Charles4515 Posted May 5, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 5, 2017 This hotel is at St. Catherine's beach. Great for St. George's. The construction will likely impact access to that beach for a couple of years. http://www.royalgazette.com/tourism/article/20170505/hotel-groundbreaking-in-st-georges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biker@sea Posted May 5, 2017 #2 Share Posted May 5, 2017 It's about time.:cool: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco Posted May 5, 2017 #3 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Is that the site where there once was a hotel (a long time ago) and then it became a Club Med and then it was torn down and the land has been sitting vacant for several years? You'd walk past it if you walked from St George's Sq to Tobacco Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted May 5, 2017 Author #4 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Is that the site where there once was a hotel (a long time ago) and then it became a Club Med and then it was torn down and the land has been sitting vacant for several years? You'd walk past it if you walked from St George's Sq to Tobacco Bay. Yes, it was a Holiday Inn, then lastly a Club Med before it was demolished. A large footprint but there will be public beach access after it is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco Posted May 5, 2017 #5 Share Posted May 5, 2017 We're sailing on the "Veendam" into Hamilton on Jun 10. I'll definitely check it out when we go to St Georges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njhorseman Posted May 5, 2017 #6 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Something in my memory recalls a statement by the hotel developer some months ago promising they would maintain beach access during the construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted May 5, 2017 Author #7 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Something in my memory recalls a statement by the hotel developer some months ago promising they would maintain beach access during the construction. I recall the developer saying that there would be public access after the hotel opened. But it might be as you remember. If it is open during construction the impact of the construction, noise, etc., would cause me shy away from that beach until the construction was finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rysyonok Posted June 19, 2017 #8 Share Posted June 19, 2017 I welcome the hotel and the new options in the East End. I will, however, forever miss the clean historical vista of Fort Catherine, about to be dwarfed by progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted June 19, 2017 Author #9 Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) I welcome the hotel and the new options in the East End. I will, however, forever miss the clean historical vista of Fort Catherine, about to be dwarfed by progress. Some historical info, that vista was from 2008 when the 10 story abandoned Club Med on the site was imploded. That hotel was built in 1973 as I believe a Holiday Inn (don't know what if any thing was on the site before 1973) and was supposed to have been replaced immediately with a new hotel but financing fell through. So the progress is restoring a hotel on the site. Edited June 19, 2017 by Charles4515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rysyonok Posted June 20, 2017 #10 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Oh I know :) I was just appreciative of the temporary paradise of sorts. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J320A using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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