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China Construction America accuses former Baha Mar partner of trying to create chaos in ongoing legal dispute

Ben Blaschke by Ben Blaschke
Thu 16 Jan 2025 at 05:51
China Construction America entities seek stay on US$1.6 billion Baha Mar fraud case amid fears of insolvency

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CCA Bahamas, which was in August found liable to pay US$1.6 billion to the original developer of Bahamas integrated resort Baha Mar, has accused its former partner of attempting to create chaos by filing a Winding Up Petition against it and other CCA entities in a local court.

As reported by Inside Asian Gaming, the Winding Up Petitions were filed by BML Properties this week after the entities – CCA Bahamas Ltd, CSCEC Bahamas Ltd and CCA Construction Inc – sought bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in December.

CCA was in October ordered to pay BML Properties a total of US$1.6 billion after a trial court found it had committed “many acts of fraud” in assuming control of the property in 2015. It has since filed counterclaims.

Baha Mar is currently operated by Hong Kong jewelry giant Chow Tai Fook Enterprises, which also holds interests in Australia’s Star Entertainment Group and Vietnam’s Hoiana. Chow Tai Fook also has links to Macau concessionaire SJM via chairman Henry Cheng’s 10% stake in STDM.

In a response sent to IAG, a spokesperson for CCA Bahamas said, “Along with its affiliate CSCEC (Bahamas), CCA Bahamas is disappointed that BML Properties has filed a meritless winding up petition.

“CCA Bahamas will take all necessary steps to protect our employees and the Margaritaville Beach Resort and British Colonial Hotel from BML Properties’ attempt to create chaos. The only threat to their jobs and operations is from BML Properties and its owner, Sarkis Izmirlian.

“BMLP’s gross mismanagement drove the Baha Mar resort into receivership and its latest gambit in The Bahamas is nothing other than transparent grandstanding to distract from the prospect of defeat in our appeal in New York of the trial court’s flawed decision.

“It is telling that BML Properties’ response to receiving our opening brief on the appeal was to attempt to bypass the New York appellate process by means of this frivolous petition and to litigate by press release.”

The ongoing dispute between BML Properties and the CCA entities revolves around BML’s assertion that the entities breached an Investors’ Agreement (IA) by failing to meet construction deadlines and forcing the collapse of the project in order to enrich itself and ensure Chinese interests claimed control.

Izmirlian had, during the global financial crisis, sought funding to realise his vision for Baha Mar and found success to the tune of US$2.45 billion through China’s Exim Bank. However the bank also stipulated that CCA must be general contractor and with the right to import up to 8,000 Chinese construction workers, providing in the process a significant boost to China’s domestic economy. On top of Exim Bank’s contribution, CCA chipped in US$150 million and BML Properties US$845 million.

The resort had initially been slated to open in December 2014, but after missing the opening and a series of later dates throughout 2015, BML filed for bankruptcy in June 2015 while blaming CCA for allegedly deliberate poor craftmanship. Baha Mar was said to be 97% complete at that point.

It was also reported at the time that CCA employees had been found smuggling computers and documents – some seeming to acknowledge substandard work – from project offices.

While Izmirlian had hoped to retain control and bring in a different contractor, the Bahamian government – which saw Baha Mar as a key national project – had other ideas and the property was instead handed over to a liquidator. Construction ultimately halted for more than a year before the government announced it had reached a deal with CCA to resume construction while it looked for a buyer.

Chow Tai Fook, whose controlling Cheng family has long held close ties with Beijing, was ultimately revealed to be that buyer at an undisclosed price although rumors circulating at the time suggested the acquisition came at a massive discount.

In response to the recent US$1.6 billion against it, CCA has claimed that BML Properties brought about its own demise by “bombing” its own deliverables and failing to meet its own responsibilities in ensuring Baha Mar could open on its originally scheduled opening date of 27 March 2015.

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