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  <title><![CDATA[US Territories Condo & HOA News from CAN]]></title>
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     <title>VI: Grande Bay is facing new suit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[In what is starting to feel like a legal miniseries, a new lawsuit was filed this week against Sarasota attorney David S. Band and his law firm, Abel Band, revolving around the development of a luxury condominium resort in the U.S. Virgin Islands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:06:02 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080809/ARTICLE/808090320/-1/newssitemap</link>
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     <title>PR: HUD charges Puerto Rico HOA with discrimination against handicapped</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it charged a homeowner association in Puerto Rico with housing discrimination for refusing to permit a disabled man to have support railings in the front of his home.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:39:14 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>VI: Ruling allows Grande Bay to finalize condo sales --</title>
     <description><![CDATA[ST. THOMAS - Florida developers of St. John's Grande Bay Resort will be able to close on its remaining condominium units following an order by V.I. Superior Court Judge James Carroll III to remove a legal notice in the territory's property records that blocked such transactions for months.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:40:29 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17625650</link>
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     <title>Guam: Sewage concerns persist: Emerald development worries residents</title>
     <description><![CDATA[But while the new, standalone houses have been welcome additions, some Jonestown residents aren't too keen on two 15-story condominium buildings and two 18-story condo high-rises that are planned for the area.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 15:26:13 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Guam: Developments raise concern</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The tropical feel in Tumon Bay and in other parts of the island could change irreversibly, said some island residents who voiced concern about the lack of a comprehensive government approach to review a resurgence of proposed high-rise projects.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 20:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>PR: Alberto San, Inc. v. Consejo de Titulares del Condominio San Alberto</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The complaint was brought by Alberto San, Inc., an owner of a substantial interest in an office condominium, against the board and other owners of the condominium. The complaint alleged that a Puerto Rico statute, which decreased plaintiff’s original voting power in the condominium association, violated plaintiff’s due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:17:48 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://circuitwatcher.com/index.php/2008/04/08/alberto-san-inc-v-consejo-de-titulares-del-condominio-san-alberto-1st-cir-mar-28-2008/</link>
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     <title>VI: Bay Isles Settles Second Grande Bay Buyers Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bay Isles Associates last week settled a lawsuit filed against the developer by buyers of 30 units at its Grande Bay Resort. The parties were scheduled to appear at a V.I. Superior Court hearing on Friday, February 29, which was subsequently canceled. The settlement bars both parties from disclosing its terms.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:26:47 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.stjohntradewindsnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2416&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>VI: Find another cove to 'steal'</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A plan to anchor an old, rusting commercial boat off Great St. James, right in the middle of Christmas Cove, along with an 80-foot floating dock and a dozen permanent moorings has been hatched by a few apparently well-connected businessmen from St. John and is going through the permitting process by DPNR and CZM.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:59:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_editorial?id=17621476</link>
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     <title>VI: Grande Bay reaches settlement with disgruntled condo buyers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Superior Court hearing scheduled for Friday in the Grande Bay Resort condominium buyers' lawsuit against the project's developer was canceled after the parties reached a settlement agreement.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:38:15 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17621407</link>
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     <title>PR: HUD charges condo with violating Fair Housing Act</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has charged Parque de las Flores Condominium Association with violating the Fair Housing Act. HUD claims the association refused to provide an accessible parking space to Windy Calderon and her five-year old son who requires a wheelchair.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:16:17 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>VI: Condo buyers' case begins against Grande Bay Resort --</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Contracted condominium buyers seeking court protection against being forced to close on their units at St. John's Grande Bay Resort began building their case on Monday before a V.I. Superior Court judge.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:50:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17620036</link>
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     <title>VI: Well-heeled revolt on tropic isle</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sarasota developer David Band and his partner Kelly Frye's project, Grande Bay Resort, in St. Johns, Virgin Islands, has sparked the formation of the community's first anti-development organizing group. Band and Frye's partnership, Bay Isles Associates LLLP, is being sued by residents who claim the project is a nuisance and infringes on their property rights.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:59:51 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Guam: Residents hit by increasing costs of food, housing, gasoline</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Island consumers saw double-digit increases in the cost of basic needs -- from food and housing, to electricity and gasoline -- over the past year, according to the latest Guam Consumer Price Index.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:54:27 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>VI: Grande Bay Resort Condo Owners Will Not Be Forced To Close on Units</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Grande Bay Resort condominium owners were not forced to close on their units on December 26 thanks to a December 21 emergency ruling by V.I. Superior Court Judge James Carroll III.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:02:34 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.stjohntradewindsnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2215&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>VI: Grande Bay Condo Owners Allege Mold, Structural Issues in Second Lawsuit</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Owners at Bay Isle’s 48-unit, luxury condominium development Grande Bay Resort have yet to move in, and they’ve already filed two lawsuits against the developer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:22:21 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>VI: Grande Bay developer agrees in court not to force closures on unit purchases</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An emergency court hearing on a temporary restraining order that Grande Bay Resort condominium buyers had sought against the project's developer quickly fizzled Friday after the developer agreed not to force closings on the purchases of any units this month.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 12:00:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17618727</link>
