Isle à Quatre

Editorial profile. This island is not our listing. It is profiled from public record. Figures and status reflect the sources below at time of writing and may have changed. Sources: public listings.

Is Isle à Quatre for sale, and how much does it cost?

Isle à Quatre is a 376 acres undeveloped private island in Grenadines, St Vincent and the Grenadines. It is currently offered for sale: US$54,000,000. 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

Isle à Quatre is the largest genuinely available blank canvas in the Grenadines: 376 acres of rolling hills a mile and a half south of Bequia, asking $54 million with nothing on it but the ruins of an old estate house and a cart road. What distinguishes it from other raw islands is legislative preparation — a bespoke Quatre Isle Resort Act is reported to attach a twenty-year tax holiday and residency eligibility to the island's development, and engineering studies for power, desalination and waste have already been commissioned. The concept plan sketches a boutique hotel, marina and up to forty-five villa plots. In a charter market where Mustique and Canouan have demonstrated the model, this is the last landmass of comparable scale still unclaimed.

Land & Waterfront

The island runs to hills of 479 feet — real Grenadines topography with sightlines to Bequia, Mustique and the long southern chain — over roughly six miles of coastline. The western, leeward side holds five protected bays and four white-sand beaches, which is an unusually generous endowment of sheltered water for an island this size and the natural armature for the marina-and-villages concept: hotel on one bay, marina in another, villa coves beyond. Coral reef surrounds much of the shoreline. The interior, once French-settled farmland, has reverted to dry forest and scrub. Elevation gives the villa plots their views and breezes, and lifts most of the developable ground well clear of storm surge — a meaningful advantage over low coral cayes after recent hurricane seasons in these latitudes.

Access & Utilities

Bequia — the Grenadines' most complete small-island economy, with its airstrip, Port Elizabeth harbour, trades and ferry links to St Vincent — is ninety minutes by sail and minutes by launch, making it the natural staging base for construction and later for operations. Regional jet access runs through Barbados or St Lucia, with St Vincent's international airport the domestic gateway. On the island itself there is nothing to inherit: power, desalination and waste all have to be built, though the commissioned engineering studies mean a buyer starts with real feasibility work rather than a blank page. The deep-water bays simplify marine logistics — barges can work protected water on the lee side year-round, which is not true of most raw islands in this report.

Ownership & Use

Foreign ownership in St Vincent and the Grenadines ordinarily runs through the Alien Landholding Licence; here the reported Quatre Isle Resort Act layers on a twenty-year tax holiday and residency eligibility tied to the development — an unusual, legislature-backed incentive package whose current standing is the first diligence item, since such acts can lapse or carry performance conditions. The use case is squarely a master-planned resort-and-villa community: the acreage, bay structure and incentives all point that way, with villa-plot sales funding the hotel and marina in the established Mustique-Canouan pattern. At $54 million the entry price is a fraction of projected scheme value but demands conviction capital. The single-portal price and the Act's terms both need corroboration before an approach.

Specification

Status	Available
Offering	For sale
Region	Caribbean · Grenadines
Country	St Vincent and the Grenadines
Size	376 acres · 152 ha
Tenure	Freehold
Development	Undeveloped
Holding-cost band	Low — land only
Access	boat
Nearest airport	Bequia's airstrip is the nearest; Barbados and St Lucia are the regional jet hubs
Power	none — engineering studies commissioned for power, desalination and waste
Water	none
Communications	limited
Structures	ruins of an old estate house, basic cart road
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.

Legal & Ownership Notes

Alien Landholding Licence normally required for foreign buyers; a bespoke Quatre Isle Resort Act reportedly provides a 20-year tax holiday and residency eligibility for the project — verify its terms and survival

Zoning: Concept master plan: boutique hotel, marina and up to 45 villa plots

• single-portal price — corroborate the $54M guide
• confirm the Resort Act's current legal standing
• full greenfield utilities programme required

Satellite reference: ESRI World Imagery / Google Earth — Isle à Quatre, Grenadines, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
Imagery shown is representative of the region, not the island itself.

Common questions

How much does Isle à Quatre cost?

Isle à Quatre is profiled at: US$54,000,000. Figures reflect public record at time of writing and may change; the profile keeps a dated price record.

What tenure does Isle à Quatre have?

Isle à Quatre is held on freehold tenure. Always confirm the exact instrument and any remaining term on the title.

Can a foreigner buy Isle à Quatre?

Foreign buyers may own property here subject to local approvals. Alien Landholding Licence normally required for foreign buyers; a bespoke Quatre Isle Resort Act reportedly provides a 20-year tax holiday and residency eligibility for the project — verify its terms and survival

How do you get to Isle à Quatre?

Access is by boat. Nearest airport: Bequia's airstrip is the nearest; Barbados and St Lucia are the regional jet hubs.

How big is Isle à Quatre?

Isle à Quatre is approximately 376 acres (152 hectares).