I have been asking the same question. It seems as if an ownership dispute between current and formal owners is holding things up. There was a facebook post ( in French) from an attorney who is the brother of Gerard ( former owner). I was able to get a confirmation from him that Gerard survived the hurricane. We have booked a villa through VRBO for our March 2019 upcoming trip. We went to Club Med in Martinique for our March 2018 getaway, so it will be our first trip back to St. Martin since the big one.