The Burns Conolly Group have submitted a PAD application on behalf of Criton Development to build a community including condos, apartments, hotel, small marina, offices and a community centre on 50 acres of land in Cayman Kai in the district of North Side on Grand Cayman.

Architect, Burns Conolly says there was also the potential for a police and post office outpost.

It is proposed site preparation could begin late 2013 and construction over the next five to seven years.

The proposal is for a maximum developed area of 700,000 square feet, broken into four phases.

Phase 1 – Hotel, small marina, condos and utilities, involving up to 350,000 square feet with construction timeline between 2013 and 2015.

Phase 2 – Shopping, offices, a service station and boat storage, involving up to 120,000 square feet with construction timeline of between 2014 and 2018.

Phase 3 – Residences, apartments, a police outpost, community centre and park, involving up to 50,000 square feet with construction timeline of between 2016 and 2018.

Phase 4 – Retail, restaurant, offices and apartments, involving up to 180,000 square feet with construction timeline of between 2018 and 2020.

Hotel – Four-to-five storeys tall, with a maximum height of 65 feet and a density of 100 rooms per acre.

A PAD is a Planned Area Development application to the Central Planning Authority for mixed-use development for an area of more than 40 acres.

In an interview on CITN’s News27 programme Mr. Conolly said, “At the moment, a lot people have to go as far as Old Man Bay or even further to get the simplest things. Even a small pharmacy might be there, a doctor’s office – so it is a community based development of the region and we think positive of it.”