Bamboo Eco Resort & Spa, a luxury ecological
resort planned for development in St. Mary, Jamaica, has signed a
Heads of Terms Agreement with Six Senses to provide resort
management, marketing, and branding.
The resort is designed to feature privately
owned villas, condominium units, an hotel with 60 suites, and a
Six Senses Spa.
The conceptual master plan for the
resort features innovations in green building, organic
architecture, bamboo construction, and a
2.5-megawatt (MW) renewable energy system to power the entire
resort.
The Design and Development Team spearheading the project includes
architect Eric Lloyd Wright,
grandson of renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Canopy
Development, experienced sustainable resort planners and
developers. Bamboo is also collaborating with members of the Bob
Marley family to create a One Love Music Village which honors the
musical legend Bob Marley and showcases Jamaica’s vibrant music
culture as part of the resort’s amenities.
Bamboo’s Co-Founder and
President, Jill McKenzie Burr said, “we are very excited to have
the opportunity for Bamboo to be managed by a company that shares
parallel social and environmental values and to bring the
award-winning Six Senses brand to Jamaica.”
The preliminary design plan for Bamboo
Eco Resort has been developed around a property site located in
the coastal region of St. Mary, Jamaica. Like Six Senses resorts
worldwide, the proposed Bamboo site was identified as an ideal
location for the development of a resort because of its exotic
location, warm friendly people, and unspoiled natural beauty.
Although the area has a secluded feel, it is easily accessible
from Jamaica’s international and regional airports and the recent
completion of Jamaica’s North Coast Highway now provides increased
accessibility to this once remote region of the island.
With a
total project cost of US$125 million, the Bamboo development will
create vitally needed new jobs, vocational training, and
opportunity in the St Mary region. The development of Bamboo is
expected to take place over a four year period. The group aims to
begin phase one development in 2011, with a projected opening in
2015.
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