Fisherman's Village update - Las Terrenas

[cavok]

we're talking US dollars not funny money

There's no way anyone could make money in a little restaurant like that paying $10K/mo USD.

 

[aarhus]

There's no way anyone could make money in a little restaurant like that paying $10K/mo USD.

If it is true it confirms my suspicion that some out of touch politicians in Santo Domingo is behind the project. Nobody seemed to ask the local Dominicans or the local expat business people.

 

[aarhus]

are there any restaurants now operating in the Fisherman's Village? someone told me the rent was $10,000 a month for the smallest building

A Dominican I talked to suggested the 10,000 was to pay for the "Punto" or something. Or one years lease. 10,000 dollars is of course impossible as a monthly lease and that even the smallest building.

 

[2020]

Hold on a second - you're telling me a fish shack in Las Terrenas rents for 600,000 pesos a month?

Sorry, I don't believe it.

 

[2020]

maybe that's why they are all still empty, amigo

 

[reilleyp]

When the government removed the old buildings on Playa Grande in Las Galeras, they offered all the spaces to former tenants who are locals. Seems like it is an unofficial forever lease where they pay no rent, only utilities. Maybe they are doing something similar in Las Terrenas, letting them lease for 10,000 pesos. Just a guess.