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Jeffrey Epstein‘s private island looks ready to welcome visitors again — his Caribbean paradise is being remodeled with a new high-end resort … and it’s starting to take shape.
New photos show the transformation underway on Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands … where a 25-room hotel is being built on the infamous island.
Epstein installed two pools on the island, and one of them looks like it will be a central part of the new resort.
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The late pedophile’s estate put the island up for sale in 2022 and billionaire investor Stephen Deckoff — founder of Black Diamond Capital Management — snapped it up for $60 million.
Deckoff quickly announced plans to build a 25-room “world-class destination” … and it seems he’s following through.
Epstein bought Little St. James in 1998 for $7.95 million … and it’s got a helipad, gas station, private dock, gym, tiki hut, library, movie theater, Japanese bathhouse and 3 private beaches … plus the main compound and 4 guest villas.
The sale also included neighboring Great St. James … a mostly undeveloped island Epstein bought in 2016 for $17.5 million.
Prosecutors claim Epstein would take girls — some as young as 11 — to the islands, where he and his cronies would sexually assault them.
President Trump recently said he was invited to the island back in the day but didn’t go … and something tells us he won’t be checking out this new resort either.
