The Urban Development Corporation (hereinafter called “UDC”) requests the submission of OFFERS to purchase “Lot 374, Upper Fort (Block 3), Hellshire, St. Catherine” for residential development.
Location Map: Lot 374, Upper Fort (Block 3), Hellshire, St. Catherine
Registered by survey as all that parcel of land part of Hellshire, part of Great Salt Pond now known as Upper Fort (Block 3) being Lot 374 on Deposited Plan 5273, this property contains land area measuring approximately 1.44 hectares (3.6 acres), recorded at Volume 1146 Folio 656 of the Registered Book of Titles.
This site is irregular in shape, accessed via asphalt paved subdivision roadway (Plateu Road) with a view of the Hellshire Hills, the Caribbean Sea and other residential development. The property is gently sloping above road level and appears free draining. It is unsecured at its boundaries, rocky with limestone type rock, and covered in thick shrubs.
The subject property is located on the south-western side of Plateu Road approximately 1 km west from the round-about at Fort Clarence and approximately 100 meters north of the intersection of Main Street and Plateau Road.
The property is bounded as follows:
- North – Vacant land
- South – Lot 375 Fort Drive (vacant- residential land)
- East – Plateu Road
- West – Lot 373, Plateu Road (vacant- residential land)
The sale price (reserve price) to purchase Lot 374, Upper Fort (Block 3), Hellshire, St. Catherine is Fifty Million Jamaican Dollars (J$50,000,000.00). Offers below the reserve price amount will NOT be accepted. Please note that GCT, Transfer tax and Stamp duty will be subsequently applied to the bidding amount.
Visit https://udcja.com/tenders-rfps-and-leases/ for full details and to download the Information Memorandum Document (IMD) and application form. The IMD becomes available on APRIL 9, 2025. Application Packages are also available for J$2,000 from the UDC’s Head office, 12 Ocean Boulevard, Kingston.
ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS CLOSES MAY 9, 2025, AT 2:00 PM. This is a competitive bid process. Bids will be deposited in the appropriately labelled tender box on the Seventh Floor, of the Urban Development Corporation (Office Centre Building), 12 Ocean Boulevard, Kingston.
An official public opening of bids/offers will be convened on MAY 9, 2025, AT 2:15 PM. at the offices of the Urban Development Corporation (Office Centre Building), 12 Ocean Boulevard, Kingston.
Enquiries, requests, and all correspondences relating to this offer are to be directed to:
Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Department
Urban Development Corporation
Seventh Floor, Office Centre Building
12 Ocean Boulevard
Phone:(876) 656-8031
Fax: (876) 922- 9326
The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) is not bound to accept the highest or any offer. It reserves the right, without prior notice and in its absolute discretion, to change or terminate the tender process at any time before signing the contract.