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ondon-born Richard Lee, who is often called “Ric,” is no different. And that belief has led to his siting his spectacular new, ultra-high end residential complex, Prickly Bay Waterside, on Grenada. However, while the usual reasons for a good location: incomparable view, available infrastructure, and local governmental support are abundantly available on the island, Lee cites another motivating factor for putting his project here: Grenada’s people, and especially its taxi drivers. “We found the people so charming, and there was such a lack of attitude in Grenada, which I hadn’t
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noticed in other Caribbean countries that I’ve been to,” Lee told BusinessGrenada.com in a recent interview, “but I’ll always say that it was the taxi drivers who made us want to come back. The first time we came, they asked if we had ever come to Grenada before and on answering ‘no,’ they instantly started to tell us very enthusiastically, ‘Oh, you must see this and you must do that’ so we had a wonderful time.” Nor was that reaction a one-time happening. “The second time we came,” he continues, “they were like ‘wow ... you came back, you like us!’ So we
actually felt terribly welcomed.” Lee is repaying that welcome in a big way. His Prickly Bay Waterside is a major project, of more than 70 units, ranging in price from over US$700,000 to over US$3.5 million. As befitting the bayside location, the units have a nautical theme. Most spectacular, in the opinion of many, will be seven “marine houses,” looking like permanently-moored luxury yachts. Each fivebedroom, 6179 sq ft residence is built on stilts above the water, with glass panels offering a view of the waves below, illuminated at night. Wooden yacht
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