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No apartments on the water in Grand Case? #149003
11/21/2017 10:57 AM
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Jeff Berger's newsletter is reporting that the French side government is not going to allow apartments or condos on the water in Grand Case. How can this be? What about hotels like Le Petit? What happens if there is already an apartment there? I don't understand how they can do that. There is no way that the island could support only restaurants along all of Grand Case Boulevard.

And these 'removable' structures they are talking about on Orient, are they talking ONLY where they had removed Aloha, etc?? What about the Five Stars? Will they be allowed to rebuild?


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Re: No apartments on the water in Grand Case? [Re: Carol_Hill] #149004
11/21/2017 12:08 PM
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I don't think that we should jump the gun on what will and what will not be allowed. The news I have seen coming from the Collectivite is that this is a proposal that is now open for consultation.

The problem, I think, is that with the uncertainty as to what will be allowed, people are reluctant to invest in rebuilding until things are firmed up.



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Re: No apartments on the water in Grand Case? [Re: jaxon60] #149005
11/21/2017 12:50 PM
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I agree. I think that things are very much a work in progress.

Re: No apartments on the water in Grand Case? [Re: Snorkeller] #149006
11/21/2017 12:51 PM
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OK, Berger's newsletter seemed to say it was a done deal..


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Re: No apartments on the water in Grand Case? [Re: Carol_Hill] #149007
11/21/2017 01:04 PM
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I think it is easy for some to say that nothing should be built on or close to water again in, for example, Grand Case and Orient, but what would such a policy do to economic activity and tax revenues? No offense to Jeff, but unnamed sources may not have a working crystal ball about how this all plays out.

Re: No apartments on the water in Grand Case? [Re: Snorkeller] #149008
11/21/2017 01:49 PM
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I would say such a policy would be devastating for both Grand Case and Orient, yes. I also don't understand what the difference would be between an apartment on the ocean in Grand Case, versus a restaurant?


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Re: No apartments on the water in Grand Case? [Re: Carol_Hill] #149009
11/23/2017 09:39 AM
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This has been talked about for years and years in Grand Case. Rebuilding is already taking place on the water there.


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