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     <title>VI: Vying for the view</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A St. John family's lawsuit over the loss of their view could have major implications for development standards in the Virgin Islands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 05:09:42 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17618602</link>
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     <title>Guam: Large condo complex to be built near GMH</title>
     <description><![CDATA[There are plans for yet another multimillion dollar development project - $100 million to be exact. The developer of 260 luxury condominium units and 20 villa-style homes on the cliffline at Saupon Point (adjacent to the Guam Memorial Hospital in Tamuning) has committed to invest several hundreds of thousands dollars to first improve the delivery of water and sewer infrastructure to benefit GMH]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:38:35 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kuam.com/news/25554.aspx</link>
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     <title>VI: Grande Bay Developers Settle with Condo Owners Over Ownership Rules</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bay Isle Associates has settled with 24 Grande Bay Resort luxury condominium owners, who filed a temporary restraining order seeking to prevent the recording of new condominium ownership documents which the plaintiffs alleged drastically reduced the value and desirability of their units.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:36:28 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.stjohntradewindsnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1959&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>VI: Property Revaluation Office says: Don't panic</title>
     <description><![CDATA[As landowners territorywide reel from the shock of the new valuations provided as part of a court-ordered reassessment of all property in the territory, the V.I.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2007 14:45:20 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17615264</link>
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     <title>VI: Smith Bay Road on cusp of building boom</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A largely undeveloped stretch of busy Smith Bay Road soon could include five new developments - comprising nearly 300 new upscale condominiums, two retail centers and a large warehouse-storage center - if two more proposals are approved, including one up for vote tonight.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:52:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17615207</link>
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     <title>VI: Developers temporarily withdraw Smith Bay project application</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Developers of a 216-unit condominium project on the island's East End have temporarily withdrawn their project application as they revise the plans in order to address concerns about wildlife, traffic and building height.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:34:10 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17614185</link>
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     <title>VI: Condo Planners Grilled on traffic, animal life</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Designers of a $62 million upscale condominium development in Smith Bay faced questions on Thursday about the project's impact on traffic, animal habitat and offshore marine life.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:41:30 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.virginislandsdailynews.com/index.pl/article_home?id=17613139</link>
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     <title>Guam: Landowners seek compensation</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A group of residents who have been seeking resolution to their land claims have joined efforts to try to get government officials to address their longtime concerns.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:28:30 -0500</pubDate>
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     <title>Guam: 61 Agana Beach Condo units sold in 5 days</title>
     <description><![CDATA[And not only did the condo building sell, its buyers have pre-sold all of the building's 61 units, mostly to local residents who have put in reservations, said Guam real estate guru Nick Captain.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:49:07 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070630/NEWS01/706300307/1002</link>
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     <title>St. John condo buyers suing local developers</title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two prominent local developers have been hit with a "bait-and-switch" lawsuit from 41 condominium buyers at their project in the U.S. Virgin Islands.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:05:32 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070616/BUSINESS/706160637/-1/RSS01</link>
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     <title>Guam: Gun Beach to undergo multimillion commercial development</title>
     <description><![CDATA[An undeveloped area in the heart of Guam's tourism district will soon be home to the island's tallest high-rise. The multimillion dollar venture is a sign that off-island investors see hope in the island's ailing economy. The area that now houses the normally peaceful and undisturbed Gun Beach along Tumon Bay may look like acres and acres of jungle at the moment, but three years from now could be home a massive commercial development effort.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:10:19 -0500</pubDate>
     <link>http://www.kuam.com/news/22888.aspx</link>
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     <title>VI: Overide of Veto Uncertain, Developer Warns Project May Shut Down</title>
     <description><![CDATA[A V.I. Senate override of Governor John deJongh’s veto of Sirenusa’s rezoning bill faces an uncertain future while the developer of the $35 million development warns the project my be shut down by its financers costing more than 100 jobs.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:09:04 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.stjohntradewindsnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1460&Itemid=1]]></link>
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     <title>VI: 3 NEW ST. CROIX BUSINESSES GET EDC BENEFITS</title>
     <description><![CDATA[The developer of a 46-unit condominium resort along St. John's Cruz Bay waterfront is among nine companies just granted tax benefits by the Economic Development Commission.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 05:40:09 -0500</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.onepaper.com/stcroixvi/?v=d&i=&s=Business:St.+Croix&p=59280]]></link>
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