Eori is a privately held
island
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, which lies at the extreme northwestern end of the
Mamanuca Islands
The Mamanuca Islands () of Fiji are a volcanic archipelago lying to the west of Nadi and to the south of the Yasawa Islands. The group, a popular tourist destination, consists of about 20 islands, but about seven of these are covered by the ...
group.
Geography
It has an area of 9.7
hectare
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s (24
acre
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s) and was advertised as being for lease in April 2008 with a price of €9,000,000. In 2009 it was offered at auction but failed to sell at a top bid of A$1 million.
Ownership
Eori was for many years owned by real estate firm Pacific Islands Partnership Limited, which is in turn solely owned by Tim Manning's Chaylor Investments. Chaylor investor
Eric Rush held a 7 percent share in Eori specifically.
In 2009, Manning and Chaylor sold the island to investor
Graeme Hart., who controls the island through a 100% interest in
LLC
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Eori Island Limited via his personal investment corporation,
Rank Group
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Ltd.
See also
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Desert island
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List of islands of Fiji
References
External links
Commercial real estate listing for Eori Island''Paradise can wait for bids'', New Zealand Herald, Sunday Jul 5, 2009
Uninhabited islands of Fiji
Ba Province
Mamanuca Islands
Private islands of Fiji
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