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The largest single-phase resort development in the Western Hemisphere, the numbers behind Baha Mar are eye-boggling enough. Costing $3.5 billion, the resort will comprise 4 luxury hotels containing more than 2,200 rooms and spread across 1,000 acres, with 3,000 feet of uninterrupted white sand beach at its doorstep.
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And there’s more. Amenities will include a vast casino featuring 1,500 slots and 150 table games; an 18-hole, 72-par championship Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course; more than 30 restaurants, nightclubs and entertainment venues; and a 30,000 square feet ESPA spa. If you like it enough, an elite collection of 284 private residences are for sale, priced from US$1.5 million.
It is a remarkable project, and as we were shown around the construction site we learned more about its anticipated impact, including providing a giant lift to the local economy, adding a striking landmark to the Bahamas’ topography, and delivering a magnet for tourism from across the world.
Whilst The Bahamas already has its fair share of high-end resorts, Baha Mar aims to differentiate itself by targeting a younger, less family-oriented crowd. Mondrian, in particular, will serve as its beacon property for attracting young trend-setters.
At the heart of the development will be a vast casino, situated within the The Baha Mar Casino & Hotel – the only ‘own-branded’ hotel within Baha Mar. Described by Denise Godreau, Chief Marketing Officer of Baha Mar as offering “the excitement of Las Vegas with the high-end glamour of Monte Carlo”, the casino hotel will eschew the typical dark, windowless gambling room, and instead offer a light and airy space for patrons to enjoy, as well as relaxed poolside gambling via smart phones and tablets.
If those words conjure up an image of ultra-modern luxury living, then it is with good reason. Baha Mar may still be under construction, but its vision is already complete.