Today I learned: Epstein Island had an area of 28 ha
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epstein_island
cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/31937984
The island was Epstein's primary residence,[4][14] and he called the island "Little St. Jeff".
In April 1998, a company called L.S.J. LLC purchased the island for $7.95 million, and documents showed that Jeffrey Epstein was the sole member of L.S.J
A temple was built on the island, it contained an image of the pope and Epstein.
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Blows me away that anyone could buy a private island that large that cheaply. Still only $15.8M today.
wonder if the whole pedophile Island has lowered/risen the price.
Interesting question! So I looked. NPR quotes:
Financier Stephen Deckoff paid $60 million for Great St. James and Little St. James through his SD Investments firm, a spokesperson told NPR.
The purchase price reflects a steep discount from the $110 million for which the two properties were recently listed.
Little St. James spans around 71.6 acres and includes "a helipad, private dock, gas station, high-capacity water filtration, 2 pools, the main compound, 4 guest villas, 3 private beaches, gym, tiki hut," and other buildings, according to its real estate listing.
Still can't believe it's that cheap in a world with 3,028 billionaires. That's pocket lint for these people! Which should be fucking enraging.
Iโm an American. Can you please translate this into either football fields or parking lots?
Approximately the surface area of 9,476 cats.
E: Multiply by the length of 12 elephant trunks to get to the 28Ha.
70 to 78 acres
for anyone else who doesn't have the slightest idea how big a hectare is.
Welcome to how anyone from the rest of the world feels when measurements are given in US units.
Hello, rest of the world here. I actually do have some basic understanding of US units with some frame of reference and common amounts/numbers. Because we deal with American crap all the time, tutorials, info sheets, some products use them (TVs, etc).
Jfc thank you. I know what a hectare is, but thought they just hit submit before finishing. "28 ha... ...Bitatikns? Halfling holes? Harems? Half quart basketball quarts?"
Who owns it now?
In his will and testament (a 21-page pour-over will) signed just two days before his death,[16] all of Epstein's holdings were transferred into the "1953 Trust",[17] named after the year of his birth.
In March 2022, Little Saint James and the neighboring Great Saint James were listed at $125 million. A lawyer for Epstein's estate stated that the money obtained from the sale would be used to settle a number of lawsuits. Bespoke Real Estate, the agency jointly overseeing the sale, stated that further information on the listing was only available to prospective buyers.[18][19]
In May 2023, billionaire Stephen Deckoff, under his firm SD Investments, announced the acquisition of the Great St. James and Little St. James islands for $60 million.[20]
Edit: Incidentally this guy doesn't have a Wikipedia page which seems...unusual. He's a private equity guy.
This place needs to be PROTECTED by AMERICAN TAXPAYERS!
-Republicans LITERALLY after Shooting up a Drag Show to Protect The Children!
28 ha is quite big. 280000 square meters of prime real estate, with palm gardens, mountains and tropical climate.
280000 square meters of prime real estate, with palm gardens, mountains and tropical climate.
and bad memories, bad reputation and generally bad juju.
If I owned the place, I'd sell it quick: I just don't know how I could be there and enjoy it, knowing who was there and what they did.
Their actions cursed this beautiful tropical island for generations?
No but... Would you want to be known as the owner / inhabitant of Epstein Island? Would you enjoy staying there knowing its past?
The island doesn't give a shit. But you and other people might.
yep, and Wikipedia lists the owner, who bought this island, so someone did not give a shit, as you say.
In March 2022, Little Saint James and the neighboring Great Saint James were listed at $125 million. A lawyer for Epstein's estate stated that the money obtained from the sale would be used to settle a number of lawsuits.
So now they use the money obtained through the sale to defend Ghislaine Maxwell?
In May 2023, billionaire Stephen Deckoff, under his firm SD Investments, announced the acquisition of the Great St. James and Little St. James islands for $60 million.
They could buy it for cheaper than the listing price, why?
Bad juju? LOL
I hope so many people feel the same way that it comes up for sale so cheap I can afford it. What happened previously on a chunk of Earth is irrelevant to me. Many years ago, I got a discount on renting an apartment because someone was murdered there. I didn't GAF, I was happy for the discount.
Have you been living under a fucking rock?
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Release the Trump/Epstein files
28 ha is quite big. 280000 square meters of prime real estate, with palm gardens, mountains and tropical climate. Maybe the files are hidden there under the X mark?
Epstein also owned Great St James (67 ha, 165 acres), which shields the view of Little St James from the mainland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Saint_James%2C_U.S._Virgin_Islands
wtf yeah he bought the 2 islands:
* 1998 Little St James
* 2016 Great St James
Thanks! I would not have found out. If you search for "Epstein Island", only Little St James shows up on wikipedia.
I don't understand how you can legally own a populated island
The same way a landlord can own the ground (and the house of course) they are renting out.
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tell the rent extractors to fuck off
Tsk tsk tsk. He bought multiple islands, but never bothered to breed any dinosaurs???
Damn.
Going to epsteins island was scary for totally different reasons!
truth is stranger than fiction
Iโm an American. Can you please translate this into either football fields or parking lots?
5 hectares is just over 2 acres. Or 46000 washing machines. 12000 large rocks.
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~69 Acres
Nice
28 ha is easy to understand if put as hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah over US legal system.
That's not very funny.