Billion dollar development at Caymanas unveiled

[Bricktop]

Why not firebomb Downtown Kingston and rebuild there?

[Gamma]

even when yuh a quote smaddy? but a wha di.... I QUIT!!!

from now on when mi tackle him is on mi own accord....mi nuh too love di civic...

[Assasin]

discord inna di camp??

[Hortical]

I am not sure what the plans are to redevelop downtown Kingston (nuttin really a gwaan). But that area already has all existing infrastructure, water & sewer & utilities etc. High levels of crime & and you would also have to account for money for Dons, and that would be a major deterrent.

[Bricktop]

I am not sure what the plans are to redevelop downtown Kingston (nuttin really a gwaan). But that area already has all existing infrastructure, water & sewer & utilities etc. High levels of crime & and you would also have to account for money for Dons, and that would be a major deterrent.

I think you missed the firebomb part of my post

[Gamma]

not any more.....look like mo get a new employee...mi notice how dem chummy chummy from wha day....maybe my job has been done!!!

[Muadib]

There is thinking outside the box and then there are attempts at profundity...

Not that I would not mind that location for selfish reasons...

The Port Esquivel proposal which is a more sensible version of your idea is behind due to uncertainty of availability of certain fundamentals resources..

Which Port facility will your location utilize ?

Energy Supply ?

Human Resource ?

Here is a good approach..Pretend you are a tennant seeking to locate in an Industrial Park.. what would be your concerns..

[Mosiah]

das what mi talking bout. dem just up and quit ova di smallest ting.

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhh bwoooooyyy!

[HL]

I strongly suggest you replace 'him' and hire Assasin.

Assasin is a man what will lissen'

Chussss mi.

[Don1]

There is thinking outside the box and then there are attempts at profundity...

Not that I would not mind that location for selfish reasons...

The Port Esquivel proposal which is a more sensible version of your idea is behind due to uncertainty of availability of certain fundamentals resources..

Which Port facility will your location utilize ?

Energy Supply ?

Human Resource ?

Here is a good approach..Pretend you are a tennant seeking to locate in an Industrial Park.. what would be your concerns..

You miss the point.

The highway has opened that entire corridor for development. Jamaica has extreme employment and housing needs and any development should have an integrated and optimal long term approach.

The Caymanas solution is easy and cheap... good in the shorter run and very easy to implement.
The long term benefits of a greenfield location in the highway corridor are far superior.... however our politicians generally think not for the long term but for the next election term.

Port facility? ..... easy shot by rail (existing line runs right through the area) to KCT -- this will help to make a rail revival viable with the container traffic. Bulk and RORO goods can use Port Esquivel if cheaper than Kingston's bulk terminals.

Energy supply?.... Old Harbour power station... practically walking distance

Human Resources?... Portmore has the highest concentration of tertiary graduates in Jamaica... 15-20 mins away by highway and/or commuter rail...also making rail revival more viable.

The optimal solution is to leverage this development to anchor a new and self sustaining planned township with proper housing solutions and social could be induced to invest in such an integrated industrial/coamenities.... the multiplier effect would be enormous as private capital mmercial/residential township development.
Such a development is impossible or undesirable in Caymanas.

Kingston needs a break from overdevelopment and unplanned, sloppy development. The urban sprawl needs to be contained in the KMR not intensified.

Caymanas is OK but not the optimal location.

[Muadib]

Caymans is OK ???

Kingston Needs a break from OVER development ?

It certainly needs a break from unplanned and sloppy development.. it needs something like the proposed Caymanas project.. Kingston population is under utilized and the current paradigm were portmore migrates to Kingston every day is highly innefficient.

The Caymanas location is quite logical.. dormitory community,sewage, airport, port and potential alternative energy source within walking distance..

Given the infrastructure and population realities Caymanas is the optimal location..

[Don1]

Caymans is OK ???

Kingston Needs a break from OVER development ?

It certainly needs a break from unplanned and sloppy development.. it needs something like the proposed Caymanas project.. Kingston population is under utilized and the current paradigm were portmore migrates to Kingston every day is highly innefficient.

The Caymanas location is quite logical.. dormitory community,sewage, airport, port and potential alternative energy source within walking distance..

Given the infrastructure and population realities Caymanas is the optimal location..

Yes Caymanas is logical.. but optimal definitely no.

Kingston is dense, suffers from urban blight and is in need of relief... not necessarily more development in spatial terms.. but re-development of its existing infrastructure.
This proposed project sited in Caymanas is easy as I said and logical if one thinks in the typical Jamaican short term manner. All it will do sited there is produce jobs.

The multiplier effect of siting such a development in the Hwy2k corridor and combining it with sorely needed and properly planned residential and community developments far exceeds the output from the much more limited Caymanas solution.

Such long term thinking is beyond most Jamaican politicians unfortunately... they will go for the easy, short term benefits... the better to trumpet that come election time.

[Willi]

While I like you suggestion better...why cant we have BOTH?

[Assasin]

me? mi want a piece a di capital too and a percentage of the contrak

Is like hiring Beckham.

[Assasin]

a dat mi a say too. wha you say 6% growth?