New Kingston | Jamaica

[@boynton20]

Kingston is definitely going in the right direction

[@drivinginjamaica]

Yep.

[@justincredible1990]

Yeah the ground floor of the Courtleigh Centre is just offices now but there's an auditorium where the cinema used to be. I remember them hosting the Actor Boy awards there a couple times and concerts there too. Concacaf also has/had an office upstairs. I'm not sure if it's still open. They opened it in 2017 as the Caribbean affairs office.

[@drivinginjamaica]

Thanks.

[@justincredible1990]

No, bro. New Kingston Drive In reopened in October 2020 to facilitate movies in the pandemic. It's still open today.

[@drivinginjamaica]

Thanks. I did not know this

[@boynton20]

Kingston as the potential to become the most modern city in the Caribbean however developments are happening very slowly . Dem need fi use up the lands dem .

[@drivinginjamaica]

So true.

[@boynton20]

Do you think they might repurpose the lands where the drive in cinema is possibly build 2 or 3 highrise buildings there ? They should

[@drivinginjamaica]

That should. It's the last.area.in New Kingston that can accommodate large buildings

[@boynton20]

Huge ass area as well .

[@boynton20]

New Kingston itself needs iconic world class ultra modern skyscrapers its 2022 cut our those 10 floors let's start with 30 and 40 floors for a change

[@drivinginjamaica]

So true. The tallest buildings in Jamaica was built in the 1970s

[@boynton20]

Thanx 4 checking it out . There are a few new developments on this road actually

[@drivinginjamaica]

Yes I noticed

[@andycyrusac]

They need rental apartments in New Kingston so that there will be some nightlife after working hours. They need to do it with all the major towns in Jamaica. People will move around and spend money. The towns will benefit from sales tax. Who is there to think out of the old colonial box?

[@drivinginjamaica]

Thanks for the info

[@boynton20]

This area needed some more density and height in the buildings. Did they paint the towers ?

[@drivinginjamaica]

Not sure

[@karlhenry2328]

Unfortunately Sagicor in not an indigenous bank of Jamaica! Sagicor is actually a Barbadian financial group which bought many failed Jamaican institutions after the financial meltdown in the early 1990’s. I think Life of Jamaica and other life insurance companies were bundled and sold to Sagicor.

[@drivinginjamaica]

Thanks the info.

[@roysguesthouse]

Sagicor is no longer a Barbados company its now domicile in Jamaica with mostly Jamaican shareholders.

[@westkingston3135]

Bs,tht was a 5yr deal in which Jamaica still had percentage..Same with fly Jamaica, Jamaica has 10% shares and people acting like Guyanese own the entire

[@karlhenry2328]

@@westkingston3135 no my friend,government bailed out most of the financial sector businesses that collapsed and bundled most of them together through FINSAC and sold them to the highest bidder! Life of Jamaica,ICWI,Eagle Merchant Bank,Trafalga Bank,Workers Bank and many others. Government absorbed the bailout cost which the Jamaican taxpayers are still paying for today. Why would government hold interest In bankrupted companies? Fly Jamaica was not a government entity,it was a private company with Jamaican investors but the biggest investor was from Guyana,government had nothing to do with this business or transaction. Air Jamaica on the other hand was sold to Caribbean Airlines but the Jamaican government still retained a 16%stake in the new entity. All this is public information that can easily be verified..

[@boynton20]

Have developers seen the cities in south america and asia how awesome they're. Holness talking bout him want Kingston fi tun the most modern city in the Caribbean that includes modern skyline and iconic modern buildings as well and modern and sophisticated infrastructure Kingston needs a monorail asap

[@drivinginjamaica]

It would help. People need more ways to move around. Taxi and buses are a problem on the road

[@westkingston3135]

@@drivinginjamaica You miserable eno.lol..You do know that unruly drivers aren't unique to Jamaica.?

[@westkingston3135]

BRO I UNDERSTAND YOU BUT YOU STILL RIDICULOUS

[@westkingston3135]

Some of the poorest countries in Asia has some the fanciest cit,,.Ask Phillines or Bangladesh

[@westkingston3135]

³

[@boynton20]

Kingston as tons of untapped unutilized lands they need to go up with these buildings big time

[@drivinginjamaica]

Yep. Like.drax hall.

[@boynton20]

I live here in south Florida and Kingston is looking pathetic as of right now . Just being real .

[@drivinginjamaica]

Cant compare ja to florida. South florida nice