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  • Best Development USA - Bay Harbor
  • Best Marina Development Caribbean - North Sound Yacht Club
(Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands) - November 24, 2009 Leading real estate developer, Victor International, announces that two of its developments have won esteemed CNBC International Property Awards.  North Sound Yacht Club has been named Best Marina Development and Bay Harbor has been named Best Development USA.   Slated to open in fall 2010, North Sound Yacht Club is one of the most luxurious and technologically advanced super-yacht marinas in the British Virgin Islands.   Bay Harbor is a 1,200 acre luxury resort community in northern Michigan.
 
The CNBC Property Awards, in association with CNBC Arabia and the New York Times, are judged by a panel of 52 independent professionals whose collective knowledge of the property industry is unsurpassed by any other property awards. The International Property Awards are also supported by 12 professional bodies and many of these are represented on the judging panel.
 
As well as entries from across the USA, the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Canada, Belize and Bermuda were represented this year. There were 36 different residential and commercial categories in total. These international accolades were announced at a gala presentation dinner in San Diego. read more...
 
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Almost Heaven
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Stay List: Caribbean
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Breaking Ground
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Resort Sees Electric Cars as Gems
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Leaving a Luxury Legacy
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Elite Destination
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How to Buy a Yacht
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July-August 2007 
 
 
 
 
 




Riding High
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WJR Radio
David Johnson tells Paul W. Smith his resort has received a clean bill of health
On June 18, 2007 Bay Harbor developer David V. Johnson spoke with Paul W. Smith of WJR about Bay Harbor Lake's pristine water and discussed the clean bill of health issued by the EPA. Complete audio from this interview is located on WJR.com.

No contamination found in resort lake, EPA says
Associated Press - June 15, 2007 6:04 PM ET
PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials say a 90-acre lake at the Bay Harbor resort near Petoskey is free of contamination from cement kiln dust buried on the grounds.
The agency said today it has completed a water quality study of Bay Harbor Lake, which serves as the inland harbor for the luxury resort on Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay.
Piles of kiln dust are buried there from the days when a cement plant operated at the site.
Regulators ordered an extensive cleanup a couple of years ago after water with high alkaline levels leached into the bay.

But the EPA says it found no evidence that kiln dust contamination has reached Bay Harbor Lake.

Field studies determined that pH levels around the inland lake are within normal ranges.
Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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