Another new resort is planned for Belize, an area that has been experiencing a major development boom over the past few years. The Palmetto Bay Resort at Maya Beach will be located on Belize's Placencia Peninsula in an area situated on 16 miles of white sand beaches and backed by the scenery of the Maya Mountains. Palmetto Bay will offer beachfront real estate and four star amenities and will be the first development in the Caribbean designed 'green' from inception.
The first phase of the gated resort, which is currently under construction, will be comprised of 36 whole ownership, luxury beachfront condominiums ranging from approximately 1,100 to 4,500 square feet, each with open views of the Caribbean. Prices will start in the high $200,000s. The turnkey one- two- and three-bedroom residences are spread through two low-rise buildings. Designer Julieanne Dobson who also worked on Francis Ford Coppola's Turtle Inn in Belize will create the interiors using warm woods and natural stone, vibrant contemporary textiles, and niche lit Mayan and African inspired art.
Ownership at Palmetto Bay Resort will include access to fitness facilities, conference rooms with wireless internet; 24-hour reception and security; fully equipped luxury kitchens with gourmet utensils and stainless steel appliances; balcony barbecues; and lush, mature landscaping with use of indigenous fruit trees and plants. The property will feature a 300-foot oceanfront infinity pool, a 400' private beach, beach boardwalk, and private dock.
Green factors include geothermal, solar, and water filtration technologies, which alone is estimated to conserve 1,000 gallons of water per day at full occupancy. Sales have begun on the property.
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5-10-2008 @ 10:09AM
Mustard Stand said...
I would like to make a few comments about this new project of yours, first of all, since living in Placencia and Belize for over 20 years, no one owns a private beach, you own the beach after the 66 ft, high water mark that the Queen or the Goverment of Belize owns, so, you have a 66 foot right of way for foot traffic along our peninsula. Second, concern that I have is the size of the buildings and the height of them, 6 stories and how small the lots are that you are constructing this resort, it will or looks like it will be really crowded.. Thirdly, I hope that you do use the "green items" that you mention in your website, for I am sure there will be lots of people checking on you when it comes to these items, which, are a very nice and good idea, wish more projects would do this.
Most of the buildings on the beach are at 2 stories, due to the immensive blocking of sea breeze to the people that live on the lagoon side, and secondly, 6 stories are just flat ugly, this changes the whole concept of what we are, who we are and the cultural aspects of this 17 mile long peninsula that alot of us call "home".. I am not against development, but, how many of your guests or owners will even care about the critters of our peninsula or its year around locals and other foreigners??
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5-10-2008 @ 12:51PM
Kohrabi Wittels said...
Six stories is not "low rise" on the Placencia Peninsula. No resort on the Peninsula is more than two stories so as not to break the "skyline" provided by the area's many coconut palms.
Also, Belize has no private beaches. All beaches are owned by the public and the public has free access to the beach up to 66 feet above the high tide line. Therefore, the development cannot have "400 feet of private beach."
I drove by the site of the development yesterday and it seems that the developer is installing an irrigation system across the road from the condos.
I hope the sprinkler system will be using gray water from the development's sewage treatment system because no one is sure about the capacity of the aquifer that provides fresh water to the Peninsula. (The Belize Audubon Society says that the aquifer has already been essentially depleted.)
Therefore, it would be near criminal to use precious clean drinking water for a resort sprinker system.
Finally, the property on which this resort will be located is quite small -- MUCH smaller than depicted in the artist's rendering. I doubt there will be any space between the center building (which is currently under construction) and the two 6-story buildings planned for either side of it.
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5-11-2008 @ 3:38PM
SeaHorse said...
There is no such thing as a private dock in Belize -- no one owns the sea so any privately built structure on the sea is public access. The owner maintains it but it is public access along with the 66 ft of beach. How can this project be "green" when the buildings will occupy the entire land mass where the real green stuff grows? Most of the green will be covered with concrete! When a building project of this size is started, the site is usually bulldozed clean of natural flora & fauna--therefore where is the green? The "green" is demolished and all animals driven out of their natural habitat. Maybe you should consider saving some of the natural greens there that feed and house the natural creatures there already. Convenient manicured landscaping after the fact is a farce--save some of the nature for the animals--your customers will thank you for that, probably have more sales. Six stories high aint so green to me either--who are you fooling?
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