Thursday, April 17, 2008

Red Roof Building


Here is my weakness on CC. It is the old Red Roof building. Could you send me the link, Rex. I lost it and want to revisit the site to see if anything has changed.........


....We were sitting at the Lazy Lizard, which is on the Red Roof property. I was asking about anything happening there. The bartender told us that a guy was doing some surveying on CC north of the cut and was living in the building temporarily........


....He had a key and offered to give us a tour of the place. It is about 75% complete, but nothing has happened there for more than 12 years. We walked through and saw no obvious structural damage..............


It looks to have 14 units, 12 regular on floor one and two and two"Penthouse" condos on the top floor....

.......the intriguing and unique thing about the place is hard to photograph. It is on a narrow point where Hurricaine Hattie cut a hole in the island in 1964 (the cut). It is only about 300 feet from ocean side to lagoon side at the most and tapers to about 100 feet at the bar.

Therefore it offers something not seen anywhere else in Belize that I am aware of: a sunrise AND a sunset view and in every unit!! Everyone in Belize has a sunrise view. Belizean Shores has a nice sunset view, but only from the restaurant in the back near the lagoon, remember?

This is the view from an area that's open between the penthouses. This is the sunrise (ocean) view....


..........this is the sunset (lagoon) view from the same area. A real marketing tool..............


...........This is the view from the north penthouse of the bar and the cut.........



............you can see how close to the ocean side it is, the "back" has a little more space, maybe enough for a wind protected pool and swim up bar someday?......


.........this is off the south penthouse balconey. The little street is the south property line and about 300 feet long. The north line is the cut. There is no more ideal piece of property in Belize and it just sits there year after year...........


I have bad dreams about this property between visits and you two, with your hospitality and management experience, are always in them. I have spoken to some trusted and reliable contacts about this and will learn more about the history and feasibility.


PLEASE THINK UP REASONS TO TALK ME OUT OF THIS.........

Right now I have the luxury of being broke, but that could change and I need your help to not blow another million in Belize!!


........as you remember, southwind realty is my friends, the Iowa teachers. They are a storehouse of knowledge and experience. Lots of property available north of the cut. This view is sitting at the Lizard.........


........this great sign at the bar sums up CC pretty well. It has some great philosophy and it seems to get blurrier as the day goes on!!..........


Apparently, they are looking for help as well!!...............


(KEEP ME AWAY FROM THIS PLACE)

"Uncle Hans"

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