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Designing the largest themed cruise port in the history of the Caribbean

At a Glance

  • $220M

    Construction Value

Location
Falmouth, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
Offices
Architect
ISTAK
Awards
Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards,. Project of the Year, 2011
World Travel Awards, World's Leading Tourism Development Project, 2011
World Travel Awards, Caribbean's Leading Tourism Development, 2011

Historic Port of Falmouth

When the Port Authority of Jamaica needed planning and landscape architecture services for the development of a historic 40-acre wharf district, we came in to support this extension to the Town of Falmouth, Jamaica. As the largest themed cruise port in the Caribbean, a main goal was to preserve Falmouth’s unique heritage and culture while refurbishing the existing architecture and improving infrastructure for this multi-use site.

It’s a strategic enhancement to Jamaica’s world-class cruise product. The new cruise port supports Genesis-class cruise ships—the largest ships of the Royal Caribbean fleet.

Additionally, we were hired by the National Environmental and Planning Agency to develop a mitigation plan over a five-year period to restore 54 acres of seagrasses in the area. To date, we’ve provided technical assistance and oversight for the implementation of the seagrass transplanting activities involving 6.16 acres (2.49 hectares) of turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) within the restoration’s first phase.

The port has been dubbed the “first-ever thematic cruise port destination and commercial development center,” transforming the historic Town of Falmouth into a sought after destination in a growing cruise industry.

At a Glance

  • $220M

    Construction Value

Location
Falmouth, Trelawny Parish, Jamaica
Offices
Architect
ISTAK
Awards
Seatrade Insider Cruise Awards,. Project of the Year, 2011
World Travel Awards, World's Leading Tourism Development Project, 2011
World Travel Awards, Caribbean's Leading Tourism Development, 2011

Meet Our Team

Greg Meyer, Senior Principal

I grew up on the west coast of Florida. Practicing the true oldest profession in the world, gardening, I am a proud landscape architect

Greg Meyer

Senior Principal

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