Fleming's Goldeneye to Become a Celebrity Resort
Goldeneye, the Jamaica home where Ian Fleming penned all of his James Bond adventures, is about to become the hub of a $120 million celebrity resort. When completed, the resort will offer 85 homes that will retail from $750,000 to $3 million; two restaurants; a health spa; a deli, supermarket, and watersports center.
Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records and the current owner of the Goldeneye house and original grounds, says that he is launching the project to create jobs and to benefit the local economy. "The Jamaican people are the root of my success and I want to give something back," he says.
As for the future of James Bond's birthplace, Blackwell says that it is safe. "I will keep Fleming's house as it is so that people can see the Goldeneye that he wrote in, but," he adds, "the future of this place is as a resort location."
