stunningly beautiful and unspoiled, just a few hours from many American cities."
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