ERA Real Estate Blog

Okay its no secret; a tourist destination like the Cayman Islands needs to have a properly run airport. Successful Air Travel Needed The success or failure of the tourism industry and the national economy of the island is largely connected to successful air travel, and the smooth flow of commerce through the skies, and facilities on the ground. With this...

DART has been busy bolstering their real estate holdings in the Cayman Islands. Another Hotel for DART Recently it was announced that DART have entered into a contract to purchase the Comfort Suites on 7 Mile Beach. The hotel, which is owned by Seven Mile Suites Ltd., is right in the heart of the beach, and affords its guests easy...

Changing Grand Cayman's Skyline The Dart group is seeking to change the skyline of Grand Cayman forever. Their plan? To reach for the skies with a five star resort skyscraper that would be recognized the world over – harkening comparisons to what the Burj Khalifa did for Dubai. They content that this level of a project would show the world...

Take heed this summer on the roads and beaches people, there are Caymanians hard at work! Massive Turnout for NiCE Program Nearly 500 local citizens have been out in droves as the NiCE program rolled out for the summer. NiCE, or the National Community Enhancement clean-up program, recently began various efforts along the nation’s beaches and roadways. Their aim is...

Property Development Property development in the Cayman Islands has been moving at a fevered clip lately, as anyone who spends any length of time here can clearly see. This booming building activity has increased even more lately as property developers are rushing to get approval for the projects in the wake of the announcement that the Central Planning Authority recently...

Those of you who’ve spent any length of time in Cayman have eventually run into it. It starts as a creeping odor as you drive up certain parts of the coast. You encounter it walking on the beaches. It inundates and chokes out access points to our normally crystal clear Caribbean waters. It’s called Sargassum. And it stinks! Fear not...

Well that sure didn’t last long did it… Recently United States President Donald Trump decided to instill a ban on all cruise ship traffic to the communist country of Cuba from the United States. This decision, already in place and being enforced as I pen this, affects hundreds of thousands of cruise ship passengers and effectively decimates the growing Cuban...

History was made recently in the Cayman Islands as a controversial cruise port petition was formally submitted to the Elections Office. The petition demands that there be a people’s vote for the massive civic effort being proposed in the territory’s capitol harbour. This marks the first time in Cayman’s history that citizens have attempted to utilise a clause in the...

Article Snapshot According to OfReg CEO Alee Fa’amoe, a staggering number of Cayman’s communications providers failed to provide information required by the Utility Competition and Regulation Office (OfReg) for a 2018 investigation. To ensure that these companies do not go unchecked, the OfReg is asking the government to provide them with the power to obtain search warrants. OfReg claims that...

Article Snapshot The Cruise Port Referendum isn’t slowing down. Campaigners are fighting tooth and nail to obtain the remaining signatures necessary to achieve a people-initiated referendum on the proposed cruise berthing facility. Cruise Port Referendum Cayman announced on Tuesday that over 90% of the required petition signatures necessary to trigger a public vote have been reviewed and verified. According to...