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Modular Goes Luxurious In Florida

Can modular and concrete be luxurious? The picture above shows the construction of Cheeca Lodge's green, four-story Main Lodge in Islamorada, Florida. The Cheeca Lodge & Spa is set to re-open on December 15. The 840 square foot suites were delivered complete to Cheeca Lodge with fully-equipped bathrooms including marble tile floors, granite counter tops, bath fixtures, and marble and glass rain showers and all electrical wiring and cabling throughout the suite. The fire-resistant modules are highly insulated, energy efficient and made of 30 percent recycled materials. High impact glass windows will be added along with luxury finishes such as mahogany crown moldings, doors and cabinetry, textured walls, carpeted floors, original art and twenty-four foot wide balconies along with an open air round tub for two with an overhead tub filler.

In addition to the new suites, Cheeca's transformation will include an indoor-outdoor lobby lounge, meeting room, two new restaurants, a club floor with a sun deck and 2400 square feet of retail space which includes a Cheeca signature store featuring Tommy Bahama products.

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How You Get To The Hotels At The Palm Jumeirah

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Travel & Hotels

I found this picture of the sub-sea tunnel project on The Palm Jumeirah fascinating. The Palm Jumeirah is the palm-shaped created land in the Arabian Gulf that will be home to luxury hotels and resorts. The tunnel connects the tip of the island's trunk to the crescent and will give access to those seeking to visit the over 20 hotels clustered along the island's breakwater. The project is impressive, involving reinforced concrete, steel and sand to create this engineering feat. To build the tunnel under dry conditions, the project required the construction dykes and a dam to keep the water out. Once the tunnel structure was completed at the start of 2007 the water could be let back in which what is shown in this picture. The entire project is expected to be completed in May 2007.

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Tags: concrete, construction, nakheel, palm jumeirah, tunnel