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Billionaire vs billionaire: The battle over a luxury Caribbean island

By Nina Burleigh
New York Times·
12 mins to read

A legal feud over a hotel in St. Barts pits development against fragile nature on this tropical Arcadia for the ultrarich. It might also signal a turning point in the hyper-development of the island.

Midwinter on the Caribbean island of St. Barts is a kind of second hurricane season. December's annual landfall of billionaires and celebrities was a Cat 5, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Mike Tyson, the world's biggest megayachts, and Jeff Bezos and his girlfriend canoodling in their bathing suits.

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