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Sagicor Group Jamaica (SGJ) is in the final stages of construction on its New Brunswick Village commercial and residential complex on Brunswick Avenue in Spanish Town, St Catherine.

The financial conglomerate expects to begin handing over keys to the commercial units later this year, and residential units by April 2023.

The property will feature 89 residential units and several commercial blocks and is expected to breathe new life into the old capital and provide well-needed real estate solutions for businesses and middle-income families in the fast-growing parish.

“We’re very pleased to be able to bring this development to the market in a time when many persons are looking for residential options that are accessible and well-connected to the corporate area, but do not want to, or cannot afford to live inside the metropolis,” said Donnette Scarlett, Sagicor Group Jamaica’s Senior Vice President – Group Treasury & Asset Management.

She added: “This development will also provide great value to businesses who are looking to have a stronger presence in Spanish Town, as well as consumers who will benefit from access to their products and services.”

The commercial blocks boast a total of over 40 units and will allow for businesses to access single or multiple units as desired to build out their storefronts.

Scarlett noted that Sagicor already has three main anchor clients who will set up shop at New Brunswick Village, and are in negotiation with several others.

“We can confirm now that a Sagicor Bank branch will be one of our flagship businesses for the commercial complex, and we intend for other businesses within the Sagicor Group to have a presence here in the near future,” she said. “We will also have a pharmaceutical company RA Williams Distributors Limited along with Island Grill as anchor tenants at the location.”

The commercial area of the property will be directly accessible from the main thoroughfare of Brunswick Avenue, with secured entrance and exit, while the gated residential community will be nestled at the back of the property with its own entrance and security checkpoint.

“The 89 residential units will be a combination of two-bedroom townhouses, and a mixture of apartments that are studios and one and two bedrooms,” she added.

The multibillion-dollar project is being undertaken as a joint venture with Bailey Williams Limited and will be managed by Sagicor Property Services (SPS) – the real estate management arm of Sagicor Group Jamaica.

Scarlett said the location and modern design of the facilities have been major pull factors for both commercial and residential clients so far, and she expects to see a sharp uptick in prospective commercial tenants when the doors officially open.

“The businesses are attracted to the location because it’s very visible and easily accessible, without the heavy congestion and other concerns that would have come from being in the town centre. It also has a modern facility to which they can tie their brands, and the residential community directly behind it, adds a natural flow of prospective customers,” she said.

Scarlett also highlighted the ease of access to the Angels leg of the North-South highway providing easy access to Kingston and the north coast, plus the development’s proximity to conveniences and top-rated schools in the parish.

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One man was shot and injured and a firearm was recovered on Thursday as St Catherine South Police carried out another operation this time in Central Village.

Police sources report that the man, who was shot during a reported shootout, is being transported to the hospital. The state of his condition is not known.

The news comes hours after another man was fatally shot during another stand-off with lawmen, this time in Dyke Road area.

Five firearms were reportedly seized in the Dyke Road raid.

At the same time members of the joint police/military team are also in Gregory Park where criminals are engaged in an ongoing gang feud. The gunmen have firebombed several houses.

A source on the ground claims that more than six houses were destroyed by arsonists. Police have yet to confirm the number of houses damaged by fire.

Police have also listed the names of several individuals they deem to be Persons of Interest in relation to the recent flare-up of crime and violence in sections of the division.

They are; Richard Hemley, otherwise called ‘Devils’, Kirk Wint, otherwise called ‘Big Red’, Christopher Barrett, otherwise called ‘Chicken Back’, Elijah Carless, otherwise called ‘Papalou’, Ricardo Carson, otherwise called ‘Trooper’, Shane Williams, otherwise called ‘Tussain’, Imoro McKenzie, otherwise called ‘Munga’, Cedrick Barnett, Miguel Tracey, Sanjay Tracey, A man known only as ‘Techa’, A man known only as ‘Nigel’, A man known only as ‘Dog Shot’, A man known only as ‘Dappa’,

A man known only as ‘Cedrick’, a man known only as ‘Bailey Boy’, A man known only as ‘Tae Tae’, and a man known only as ‘Steve’.

The persons are urged to turn themselves in to the Greater Portmore police station by 6:00 pm, on Thursday, August 04.

Additionally, anyone with information about the whereabouts of these individuals is being asked to contact the Greater Portmore police at 876-949-8403 or Crime Stop at 311.

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Opposition Leader Mark Golding has described as “unacceptable”, the “lethargic” pace of the Andrew Holness-led government in removing the Queen as Head of State, and transitioning into a Parliamentary Republic.

“If the prime minister is really serious about Jamaica becoming a republic, it’s totally unacceptable that some six months after telling a member of the Royal family on public TV we’re moving on, there has been no movement towards moving on,” suggested Golding.

He was speaking on the weekend at a meeting of the People’s National Party (PNP) National Executive Committee in St Andrew.

In June, Minister of Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Marlene Malahoo Forte, had told Parliament that the country wound transition from a Constitutional Monarchy to a Parliamentary Republic by the next general election, which is constitutionally due in 2025.

While indicating then that a new Constitution of Jamaica will have to be produced as part of that goal, Malahoo Forte said the work to achieve the transition to a republic is being done in stages and had formally commenced.

However, weeks later, Golding is adamant that the process has not begun.

He opined that this should have not been the case, given the fact that work had already been done in the past, to guide Jamaica’s transition to a republic.

“It is not the case that we don’t know where we are going, and that the ideas have not been fleshed out. “The ideas as to how we are to achieve this, certainly in the short term, have been fully ventilated in a process that took two decades, which led to consensus around how it should be done,” Golding asserted.

According to him, the necessary Bill to remove the Queen as head of State must be brought to Parliament, so the debate on it can commence by legislators.

Meanwhile, the PNP president also lambasted the government over its delay relative to making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Jamaica’s final appellate court, instead of the United Kingdom’s Privy Council.

Golding noted that Jamaica was integral in the creation of the CCJ, pointing out that the island also financed the establishment of that judiciary body.

“We should be using the court, which is an excellent court, staffed with top-rate[d] judges,” Golding said, adding that the court “is being increasingly recognised around the world for the quality of its jurisprudence”.

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