Bank embargo by real estate debt Guavaberry Club

Robert

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SANTO DOMINGO .- Properties of the tourism project Guavaberry Golf
Club, SA, worth at least U.S. $ 16 million, will be auctioned next
December 9 after they were seized by the Republic Bank, financial
institution with which the owners of the project located in San Pedro
de Macoris maintained a debt that could not pay.

The property seized by the Republic Bank to the detriment of
Guavaberry, as well as commercial companies that acted as guarantors
of solidarity Jero Global Real Estate Corp. and Fairway., Will be
auctioned for provision of the House Civil and Commercial Court of
First Instance of the Judicial District of San Pedro de Macoris,
according to a notice published last Thursday in the newspaper El
Nuevo Diario.

He adds that the sale by auction "to the highest bidder and auctioneer
last" is scheduled for 9:00 in the morning at the Palace of Justice in
San Pedro de Macoris. The real estate Guavaberry seized and put to
auction are located in the tourist area of Juan Dolio.

This is at least 98 parcels that were seized upon companies
Guavaberry, Jero and Fairway. Daily List?n Diario made efforts to
contact the local representative of Guavaberry, Jesus Rodriguez
Sandoval, but his assistant informed that is outside the country. "The
entity persiguiente fixed for the first bid U.S. $ 16.6 million or its
equivalent in Dominican pesos, calculated at the rate commercial force
at the time of payment," the communique signed by Dr. Angel Delgado
Malagon, a lawyer for the persiguiente.

The seizure Real estate became effective in August this year, just at
a time when several companies have been limited to its payments of
debts with certain financial institutions because of high interest
rates. The draft property Guavaberry tourism had emerged as one of the
most attractive of the zone of Juan Dolio, on the east coast of the
country.

The assets were seized by the Republic DR, SA, (formerly multiple bank
Republic Bank), an entity capital of Trinidad and Tobago, which
recently withdrew from the country after it sold its main portfolios
to the Bank BHD.
 

DavidZ

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How can they start bidding at $16.6 MM when the value of the properties is "at least $16MM"? Who's going to pay full retail value for something like this?? If you divide the opening bid by 98 properties you get a price of approximately $170,000 for each property...doesn't sound like much of a deal....
 

J D Sauser

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How can they start bidding at $16.6 MM when the value of the properties is "at least $16MM"? Who's going to pay full retail value for something like this?? If you divide the opening bid by 98 properties you get a price of approximately $170,000 for each property...doesn't sound like much of a deal....


I thought the same after reading the Listin Diario article. But then, I wouldn't rely too much on what is printed in the newspapers. From other unrelated scribblings we've had the questionable pleasure to try to make sense of, we are to assume, that most of these "journalists" have not the slightest understanding of what the write about and even seem challenged when just copying "information" they are handed.
Then again, in the DR, auctions are still not as common as in the US... the learning curve will there too be somewhat flatter than what one would hope for.

On the other hand, reverse auctions are not uncommon in Hispanic countries... but that not to say that anything in that article would positively indicate to me that that would be the case here.

... J-D.
 
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DR_Tolete

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I'm also interested in determining the impact this may have on those who already own properties in the complex. Certainly I would expect maintenance fees to go up significantly. Another consequence one would expect is a drop in property values.
 

STEVE G.

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Conflict in Guavaberry project involves a pool of foreign banks

''The Republic Bank issued to seize the tourism project
....In this case Guavaberry Golf Club the situation occurs because the Republic Bank which was the mortgage bank of the project represents a pool of banks including three foreign banks and one foreign national who are the ones who are demanding that they pay the debt immediately. It is alleged that pressure from foreign banks has its origin in their interest to obtain cash, due to the global financial crisis.

Jesus Rodriguez Sandoval, who has an important part in the Malecon Center, in Santo Domingo, representing the Guavaberry Golf Club, while another significant portion (30% of the shares) are owned by the Spanish businessman Tomas Olivo, which acquired from Banco Hipotecario Dominicano (BHD).

Olivo, whose name coincides with the Spanish businessman freed on bail by the case sounded "Malaya" or "Marbella in Spain, is being represented in the country by lawyers Ulises Cabrera, Jorge Lora Castillo and Gustavo Biaggi. The adviser of the complex Guavaberry Golf Club in the negotiations is the economist Jose Luis de Ramon.

Olivo has become a key piece of the project with the purchase of a stock package that bought from the BHD in 2005.'' ...La Rep?blica - Conflicto en proyecto Guavaberry involucra a un pool de bancos
 

STEVE G.

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How can they start bidding at $16.6 MM when the value of the properties is "at least $16MM"? Who's going to pay full retail value for something like this?? If you divide the opening bid by 98 properties you get a price of approximately $170,000 for each property...doesn't sound like much of a deal....

I guess 98 properties include all Guavaberry common areas , Entrance , Casa Club , Golf Course etc. and unsold lots , plus lots for a future extension . Naturally it is not possible to buy them separately. Well accept the undeveloped lots . Probably if they will not find a buyer soon , they might sell the undeveloped lots separately from the common areas. We'll see later on.