So true windeguy, thieves often commute to "work".
But seems the thieves in DR also forget to follow the old rule of "Don't sh*t where you eat".
I've come to know a lot of good people (with jobs) who live in La Union and are not thieves.
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Dream City Resort Near Puerto Plata Airport?
So true windeguy, thieves often commute to "work".
But seems the thieves in DR also forget to follow the old rule of "Don't sh*t where you eat".
I've come to know a lot of good people (with jobs) who live in La Union and are not thieves.
Interesting project! Looks like those AHNVEE guys are allergic to sand! Another hotel without beach!
This is a lot more than a hotel if all of it gets built. And that is a HUGE IF in the DR. As for buying in during pre-construction, good luck on that.
That's true, but still no beach!
Much if not all of the property will be close enough to the salt air so that damage from it will need to be constantly repaired.
Just hope it does not turn into another Punta Goleta like project in Cabarete, or the Miracle Mile in Cabarete, or what is now Lifetstyles in Cabarete.
What was originally being sold for Punta Goleta part of Cabarete was something very similar, condos, villas, shopping, theater, (but no golf course like Dream City, which is normally a money losing scheme.)
The Miracle Mile was proof that miracles don't really happen and Lifestyles has some on going situations with potential land ownership.
Lifestyles really doesn't have a horse in this race. They didn't buy the property and any future ownership problems are not their concern. Lifestyles is being paid to advance the construction by way of their local influence and will make money running the completed facilities and make even more money with another outlet to sell memberships. Cabarete is basically a means to fulfill the vacation requests of those wishing to come to the DR that they cannot accommodate now.
About all Lifestyles could lose in a property ownership dispute that sees the Cabarete propriety being seized or transferred to someone else would be the loss of time and effort to date and the loss of the additional income stream. It's a very clever business model for an entity that provides facilities to visitors but actually owns none of the physical infrastructure that they provide. The Club is in this way insulated from many of the real estate pitfalls and property ownership uncertainties that plague this country.
The project has a tag line 'affordable paradise' because it's affordable for different groups of buyers. There will be 4 different types of residential properties (4 subprojects if you want) to fit a wide variety of budgets and tastes both local and international. It's affordable for foreigners because the prices are about a 1/3 of U.S. prices. And it's affordable for locals too because there will be the subproject Green Dolphin apartments where the prices start at 2 million pesos. The idea is far from not letting the natives live there, on the contrary, the first construction phase will include the affordable housing for Dominicans so the local community can get their own home.
The Miracle Mile was a proposed development several years ago on the way to La Boca along that strip of ocean between the northeast corner of Jardin Deportivo and La Boca in Cabarete.
Would you please keep us informed as to the progress of Dream City? Also, would it be possible for you to post up a tentative construction schedule for the project?
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There is no nirvana on earth (or anywhere else for that matter.)
Met a fellow at Pappaterra in Sosua today who is working on Dream City and is charged with attracting a major vendor, like a Plaza Lama, to build a store in Dream City. I recommended a WalMart and a Trader Joe's. He was from California, so he knew what I meant by Trader Joe's.