Community: Downtown Kingston

 Location: Kingston

Category: Oversight for the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Building

Cost: $666 million

Project Year:  2018

Project Managers: Urban Development Corporation

General contractor: Jiangsu Jiangdu Construction Group Ltd

Narrative:   The construction of the new 11-storey Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade on Port Royal Street, downtown Kingston. The new facility will provide adequate accommodation for staff, meeting and conference rooms, and waiting areas for diplomats and other visitors.

The project forms another element of the ongoing redevelopment of the downtown Kingston Business District which is also benefiting from the completion of the nearby Grace Kennedy headquarters and Caribbean Place (formerly Oceana Hotel) on real estate sold by the UDC and the Victoria Pier property which was leased by the UDC to Yosamini Holdings Ltd and rehabilitated by that entity.