MARJORIE RAWLS ROBERTS, P.C.



ATTORNEY AT LAW

Post Office Box 6347 Telephone: (340) 776-7235

St. Thomas Facsimile: (340) 776-795 1

U.S. Virgin Islands Email: joric@mrrvilaw.com

00804-6347 USA Website: www.mrrvilaw.com



February 9, 2026



VIA EMAIL ONLY: senatorblyden @legvi.org



Honorable Senator Marvin Blyden



Committee Chair

Committee on Housing, Transportation and Telecommunications



Capitol Building

St. Thomas, V.I. 00802



RE: Land Transfer by St. Croix Renaissance Group LLLP To Government of the

Virgin Islands



Dear Senator Blyden:



On behalf of St. Croix Renaissance Group LLLP (“SCRG”), we are submitting this

response to your correspondence of February 4, 2026, to Jehangir Zakaria of SCRG regarding an

upcoming Committee Hearing on February 11, 2026, regarding the Committee on Housing,

Transportation and Telecommunications pending review of the land transfer transaction between

SCRG and the Government of the Virgin Islands.



We believe that the attached Testimony to be presented at the hearing fully addresses the

concerns raised in your February 4, 2026, letter. To simplify and summarize the response, the

structure and intent of the transaction is two-fold. First, the transfer is part of SCRG requirements

for its Modified and Renewed Economic Development Commission Benefits in lieu of certain

obligations. Second is to rectify an on-going issue wherein a portion of the public roadway to the

Southshore Seaport as built has traversed upon private plots owned by SCRG for many years. The

agreed solution is transfer one of Roadway Parcels whose appraised value exceeds the amount of

outstanding tax obligations, in exchange for the satisfaction of those stated taxes. The second

portion of the transaction involves the voluntary donation of four (4) additional parcels by SCRG

to the Government of the Virgin Islands. Together, the transfer of these parcels is for the public

benefit and enables the use of a portion of the roadway for a sports purpose—a bicycle path.



The attached testimony provides supporting documentation and analysis demonstrating

that these two (2) components were structured in accordance with applicable legal and financial

principles. It is my hope that this information will assist the Committee in evaluating the



transaction favorably.

Honorable Senator Marvin Blyden

February 9, 2026

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I respectfully, also, request that Mr. Zakaria and myself be permitted to attend and

participate in the upcoming hearing virtually, as we will both be on St. Croix and have other

commitments that limit our time for the presentation. We wil! separately submit notice of the email

addresses for the testifiers to enable the dispatch of a virtual meeting link.



Thank you for your time, attention, and continued service to the people of the Virgin



Islands.



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David A. Bornn

Senior Counsel and Business Adviser to St. Croix Renaissance Group, LLLP



Ce:  Jehangir Zakaria

Marjorie Rawls Roberts

Richard Evangelista—Chief Legal Counsel to the Governor

Nadja Harrigan—Acting Chief Legal Counsel to Lt. Governor