Leo DiCaprio to turn 104-acre Belize island into eco-resort
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, April 3, 2015, 11:05 PM
VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty ImagesDiCaprio bought the unpopulated 104-acre Blackadore Caye for $ 1.75 million in 2005.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio plans to turn his private island in Belize into an eco-resort, according to reports.
DiCaprio, who bought the unpopulated 104-acre Blackadore Caye for $ 1.75 million in 2005, will build a luxury resort with villas on a platform over the water, artificial reefs with “fish shelters,” and a nursery growing marine grass to feed manatees, the New York Times reported.
“The main focus is to do something that will exchange the world,” DiCaprio told the paper.“I couldn’t have gone to Belize and built on an island and done something like this, if it weren’t for the thought that it could be groundbreaking in the environmental movement.”
Google EarthActor Leonardo DiCaprio is plotting to turn his private island Blackadore Caye, a strip of land off the coast of Belize, into an eco-friendly resort for A-lister.
The “Shutter Island” star will work with the NYC developers Delos to build 68 resort villas and 48 private houses to sell, which will cost between $ 5 and $ 15 million each.
