By the Caribbean Journal staff

Thinking about a vacation home in the Dutch Caribbean?

There’s a sleek new real estate project on the scene in Aruba: Andicuri.

The project by Gold Coast Aruba is a community of one-bedroom condos that include stylish interiors, full kitchens, terraces or balconies and open floor plans.

The condos are perfect for vacation homes or even retirement options in Aruba.

Gold Coast’s wider development is set in the tony neighborhood of Malmok on the northwest coastline of Aruba.

Aruba has been seeing a mini-boom in the luxury market of late, most notably with the launch of the Azure development earlier this year.

— CJ

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By Guy Britton

Long Island is on the edge.

The eastern side of this island in The Bahamas plunges to depths of 1,000 feet right offshore; there are striking cliffs that stand up to the sea.

The ocean meets the Bahamas Bank no more dramatically than here.

This island in the southern Out Islands of The Bahamas is 80 miles long and light years away from the ordinary.

This is a beautiful, unspoiled place for nature lovers, fishermen (the fishing is some of the best in the region) and those in search of total relaxation.

This is a place that beckons you to discover incredible beaches, blue holes, unexplored caves and hidden coves that are natural harbors — including the harbor Columbus used when he arrived on this island in 1492.

Scrub Hill. Long Island.

Things here tend to get their names from where there are; Dean’s Blue Hole is in Dean’s, and Hamilton’s Caves are in Hamilton.

The Stella Maris Resort Club is located in a settlement known as Stella Maris — that’s just how it works here.

The clubhouse at Stella Maris.

The Stella Maris has hotel rooms, villas and homes, along with a charming clubhouse with a cozy bar and restaurant serving three meals every day.

And then there is the Moonshine Beach Bar and Grill with sweeping Atlantic views, a pool and sun-deck, a beach with room to roam and even a cool catwalk over the rocks to a natural pool carved in the cliffside where the water runs in and out with the tide.

While tourism is here, the island doesn’t want you just to visit — Long Island wants you to stay.

You can fly right to the Stella Maris Resort Club (and Stella Maris has its own air service)

All you have to do is fly to Nassau and you are met at the private FBO and then simply whisked away.

The airfield here is just blocks from the center of the resort clubhouse — making for a completely unique arrival experience.

Stella Maris is huge and sprawling — the whole site is thousands of acres, running from the flats in the west to the ocean in the east.

But back to the earlier point — this island wants you to stay.

The bar at Stella Maris.

Because Stella Maris is also a real estate development.

Founded back in 1963 as one of the first full-fledged resort communities in The Bahamas, Stella Maris continues to grow with ownership options from new construction to existing homes — there are over 100 existing homes and a new project of homes and condos called Ocean Heights.

In other words — buy a one-way ticket.

See more in the latest CJ video at the top of the page.

For more info, visit Stella Maris.

— CJ

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By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor

It’s the hottest real estate project in the wider region right now: the residences at the Four Seasons Punta Mita.

DINE, the Mexican real estate developer and owner of Punta Mita has sold out of all 54 of its Four Seasons Private Villas and ten Four Seasons Private Residences, the company said this week.

This milestone marks more than $171 million in sales.

“The success at Four Seasons Punta Mita Private Villas & Residences is bittersweet, as it marks the completion of DINE’s flagship residential project in Punta Mita,” said Andrés Rossetto, Managing Director of Punta Mita Development. “It does reaffirm, however, our belief and commitment to offering spectacular luxury resort real estate products with the finest amenities, in intimate settings of unmatched beauty.”

Four Seasons ownership allows exclusive access to the services and amenities of Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, including pools and beach areas, Apuane Spa, Four Seasons signature Kids For All Seasons program, and four restaurants.

“Four Seasons has the finest collection of luxury residential real estate in the world – and in many ways, Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita has been the pioneer, setting the standard for residential product design, quality, amenities and service,” said Paul White, President, Residential, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. “We would like to congratulate our longtime partner DINE and the on-site residential services and resort management team for this exciting achievement and milestone.”

Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, along with The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, is a partner in the Punta Mita master-planned community, a luxury resort destination which now includes 15 exclusive and unique luxury residential developments including home sites, villas condominiums and townhouses; three beach clubs with full service and food; two Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses; recreational trails, surfing, sailing, fishing and aquatic adventures and a brand new full-service hospital.

— CJ

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By Dana Niland
CJ Contributor

Love mangos? It’s time to head to Saint Lucia — right now.

Mango Madness is returning to the island’s Anse Chastanet hotel from June 13-17.

The popular event celebrates the tropical fruit and treats guests to mango-themed activities designed to entertain and educate.

“We have mango trees in abundance across our organic Emerald Farm and will continue our annual celebration of this fascinating tropical fruit while we educate our guests and enhance their food and beverage experience at the resort,” said Karolin Troubetzkoy, Executive Director of Anse Chastanet.

Anse Chastanet.

One highlight amongst the five days of festivities includes a live, interactive cooking class that uses the fruit as the core ingredient.

Participants will learn to cook with mangos in the Chef de Cuisine’s special cooking class.

“There we will reveal the secrets of preserving the exotic flavor of mango while creating traditional chutney,” Troubetzkoy said.

As always, Junge Grill on Anse Mamin Beach will be available to delight visitors.

In keeping with the theme of the week, the grill will deliver an infusion of mango flavors in salads, fresh fish and homemade burgers.

Guests will also be invited to feast on a mango breakfast of exotic fruit, artisan cheeses and freshly brewed St. Lucian coffee and cocoa tea.

The evening will feature a five-course mango dinner, including a pairing matched to each dish.

In addition to cooking classes, experienced bartenders will teach the secrets behind mango mixology, featuring the Caribbean’s signature spirit– rum.

“Throughout mango season guests can experience our mango tasting menu, special mango cocktail list, fresh ripe and fresh green mango juices for breakfast and mango-infused spa treatments,” said Allen Susser, the resort’s James Beard Award-winning consulting chef.

Mangos will also be featured in various jams, jellies and chutneys that will be available in the restaurants and for sale in the boutiques.

During their stay at Anse Chastanet, travelers can stroll back in time with a tour of the historic Anse Mamin plantation, which began as a sugarcane plantation in the 18th century.

The area has now become home to cocoa plants and other produce, including mangos.

Festival attendees will also have the chance to learn more about the resort’s farm-to-table conceptual dining with a tour of the organic farm, which includes a variety of mango trees along with other locally-grown produce.

“For those who love mangos, this festival is a must,” Troubetzkoy said.

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By Alexander Britell

Another significant hotel project has broken ground in one of the Caribbean’s fastest-growing centers of hotel investment: Nassau.

The $120 million “GoldWynn” project, set on the eastern end of Goodman’s Bay Beach, will be a five-story, boutique beachfront hotel development.

The project is the brainchild of Paul Wynn of the Wynn Group of Companies investment and development firm.

It will be managed by Small Luxury Hotels, according to the company.

The groundbreaking ceremony in Nassau.

Construction is slated to begin in July 2018, and is scheduled for completion in December 2020.

The project includes a mix of private residences and a condo-hotel, with amenities like a beachfront infinity pool, seaside dining, a theater, a spa, a tennis club, a “social house and gallery” and a rooftop terrace and pool.

It will feature a total of 90 rooms, 25 of which will be condominium units, along with a planned total of 64 residences.

“I note that the developers are committed to a beautification plan for Goodman’s Bay, a favorite beach, recreation and exercise park for Bahamians and residents,” said Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, who was on hand for the groundbreaking this week.

Minnis said the project would “help to further transform Cable Beach.”

The project is the latest in a wave that includes the recently-announced Margaritaville at The Pointe in downtown Nassau and the recently-completed Baha Mar project, which debuted its Rosewood component this week.

The planned Margaritaville in Nassau.

Another $250 million project was recently announced for the Hurricane Hole marina site on nearby Paradise Island.

A release suggested that the GoldWynn would be branded as a Kimpton; a Kimpton spokeperson, however, told Caribbean Journal that while the company had been “exploring a deal [in Nassau], we do not have anything confirmed at this point.”

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