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Turks Cay Resort and Marina receives final planning approval
#Providenciales, June 14, 2018 – Turks and Caicos – International Developer, Arik Kislin of Circle Holdings Limited has been granted Detailed Development Permission (DDP) by the Physical Planning Department for Block and Parcel 60713/ 56, 125, 387, 357, 358, 360. The former and historical site of the Third Turtle Inn development.
This final approval clears the way for the construction of the Turks and Caicos Islands’ newest multi-million dollar luxury accommodations in Providenciales – the Turks Cay Resort and Marina in Turtle Cove. Hamilton Real Estate an association of Savills International is the exclusive 
listing agent for the sales and marketing of the $100 million six stories boutique resort.
Sam Hunt, Sales and Marketing Manager of Hamilton Real Estate and the Turks Cay Resort and Marina, has already been meeting with interested buyers as the developer gets ready to break ground at the Turtle Cove site.
Commenting on the property’s sales progression, Hunt said: “We currently have two sales offices, one at our new Grace Bay location and we have an on-site Sales Villa located on the beach right next to the property in Turtle Cove.
“From these two locations we have been meeting interested persons who come in and view a model of what the entire resort will look like upon completion. They can also view the property next door to the Villa office.
“We also have brochures outlining every one of the amazing amenities that will be offered at the Turks Cay Resort and Marina.
“Basically anything you need to know with regard to the selling and marketing of the property, we will provide you with that information at either our Grace Bay Office or our Villa Sales office.”
Kislin said: “The Turks and Caicos Islands has done a fantastic job of marketing itself – in really getting the word out to the rest of the world that they are open for business for new developments and opportunities.
“With Turks Cay Resort and Marina we will offer a very high end product with the amenities that the upper tier market around the world is really looking for in a vacation getaway.
“This is how the Islands have been presenting themselves, and that is what I am going to deliver for the country.”
The land on which the resort will be built is a very unique piece of property; it stretches over 16.5 acres with 780 linear feet on a cove, all of which is abutting the Turtle Cove Marina.
In the middle of the marina there is a small island called Diddle Cay which now belongs to the development. Prices will start in the early $600’s for studio units with a make-up and mixture of studio, 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom units as well as 11 luxury Penthouses set over two floors with their own roof top swimming pools. There will be a total of 143 rooms within the resort.
The entire resort development will consist of condominiums, casino, spa, sporting facilities, restaurants, bars, retail shopping, a boardwalk, swimming pool and deck and a marina. It also boasts 775 feet of beach frontage on Grace Bay and 2,300 linear feet of dockage. The property will be one of the lowest densities in the TCI.
Please see link below!!
http://www.hamilton.tc/brochure/TurksCay_Brochure.pdf
- About the Developer
Arik Kislin is a very successful real-estate investor, and part owner of the Gansevoort hotel and Alerion Aviation, and several other businesses. He is also a philanthropist. He started in the real estate business in 1991, developing over four million square feet of New York City’s real estate in the 1990s.
Through his former company Around the Clock Management, Kislin and his partners developed the Chelsea Market Complex in Manhattan’s Meatpacking district from 1991 to 1999. Since then that property has become an icon for Manhattan, New York City and was recently sold a month ago to Google for $2.4 billion.
In 2001 he co-developed the Gansevoort hotel group in New York. The first property was the Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District, and shortly thereafter another Gansevoort in Miami.
Kislin was then invited by the owners to complete the deal for the Gansevoort in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2008.
Almost two million visitors recorded in 2025
PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS – The Turks and Caicos Islands saw an increase in stayover arrivals in December, seven percent higher than the corresponding period in 2024.
Preliminary data suggests that stay over arrivals by air for the month of December was 66,427 in comparison to 62,610 in December 2024.
From January to December 2025, preliminary visitor arrival numbers totalled 640,754; on par with the number recorded for the same period of 2024.
Stay Over Arrivals YTD December 2024/2025
The first quarter of the calendar year attracted the largest number of arrivals with visitor arrivals three percent higher than the first quarter of 2024. Reduced airlift from the United Kingdom and the United States, most notably the Virgin Atlantic and JetBlue services, was however felt from the second quarter (April to June). As a result, visitor arrivals dropped three percent in the second quarter.
By the third quarter of this year (July to September), geopolitical and economic conditions in the key source markets, namely the United States, led to further contraction of arrivals. In the last quarter of 2025, arrivals were impacted in October due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa but additional airlift from the USA and Canada resulted in an increase in arrivals in November and December.
Mr. Paul Pennicook, Interim CEO Consultant of Experience Turks and Caicos, said December’s increase in stayover arrivals is an encouraging indicator of the sustained interest in the Turks and Caicos Islands as a premier destination.
“While we note and continue to monitor geopolitical shifts that affect us, Experience Turks and Caicos is focused on increasing marketing initiatives in our primary source markets. We have spent the last two years investing in groundwork such as crucial travel advisor training to assist them in selling the destination more effectively. In the next fiscal, we will be building on those initiatives with co-op activities with partners as well as out of home advertising to increase visitation to our destination,” he said.
In Cruise, the preliminary count of passenger arrivals for the month of December 2025 was 129,346, a 22 percent increase over last December. This growth follows the berthing of 11 additional ships in Grand Turk this month.
From January to December, the cruise sector continued to outperform the same period last year, as the 1.3 million total cruise passengers recorded, marks a five percent Year-on-Year increase. 
The cruise sector experienced significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, with passenger arrivals surpassing last quarter by 53 percent. In the second and third quarter however, several cruise lines adjusted their itineraries as vessels were pulled from the fleet or from the Caribbean region, which resulted in fewer passengers.
Arrivals dropped seven percent and 10 percent in the second and third quarters, respectively. Double digit growth was recorded in the last two months of Quarter 4. This growth however, was not sufficient to outweigh the drop in arrivals experienced in October, following the cancellation of cruise calls due to the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Despite the late-quarter rebound, arrivals for the final quarter of 2025 closed six percent below the same period in 2024.
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The Department of Trade, Industry & Fair Competition to Host Export Readiness Workshop Under the theme “Empowering TCI Businesses for Local Growth and Global Markets.”
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands – Wednesday, 11 February 2026: The Informal Settlements Unit (ISU) coordinated a multi-agency enforcement operation on Thursday, 29 January 2026, led by the Planning Department, with support from the Crown Land
Unit, the Turks and Caicos Islands Border Force, and security provided by the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force. The operation, carried out at three different locations in Providenciales, formed part of ongoing government efforts to address unauthorised development and illegal occupation of land in accordance with governing legislation.
The operation commenced in Blue Hills, where five Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on unauthorised structures identified on Block and Parcel 60502/48.
Enforcement activity then moved to a second location off the Leeward Highway near Caicos Lodge, where six Section 58 Enforcement Notices were issued on additional unauthorised structures on Block and Parcel 60802/66.
The final phase of the operation took place in The Bight, where three unauthorised structures were removed, with all debris cleared from the site in keeping with established safety and environmental protocols.
The Informal Settlements Unit remains committed to working alongside its partner agencies to support lawful development, protect public and private land, and ensure that planning regulations are enforced in a coordinated and transparent manner across the Turks and Caicos Islands. Similar joint operations will continue as part of the Government’s wider strategy to address unauthorised development and informal settlement activity.
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