Ginger Island

Is Ginger Island for sale, and how much does it cost?

Ginger Island is a 258 acres undeveloped private island in British Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands. It is under offer: Under offer. Tenure is freehold. Foreign ownership is permitted subject to local approvals. This is an editorial profile drawn from public record, clearly attributed, not our listing.

Summary

Ginger Island is the last big blank space on the BVI map: 258 uninhabited acres between Virgin Gorda and Cooper Island, one of the final large undeveloped privately held islands in a territory where almost everything else of scale is either built, protected or dynastically held. It has circulated on the major portals at price-on-application and in recent cycles has shown as under contract, which itself says something about demand for BVI landmass. No price was ever published. For a developer or family office, the island's value is its rarity within one of the world's premier sailing grounds — a full-size island inside the Sir Francis Drake Channel charter circuit, with nothing on it to demolish and everything still to decide.

Land & Waterfront

The island rises steeply from the channel to hilltops with panoramic sightlines over some fifteen surrounding islands — Virgin Gorda, Tortola, Cooper, Salt and the outer cays — which is the kind of view premium that BVI resort projects are built on. The coastline mixes cliffs and coves; the surrounding water is some of the territory's best diving, with the famous wreck and reef sites of the southern chain minutes away and Cooper Island's mooring field next door demonstrating the charter traffic that passes daily. The land itself is dry scrub forest, ungraded and unroaded. Any masterplan starts from topography: the elevation that gives the views also drives construction cost, and beach creation or enhancement would need environmental consent.

Access & Utilities

Access is by boat, with the practical logistics chain running through Tortola: Terrance B. Lettsome International on Beef Island is the air gateway, and Road Town supplies trades and materials. There is no dock, no power, no water and no structures — a true greenfield, which in the BVI means the full development sequence: Non-Belonger Land Holding Licence with development undertakings, planning and environmental approvals, then marine landing infrastructure before the first foundation. Neighbouring Cooper Island's solar-led eco-resort is the instructive model for how an off-grid operation works commercially in this exact water. Budget realism matters — everything from aggregate to labour arrives by barge, and hurricane engineering (the southern chain took Irma's core in 2017) is non-negotiable.

Ownership & Use

Foreign buyers need the BVI Non-Belonger Land Holding Licence, a Cabinet-level approval that typically binds the purchaser to stated development plans within set timeframes — meaning a land-bank strategy must be structured carefully, as the licence regime is designed to discourage passive holding. The natural plays are a low-density eco-resort feeding on the charter economy, or a single extraordinary private estate with the whole island as its grounds. The under-contract status reported on portals is the first diligence item: if the sale completed, the island becomes a comparable; if it lapsed, an approach through the listing brokers may find a tested but unconsummated market. Either way, no public price history exists, so valuation leans on BVI per-acre precedents like Norman Island's development deal.

Provenance

One of the BVI's 'Little Sisters', Ginger Island passed into private freeholdOutright ownership of the land itself, indefinitely — the strongest form of title. ownership and was the subject of an abortive 1969 plan by Fluxus art-movement founder George Maciunas to subdivide it into a 50-60 parcel artists' colony, which was never built. It is currently held by Texas businessman William Harrison; the date of his acquisition is not publicly documented.

Specification

Status	Under Offer
Offering	For sale
Region	Caribbean · British Virgin Islands
Country	British Virgin Islands
Size	258 acres · 104 ha
Tenure	Freehold
Development	Undeveloped
Holding-cost band	Low — land only
Access	boat
Nearest airport	Short boat/ferry connection toward Terrance B. Lettsome International (EIS), Beef Island
Power	none
Water	none
Communications	mobile from surrounding islands
Foreign ownership	Permitted (see notes)

Price record

Documented public figures over time — asking prices, reported sales and reductions, each attributed. This record is maintained editorially and may lag the market.

The full traced record — ownership lineage and every dated event back to the earliest public mention — is in The Ledger, for members.

Legal & Ownership Notes

BVI Non-Belonger Land Holding Licence required for foreign buyers — Cabinet-approved process with character checks, proof of funds and development undertakings

• marked under contract on portals — confirm whether the transaction completed
• no published price — establish guide via broker
• greenfield: full utilities, dock and permitting programme required

Satellite reference: ESRI World Imagery / Google Earth — Ginger Island, British Virgin Islands.

Common questions

How much does Ginger Island cost?

Ginger Island is profiled at: Under offer. Figures reflect public record at time of writing and may change; the profile keeps a dated price record.

What tenure does Ginger Island have?

Ginger Island is held on freehold tenure. Always confirm the exact instrument and any remaining term on the title.

Can a foreigner buy Ginger Island?

Foreign buyers may own property here subject to local approvals. BVI Non-Belonger Land Holding Licence required for foreign buyers — Cabinet-approved process with character checks, proof of funds and development undertakings

How do you get to Ginger Island?

Access is by boat. Nearest airport: Short boat/ferry connection toward Terrance B. Lettsome International (EIS), Beef Island.

How big is Ginger Island?

Ginger Island is approximately 258 acres (104 hectares).