03.13.06
Walker’s Cay Club in the Bahamas
Former haunt of Ponce De Leon, Confederate blockade runners and president Richard M. Nixon, Dave Clark has plans to turn Walker’s Cay into a first-class international resort.
The 69-acre island is about 4,000 ft long sitting. The Cay is one of the northern most extremities of the Bahamas, 110 miles from West Palm Beach and 45 miles north of Freeport. On Walker’s Cay currently sits a defunct hotel and harbor, a private airport, a white-washed church and a diesel-fueled power plant.
A fishing show called Walker’s Cay Chronicles is currently ESPN network’s highest-rated outdoors sporting program.
From a recent article:
“We’re not going to turn it into something it’s not,” said Clark, a 47-year-old former accountant who now deals in hundreds of millions worth of development. “We’re going to try to keep the fishing feel.. It’s not going to be an Atlantis.”
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Clark’s company expects to close on the property in June. Until then, the purchase price remains confidential. It could spend five to 10 years developing the resort, but in the short term will put the restaurant, airstrip and marina in working order.
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A fishing show called Walker’s Cay Chronicles is the ESPN network’s highest-rated outdoors program.“We’re not going to turn it into something it’s not,” said Clark, a 47-year-old former accountant who now deals in hundreds of millions worth of development. “We’re going to try to keep the fishing feel.. It’s not going to be an Atlantis.”
Roman said,
June 7, 2006 at 5:22 pm
I just got back from this destination and I had a great time. I thought it was going to be expensive for me and my family but I found the deal of a lifetime on journeypass.com. Check it out when you have a chance.