Tag: Dart Group
Dart seeks to avoid beach retreat with unproven concept
(CNS): The Dart Group has begun circulating a video on social media that rejects the idea of a managed retreat combined with imported sand replenishment to address the erosion problem on Seven Mile Beach in favour of ‘sand engines’, a scientific solution developed in Europe. Dart hired Denmark-based consultants DHI to conduct a study of […]
New hotel brings room stock up to record high
(CNS): With the completion of the Dart Group’s latest resort, the Cayman Islands now has a record number of rooms available for visitors in hotels, condos, apartments and Airbnb-type units. Hotel Indigo Grand Cayman is expected to welcome its first guests in the coming weeks, bringing the room stock across all three islands to 8,022, […]
Dump deal not done 2,057 days after Dart won bid
(CNS): Five years, seven months and 18 days after it was selected as the preferred bidder in October 2017 by the PPM government, the Dart Group has still not signed the deal that will see it roll out the long-awaited waste-management project, known as ReGen. Premier Wayne Panton announced Monday that the parties have agreed […]
ReGen row rolls on in the absence of a final deal
(CNS): The row between the PACT government and the PPM opposition over the long-delayed waste-management project, ReGen, rolled on in parliament this week. In his Strategic Policy Statement, Premier Wayne Panton said that, given the circumstances created by the previous government, the government had little option but to pursue the negotiations with Dart, while the […]
Dart applies to renovate old Hyatt resort
(CNS): A planning application by one of the Dart Group of companies has been submitted to renovate the former Hyatt Regency Hotel. The property was acquired by Dart Realty from the previous owner, Embassy Investments Limited, in March 2016 when the local developer bought all of the land associated with the resort. But the bulk […]
Gov’t still talking with Dart over dump costs
(CNS): Technocrats from the climate ministry have said that there is “almost continuous dialogue” between the Cayman Islands Government and the Dart-led consortium on the dump project. But the ReGen deal has still not concluded, and while the CIG refutes claims made by former deputy premier Chris Saunders that it will cost $2 billion, no […]
CIG should make terms of dump deal public
Smiley Whiley Take Your Timey writes: When this bid call was put out by CIG IN 2017, the final bids were down to Decco-Dart (a newbie to waste management) and a French-led consortium of several experienced international waste management and waste-to-energy operators. In the final analysis and in a process not open to public scrutiny, […]
Appeal court finds owners’ rights not protected
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has overturned a Grand Court decision that rights acquired by almost 200 homeowners in the Britannia residential community to access what was once the beach and other amenities at the former Hyatt resort should have been honoured by the current landowner. The Dart Group acquired the derelict hotel […]
Dart duty waiver relates to ‘inherited obligation’
(CNS): A refund to the Dart Consortium of over CI$1 million for stamp duty and land registry fees is related to the purchase of land for the planned ReGen facilities, which was an “inherited obligation”, according to Jennifer Ahearn, the chief officer of the Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency. Ahearn said that because the […]
Dart refunded over $1M in stamp duty and fees
(CNS): The Dart-led consortium currently negotiating the contract with the government to deliver the Cayman Islands’ solid waste management system has received a refund from the public purse of over C$1 million for stamp duty and land registry charges. The refund was noted in the summary of the Cabinet meeting held on 29 November but […]
Dump deal won’t close this year as talks roll on
(CNS): The government’s controversial deal with the Dart Group for the conglomerate to take over the Cayman Islands’ waste management and develop a waste-to-energy facility is now not expected to close this year. Speaking in parliament in October, Premier Wayne Panton suggested that an agreement could be reached by the end of November. But a […]
