Changes are coming to Negril...

[Jahmyheart]

The article mentions the complex will be on land side across from Boardwalk Village. What is being built across the street from Tree House? Did I miss something?

[Marko]

mi real estate background and local knowledge tells mi that location is too far for most of the local population.......
mi personally and many local people mi know have never been down to the Boardwalk....it's out of the way
it's a location for tourist and establishments that cater to tourist would be better suited...
a much better location would have been where the hospital is being constructed......
or on the Sav road going out of town by Banmark and the home improvement store etc are......
just mi two cents........

Cool Runnings, Marko

[Bnewb]

According to the article, one of the reasons for the move away from the downtown area was to reduce congestion.
Seeing it from a real estate perspective...the closures were inevitable as Sunshine Plaza has been sadly deteriorating over the years. Other than slightly inconveniencing the West End people...I find it to be a better location for locals that have to bank from Orange Bay, Green Island and the many newer areas being developed...and coming from the Sav direction...it won't make that much of a difference considering how bad the traffic congestion can get downtown.

Though we've heard the rumour that HiLo is closing and maybe moving...there hasn't been any confirmation as to which grocery chain is going in the new location. Hopefully we'll get a competitor to the HiLo/Value Master brand...as having two stores from the same chain within a couple of blocks of each other was strange...same goods, same prices...no competition!!

This town is certainly growing!