Dolphin Cove Resort is finally approved!
The first new resort community in the US Virgin Islands to be approved for development in the last 17 years has finally crossed their last hurdle before ground breaking begins!!! Dolphin Cove is an amazing gated destination community that will have approximately 72 villas and 46 luxury condos. The Villas at Dolphin Cove will offer several exceptional floor plans with expansive decks to take advantage of the stunning views. The Condo at Dolphin Cove will feature townhouses and single level plans with spacious living areas, private decks and gourmet kitchens.
The Dolphin House, the 5-star restaurant on the edge of the Caribbean, will be a historic “rebuild” of the home scientists used to train dolphins to find ocean mines during WW II. The location of Dolphin House provides one of the most spectacular views of Nazareth Bay and St. Croix you will ever see from St. Thomas.
The gated community of Dolphin Cove will feature two beaches, tennis courts, fresh and salt water swimming pools, a myriad of hiking trails, restaurant, and fitness center. Water sport amenities will be available at the beach that is next to the original dolphin training center. Dolphin Cove will also be a self-sufficient community, offering its own security, water treatment plant and standby generators.
The lead person on this long anticipated project is Dave Marriner. Of all things, Dave has a very successful real estate company at Lake Tahoe, California specializing in lake front homes. His place in real estate was made with Taylor-Woodrow with the development of Newport Beach, California. Dave has always been a visionary. During a charter sailing vacation with his family he stumbled on this project with the help of Captain Mike Lampe, the former skipper of the yacht Southern Comfort. The rest became history as Dave made some phone calls to several of his key developer contacts in the U. S. and they purchased the property with the bet they could take the project through all of the steps required when building out a project like Dolphin Cove in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
If you want more information about the timing of this project regarding occupancy and pricing, let me know. From my time in the Virgin Islands, I believe Dolphin Cove will be looked upon as a real Caribbean jewel.
