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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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12/12/2019 12:09 PM
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OK, this is getting kind of funny. I have no reason to doubt that, if El Z says that they are adding a pool, that they will be. Although god knows where they would put it? They built an additional couple of units, or something, with a viewing platform on top, which I believe was already complete when we were staying at Beachside in October. They well could be building more units, although again, I have no idea where they would be, OR how there would be parking for them. But the place that Topper is building is definitely NOT owned by El Zafiro, if that's what they were implying.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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Those dilapidated buildings already in place on the beach? Ok, that sort of makes more sense than to build more buildings there, with no space to put them.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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Agreed, I would hate the busses also. Personally I dislike the décor of the place, but that's personal preference. Much prefer the Caribbean feel of Beachside.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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Louise--no. If you are at BSV, once you go past the restaurant at El Zafiro, there are a couple of low slung buildings on the beach, all the way at the end, very close to where that stairway was that went up to the condos at the end of Simpson Bay, up on the cliff. Not sure if the stairs is still there or not? If you don't know where I'm talking about, will try to see if I have any pictures that show those buildings. From BSV, you really kind of need a long lens on the camera to see them clearly. That ugly white building is owned by someone else. Think I heard it was a doctor from the states? I personally have never seen anyone around that building.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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Lesley--I think my post above is pretty clear... The white building is right next to Beachside. Then you have the wide open beach, and there are a couple of buildings ALL the way down the beach. Then up on the hill, you have the condos. Don't understand your question.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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SXMFox--thanks for the pics. That's where I was referring to, although I always thought those buildings were more orange than brown. And I think you're probably right, that the busses are what has kept them in business. The food has always been kind of so-so in my opinion. The location is the best thing they have going for them, WHEN there are no busses in.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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BeachKitten posted some pix for me from my last March trip report which has close up of those two brown wooden building near the staircase but I don'y know how to reach to find it. Some one who walked dogs on the beach each morning told me those building were privately owned, one a doctor and not owned by ElZafiro.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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RonDon--The last I knew El Zafiro doesn't OWN the property where the hotel is. It's kind of an odd thing on SXM, that in some cases, the LAND is owned by someone and someone else builds buildings on it. The real estate used to be owned by a lady named Jessica, from way back, probably still is. Jessica ran the hotel as White Sands Hotel or something similar. Then the fellow from St. Barts came in and put a boatload of money into the hotel and then left/sold out/whatever, and Jessica took back the hotel. Then I think there was another name for the hotel, before the current owners of the hotel took over. As far as the owner of the brown (orange??) buildings, I'm not sure whether those were owned by Jessica or someone else. My suspicion, since the folks from EL Z said they 'owned' the brown/orange buildings, is that they were (and probably are) owned by Jessica also. A doctor owns the big white ugly building between Beachside and El Z.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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Lesley--thanks for the info, on both accounts. We were at Beachside in October, but I realize now we didn't even walk down to where the white building is, so perhaps it was remodeled as of then.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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"the building next to Beachside"?? I really don't think so. Exactly. The white one next to BSV is privately owned. (Dr.?) Drew told us last month that it was a man who bought it and then his son was killed in a tragic accident. He never went back and it just sits there.
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Re: Construction near El Zafiro
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"the building next to Beachside"?? I really don't think so. Exactly. The white one next to BSV is privately owned. (Dr.?) Drew told us last month that it was a man who bought it and then his son was killed in a tragic accident. He never went back and it just sits there. We heard the same thing from the man who owns the only outrightly owned unit at BSV. We gave him a ride one day to Jules and got the impression he owned that bakery as well. He showed us the inside of that unit (#11?) and I thought it was too modern, actually ugly by my standards. His pitch was we should consider it as a rental instead of BSV. I'm like Carol in that I want the caribbean feel that the units at BSV have. IT's also why we don't stay at Divi anymore once they made it so modern inside.
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