Kingston, Jamaica, June 16, 2026: The Urban Development Corporation
(UDC) has issued a Request for Offers to purchase a 23.61-acre property at Rodons Pen,
Old Harbour, St Catherine, also known as the Cotton Polyester Textile Factory Complex,
creating a strategic opportunity for qualified investors and operators interested in light-
industrial development.
The property, registered at Volume 1226 Folio 317, is located approximately one
kilometre west of the Old Harbour Town Centre and is zoned for Light Industry under
the Town and Country Planning (St Catherine Plain) Provisional Development Order,
2017 (Confirmation) Notification, 2023. The minimum reserve price is J$585 million.
Offers below the reserve price will not be accepted, and applicable General Consumption
Tax, transfer tax, stamp duty and administrative costs will be applied subsequently to the
bid amount.
UDC General Manager, Mr L. Robert Honeyghan, said the offer reflects the
Corporation’s continued thrust to place strategic assets into productive use in support of
national development.
“The UDC’s mandate is to make development happen, and that includes creating
structured opportunities for investment, enterprise and job-supporting activity in areas
with clear growth potential,” Mr Honeyghan said. “This Old Harbour property presents a
meaningful opportunity for a serious investor or operator to advance light-industrial use
in a location that is close to the town centre and positioned within one of Jamaica’s
important development corridors.”
The UDC said the competitive process is designed to attract qualified bidders
with the financial capacity, business experience and development intent required to place
the property into productive use. The land is described in the Information Memorandum
Document as irregular in shape, lying above road level throughout and appearing to be
free draining. The site is bounded by reserved roads to the north, south and east, with
vacant land to the west.
Prospective bidders are invited to obtain the Information Memorandum
Document and application form from the UDC’s website at www.udcja.com/tenders-
rfps-and-leases. Application packages are also available for J$2,000 from the UDC’s
Head Office, Seventh Floor, Office Centre Building, 12 Ocean Boulevard, Kingston.
The offer of the Cotton Polyester Textile Factory Complex at Rodons Pen, Old
Harbour follows the same strategic logic that has guided the UDC’s positioning of the
Raintree Commercial Complex at Caymanas: placing valuable public assets into
structured, productive and investment-ready use.
While Raintree represents a planned, serviced commercial and light-industrial
subdivision designed to support logistics, manufacturing and business expansion, the Cotton Polyester property presents a complementary opportunity to repurpose a sizeable existing
industrial asset in Old Harbour for new private-sector activity. Together, the two initiatives
demonstrate the UDC’s wider approach to unlocking land value, encouraging orderly
development, stimulating enterprise, supporting job creation and strengthening St Catherine’s role as a growing corridor for commercial and light-industrial investment.
The Urban Development Corporation is Jamaica’s leading urban and rural
development agency, established to make development happen through the planning,
development and management of strategic assets, projects and public spaces in support of
national growth.
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