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WESTPORT, Conn. - May 13, 2004 -- Equis Financial
Group and its affiliates announced today that it acquired, through CBI
Acquisition LLC, the award winning Caneel Bay, a Rosewood resort on St.
John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands, http://www.caneelbay.com.
In addition to Equis, other principal shareholders and investors of CBI
Acquisition LLC include Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, who has managed
Caneel Bay since 1993, and Howard Guja, President and CEO of Roebling Advisors
LLC, who has facilitated some of the largest residential and commercial
real estate transactions in the nation.
"We are excited to add Caneel Bay to our company's resort portfolio which includes Kirkwood Mountain Resort and Durango Mountain Resort," said Gary Engle, CEO of Equis. "We are always searching for compliments to our existing investments and Caneel Bay is a great addition to our real estate portfolio which includes extensive real estate holdings in Florida, The Village of Kettle Valley in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (www.kettlevalley.com), and an exclusive residential development in Malibu, Calif. Along with our investment partners, we look forward to preserving the history of Caneel Bay, while investing in the resort's future." Caneel Bay offers idyllic seclusion in the 5,000-acre Virgin Islands National Park on the island of St. John. Set on its own peninsula and bordered on all sides by the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, Caneel Bay is made up of seven separate beaches, one for each day of the week. Caneel Bay, founded by Laurance Rockefeller, provides an escape for guests to relax and renew. Equis Financial Group is a private equity firm headquartered in Westport, Conn., with business operations in real estate and financial services. During the past 20 years, Equis and its portfolio of companies have acquired, participated in, arranged and advised on transactions in excess of US $2.5 billion. |
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Equis Financial Group 200 Nyala Farms Westport, CT 06880 (203) 341-0555 Brenda Broadhurst 203/341-0555 [email protected] |