Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said last night the government will soon sign a heads of agreement with Baha Mar for the construction of a new 400-room hotel. “..
. Tomorrow (Tuesday) or very shortly, we are going to be signing a heads of agreement with Baha Mar where they are going to be developing next door, another 400 rooms, where they have taken down Melia,” said Davis, while a guest on the ZNS TV show “The Rundown” with host Clint Watson. “That will be replaced with a 400-room hotel plus 70 luxury condos with amenities.
“I met with the owner last Christmas because I was attempting to get them to open Melia. He said, ‘I’ll do something better Mr. Davis.
I’m going to break it down and build something new for you.’ “He kept the promise.” Baha Mar, which is located in the Cable Beach area of New Providence, opened the Grand Hyatt in 2017 with the openings of SLS and Rosewood following months after.
The prime minister made the revelations about Baha Mar, while responding to criticism that his administration’s battle with the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) is harming investor confidence in The Bahamas. Davis has argued that the GBPA (Freeport, Grand Bahama’s municipal authority) is not living up to the Hawksbill Creek Agreement and is failing the residents of Freeport. The government also claims that the Port owes it $357 million, a claim the GBPA has rejected.
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