The west coast of Barbados has once again revealed another multi-million dollar property development that has already received international acclaim.
Portico a condominium development that sits on the Platinum Coast of Barbados officially opened its doors at Prospect St. James on February 1st 2010.
Portico Barbados was recently awarded the prestigious 2009 Best International Apartment by International Property Awards in association with CNBC Arabia, as well as two five star awards for Best Apartment in the Caribbean and Best Development on the Caribbean.
In 2008, the property was also honoured with three prestigious five-star CNBC Americas Property Awards in 2008 for Best Architecture, Best Development and Best Apartment (Penthouse) in the Caribbean; Portico is distinguished by its outstanding finishes.
Speaking to local media Chris Salt, CEO and Chairman of Aberconi Ltd, owners of the project, explained that there is continuing investor interest in Barbados.
The property CEO noted that the west coast property has been gathering international attention. He said, “Portico is getting that exposure, we have journalists coming in from the Guardian (Newspaper), London, New York Times which want to do a feature on us. I will be telling those people about the positive experience that I have had in Barbados”
While highlighting the fact that the project was started in 2007, he explained that the newly completed property has 21st century technology, the obvious being high speed Internet, cinema surround sound, GPS phone system but the technical team has surpassed this with a card that knows what floor you are going to and also you can control your lights etc from any where in the world by using your cell phone,” he stated.
He added, “the project is a true testament of Barbadian talent because even though we have brought in materials from literally all over the world, the Portico project was conceptualised, designed and engineered and constructed principally by people working for Barbadian companies”.
He maintained that Barbados now has a world beating product which we can all be proud of. It also demonstrated clearly that this world beating professional expertise is already right here on the island.
Salt also told the local media that his team has two other projects in the pipeline and they will definitely again be looking no further than Barbados when assembling the speciality teams for these”.
The new condo development will feature 10 ultra luxurious 3,500 sq. ft. penthouse and garden apartments, the price range for the units are between from BDS $9 to over 12 million.
