A reader extracts a point from my snarkiness:
Regardless of the price it [Spanish Point Boat Club] is another piece of Bermuda, with a considerable history to the ordinary Bermudian, being sold off to effectively foreign interests. No doubt there will be no reaction, as per Alexandrina Hall.
Indeed. It's a sign of the times really. The social clubs are disappearing rapidly, with National Sports Club (now Somersfield Academy), the Old Colony Club (of which I was a member and is now owned by Argus Insurance), Alexandrina Hall and others I'm sure.
I'm not sure what can really be done; you can't force a club to persist forever and the memberships have generally aged and reduced - although I think Spanish Point's membership is a bit younger and larger than most.
My prediction is that the increasing presence of mid-rise apartment buildings in Hamilton (which isn't a bad thing in theory) is going to gobble up many of the older buildings on Cedar Avenue.
The successful developments of Atlantis and the two Gilbert Lopes built apartments on Cedar Avenue and Dundonald Street have created an area that could become a residential hub in town, and, I predict that the properties all the way down Cedar Avenue will become attractive for real estate developers.
In particular I'm thinking of Queen's Club, Leopards Club and even down to the Bermuda Public Services Headquarters.
That stretch of Cedar Avenue seems very likely to become lined with apartment blocks.
Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy