September 4, 2025
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Opponents ‘appalled’ as $200m Exuma resort wins planning nod
The $200m Rosewood Exuma developer yesterday hailed the “renewed momentum” created by the planning authorities’ support and findings that it “represents a low-density resort model appropriate” for Big Sampson Cay - leaving its opponents “appalled” and “shocked”.
Rosewood Exuma parties battle over ‘safe and navigable’ shipping channel
The warring parties battling over the $200m Rosewood Exuma development have supplied conflicting evidence over whether the shipping channel that will be used to supply the project with fuel and other key commodities is “safe and navigable”.
Rosewood Exuma bid ‘did not initially meet sustainable standards’
The $200m Rosewood Exuma project “did not initially meet standards for sustainable development”, the Government’s top environmental regulator has revealed, while also being challenged for citing Nassau Harbour and Arawak Cay as comparisons for its likely environmental impact.
Residents, developers clash over proposed $200m Samson Cay resort
TENSIONS flared in Black Point, Exuma, last week as residents, developers and stakeholders clashed over a proposed $200m resort, with the Town Planning Committee signalling that a decision will be taken only after a second meeting later this month.
‘Significant concerns’ over $200m Rosewood Exuma’s dock location
Bahamian planning authorities are still voicing “significant concerns” about the location of the $200m Rosewood Exuma project’s service dock despite giving the “overall concept for the resort” support in principle.
Rosewood Exuma’s developer ‘never opposed’ legal challenge
The $200m Rosewood Exuma developer says it never opposed the legal challenge to the project’s environmental approvals as it pledged to “vigorously refute” the continued attacks and allegations by its opponents.
Rosewood Exuma opponent in legal challenge go-ahead
Opponents of the $200m Rosewood Exuma resort yesterday hailed the Supreme Court go-ahead for their bid to overturn the project’s environmental approvals on the basis that they were obtained via a “shifting series of plans”.
Rosewood developer to file revised plan amid protest
THE developer of the proposed $200m Rosewood Exuma resort on East Sampson Cay says it will file a revised site plan with the Town Planning Committee, following community feedback and ongoing controversy surrounding aspects of the project.
‘Disastrous for the Exumas’: Second Rosewood challenge
A second neighbouring developer is challenging the Rosewood Exuma project’s planning approvals amid fears the latter “will be disastrous for the Exumas” and threaten its own $148m investment.
BNT: $200m Exuma Resort sets concerning precedent
The Bahamas National Trust (BNT) has warned that the $200m Rosewood Exuma project "sets a concerning precedent for unsustainable development" because it is too large for the area to support.
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