A Majorca based British consortium is in the final stages of securing permission to develop a luxury spa hotel and 18 hole golf course on the site of the current nine-hole Pollensa Golf course and club.
The consortium is being led by the Pollensa based Barnard Hamilton Grop of companies and includes a number of British partners.
Permission to build a hotel and expand the golf course to 18 holes was granted in 1990, but due to a lack of general interest and investment, the original project was never carried out.
However, nearly 20 yeas later the British consortium is in the final stages of 'reactivating' the development licenses.
It appears that the project has the backing and support of the local council which believes it will give quality tourism in the area an important boost.
The five star hotel will have 100 bedrooms and also include a luxury spa, while the 18 hole golf course will be one of the most advanced in the Balearics and be renamed Son Gall in honour of the famous rooster emblem of Pollensa. Russell Hamilton Currie recently said that no fixed date had been set for the work on the project to commence.
"It is a two and a half year project and we want to make sure that we meet all of the necessary environmental requisites and have been granted all the relevant permits and licenses before we start work.
"Once we get going, we wnat to be able to continue right through to completion. We don't want to get bogged down in a stop-start project.
"We want to get it right straight from the start",
Richard Mark Barnard, Currie's partner, has a number of exciting ideas for the Son Gall luxury hotel. spa and golf resort, and they have the international contacts and market to ensure immediate success.
Both have been involved in the top end of the yachting and real estate business in Majorca and London for decades, and have a global client base.
Golf Pollensa was the 5th course to be built in Mallorca. It opened in 1986 the same year as Real Golf de Bendinat, and as was the custom in those days, permission was granted for a 5 star, 100 bedroom hotel to have been built on the site in 1990.
It appears that finally, a British consortium will complete the project which will significantly add to the facilities and services Majorca has to offer the luxury end of the international holiday market which many tourism experts maintain is where Majorca's future lies.
Article first published in the Majorca Daily Bulletin, December 14, 2008.
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