{"id":103776,"date":"2017-09-13T09:32:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/?p=103776"},"modified":"2017-09-13T09:32:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T13:32:42","slug":"discovery-land-co-is-new-developer-of-playa-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2017\/09\/13\/discovery-land-co-is-new-developer-of-playa-grande\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Land Co. is new developer of Playa Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_103821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-103821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-103821\" src=\"http:\/\/dr1.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Discovery-Land-Co-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-103821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Discovery Land executives meet President Medina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mike Meldman of Discovery Land Co. has added a residential resort in Playa Grande to his list of Discovery Land luxury vacation destinations. Sales will open in January 2018. A real estate tycoon, Meldman\u2019s properties seek to preserve the natural characteristics of the location. Playa Grande complex has 18-hole Playa Grande Golf Course with several holes fronting the Atlantic Ocean. Amanera, an Aman Resort, is part of the property.<\/p>\n<p>The Presidency announced on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, that Discovery Land Co. purchased property at Playa Grande in December 2016 and has plans to invest US$1 billion in different phases. 2,000 jobs will be created, benefiting the local economy.<\/p>\n<p>Since the purchase, the company says it has invested US$150 million in the property. The company announced during the press conference that the first phase would be opened for sales in January with 100 units.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a press conference at the Presidential Palace after a meeting with President Danilo Medina, Meldman said the goal is to turn Playa Grande into the most valued and important resort in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>Also attending the meeting for the Dominican government were New York Consul Carlos Castillo, Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo. Administrative Minister of the Presidency Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Peralta; Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garc\u00eda; Hacienda Minister Donald Guerrero, manager of the Banco de Reservas Sim\u00f3n Lizardo, and Deputy Minister of the Presidency Juan Ariel Jim\u00e9nez.<br \/>\nFor Discovery Land Co., also present were partner Joey Arenson, legal counsel environmental lawyer Romina Santroni; and Aaron Leff, among others.<br \/>\nThe company has sites in Nevada, New York, California, Idaho, North Carolina, Arizona, Hawaii, Montana, Texas. Abroad it has properties in Mexico (Cabo San Lucas), and Bahamas (Great Guana Cay).<\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/inversion-turistica-sin-precedentes-en-playa-grande-de-empresarios-eeuu-us1000-millones\" target=\"_blank\">Presidencia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.playagrande.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playa Grande<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discoverylandco.com\/discovery-land-company\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Land Co.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/developer-mike-meldman-is-real-estates-party-boy-1452783341\" target=\"_blank\">WSJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>13 September 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Meldman of Discovery Land Co. has added a residential resort in Playa Grande to his list of Discovery Land luxury vacation destinations. Sales will open in January 2018. A real estate tycoon, Meldman\u2019s properties seek to preserve the natural characteristics of the location. Playa Grande complex has 18-hole Playa Grande Golf Course with several &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2017\/09\/13\/discovery-land-co-is-new-developer-of-playa-grande\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}