Punta Alma in Dominican Republic

Tourism Investment In Luperon

(dated December 6, 2008; source: Ginnie Bedggood, book author)

There are plans for a tourism investment of some US$1,200,000,000 in Punta Alma, Puerto Blanca, Luperon of which the first stage would be a 65 million dollar investment. This appears to be the revamped Atlantica project - a search revealed an advert for the Resort Development Director (see second link).

A source said that Punta Alma is currently in the process of obtaining permits, and they anticipate beginning the digging of the port by the end of this year, 2009. Lot sales will begin in 2010.

http://www.puertoplatahabla.com/articles.php?art_id=1067&start=1

http://www.srclarke.com/currentsearches/resortdevelopmentdirectordominicanrepublic.htm

http://www.sampasystems.com/punta-alma.html

Punta Alma, Puerto Luperon

Punta Alma is a Resort Development Community comprised of more than 1,300 acres on the northern shore of the Dominican Republic. It is being developed with an indoor-outdoor design philosophy and Green (LEED) architectural elements. The town center or "Village" will be a focal point in the community, reminiscent of the traditional resort communities on the Mediterranean coast and will be pedestrian friendly and promote culture, activities, food, and business opportunities. The spa, hotels and residential elements at Punta Alma will consist of 4-5 distinctive resorts and 9-10 unique residential communities. In addition to a cosmetic-oriented surgical hospital, Punta Alma will feature a private owners' beach club and restaurant facilities, a spa, and an 18-hole chamÂ¬pionship golf course. World-class polo, dressage, and equestrian facilities will excite the sport enthusiast, and the private airport and mega-yacht marina will cater to guests arriving both by land and by sea. Facilities will conform to a minimalist and green design, while supporting the latest in Smart technology to ensure all modern conveniences are met onsite.

Touristic Proyect in Luperon creates 4 thousand jobs, invested 1.2 billion U.S. dollars

The company Terriomax Holdings will invest 1.2 billion dollars in developing the resort Punta Alma projecting lift on the left bank of the Bay of Luperon, which generate more than four thousand direct jobs.

The information provided the project manager, the employer Lenin Fernandez, who said that the project will create the stable and strong economy in this county, in which Christopher Columbus founded in late 1493 La Isabela, First Villa erected in America. Fernandez revealed that the resort will be built in an area of nine million square meters will be lifted and where hotels and villas, with more than two thousand rooms and a golf course of international quality with 18 holes, 9 of which are front the sea.

He revealed that the land was purchased from the successors of the landowner and the landowner Bros. Omar Felix Vasquez in the amount of U.S. $ 80,000,000.00, already got the license and environmental tourism alone is expected to grant construction permits and granted exemptions that 158 law gives this type of project.

The executive of the project, announced that the tourist enclave will have a marina with a capacity of 200 luxury super yachts up to 250 metres, which will be built the left bank of the Bay of Luperon, regarded as the third surest throughout the Caribbean. Fernandez said that Lenin Punta Alma will also have a stadium for practice polo, an equestrian center, several beach clubs and a spa destination.

He said that a hospital will be built which will have the services of specialists Dominicans and Americans, an electric generator, plant wastewater treatment and more than fifty different types of businesses to provide services to tourists staying there. Similarly, it will have cable service, telephone, Internet and other services, to ensure total comfort to the guests, which will have a 10 times higher purchasing power of possessing tourists who stay in hotels all included in the north and other touristic places in the country.

Fernandez revealed that each village will occupy a site with a minimum of 4 thousand square meters and preserve the environment for visitors to enjoy the nature of space will be built soon this resort that will have the highest standard of quality of Dominican Republic. He noted the quality of Punta Alma will be so high, which may compete with the best tourist projects in Mexico, Costa Esmeralda, Europe, Australia, the Maldivian islands and other areas of the world, with a beautiful nature.

The executive director of Punta Alma conditioned the construction of this project to the Environment, Tourism and other agencies of State granted permission to the company Isabela Cement and Aggregates to build cement in the northeast where it lifted the resort valued at 1.2 billion dollars. "I do not oppose the construction of the cement in another place, where not affect our project and other investors that Dominicans and foreigners executed in Luperon, La Isabela, La Ensenada and Punta Rucia, but promoters of the Cement want face to face at sea and that can not afford, "alerted.

Recommended that this company is built in a remote location several miles from the sea, where it is not and that in the event of a spill of fuel by the collapse of one of the boats that transported the cement and aggregates does not affect the environment.