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Medical school may lease up to 50% of Joe's Hill Manor Estate- SSB

- PHSU will use leased property to house its students & faculty
Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) may lease up to 50 percent of the Joe's Hill Manor Estate. Photo: VINO/File
PHSU Vice President of Operations, Dr Daniel Perez, left, and Dean of Faculty of PSHU Dr Anne Peterson, right, at the signing of the Heads of Terms agreement, outlining the medical school’s occupancy of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate. Photo: SSB
PHSU Vice President of Operations, Dr Daniel Perez, left, and Dean of Faculty of PSHU Dr Anne Peterson, right, at the signing of the Heads of Terms agreement, outlining the medical school’s occupancy of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate. Photo: SSB
The development of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate was initially a first-time Homeowners Programme with homes constructed on seven acres of hillside with views of commercial Road Town and the South Coast Harbour. Photo: VINO/File
The development of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate was initially a first-time Homeowners Programme with homes constructed on seven acres of hillside with views of commercial Road Town and the South Coast Harbour. Photo: VINO/File
JOES HILL, Tortola, VI- On Monday, April 28, 2025 the Social Security Board (SSB) and Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) executed the Heads of Terms agreement, outlining the medical school’s occupancy of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate (JHME), a story first reported by our News Centre on April 30, 2025.

Subject to agreed caveats, PHSU may lease up to 50 per cent of the property to house its students and faculty, SSB stated on May 5, 2025, on its website.

Newly appointed Director of the Social Security Board, Ms Lorie Freeman said: “The Social Security Board is pleased to partner with Ponce Health Sciences University in this capacity. The organisation has continually shown its support for healthcare advancement in the Territory, and this partnership is an endorsement of that commitment.”

To date, 38 students have already been accepted to the campus, with 60 percent hailing from the United States, 35 percent from Puerto Rico, and the remaining five percent from various international locations. Two of the applicants are from the Virgin Islands.

PHSU will operate from the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC) campus in Paraquita Bay.

SSB has not forgotten ‘initial purpose’ of JHME- Brodrick Penn

The remainder of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate property, SSB said, will continue to be available for purchase.

According to the Deputy Chairman of the SSB, Mr Brodrick Penn, though the Board recognises this partnership as an opportunity to earn a return on its investment, the SSB has not forgotten and will continue to accelerate the initial purpose of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate.

The development of the Joe’s Hill Manor Estate was initially a first-time Homeowners Programme with homes constructed on seven acres of hillside with views of commercial Road Town and the South Coast Harbour.

As part of the 7 acres of land, the housing community is made up of twenty-five (25) buildings, comprising fifty-two (52) residential units and one (1) commercial space.

Prices, according to SSB, start at $275,900.

According to SSB, to date, a fifth of the JHME has been sold or is currently under contract to Virgin Islanders.

8 Responses to “Medical school may lease up to 50% of Joe's Hill Manor Estate- SSB”

  • Sounds Good. (08/05/2025, 11:48) Like (20) Dislike (1) Reply
    If its one thing our politicians they very good at sweet talking, planning and making promises sound believeable, they Get an "A" for that. When it come to execition they get a Big "C" Maybe a "D" Immigration needs a Card printing Machine for how long...Hard to believe them..
  • Citizen (08/05/2025, 12:15) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    wasn't this supposed to be low cost housing, the government needs to take the L and sell these for far below the ridiculous price they are charging for them now
  • White Elephant (08/05/2025, 12:21) Like (11) Dislike (0) Reply
    When government thinks it can run a business. There’s your pension money rotting on a hill slide , good job! A sound investment.
  • Cane (08/05/2025, 14:01) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply

    Too many people in the BVI hate good news! The BVISSB has its own board and executive that deal with its business. They are sitting on almost USD1Billion in assets and have run a good ship over the past few decades. It's run and HAS BEEN RUN by qualified locals from messenger to the Investment Manager, to the Dep. Director/Director but do we brag about this? NO, we wallow in negativity pretending that we give a ^%$£ about this place. I never agreed with that housing project but glad to see that they may land on their feet after all and recoup the investment made. Cheers to spreading the good news with the same energy as the bad.

  • WELL HALLELUIAH (08/05/2025, 15:12) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    Now they putting plan ( B ) into effect to take the embarrassment off their minds of just throwing taxpayers money around like its theirs and they can do whatever they want WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE , THAT THAT MONEY COULD OF OF BEING USED OR INVESTED IN TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WOULD OF BEEN MORE POSITIVE FOR THE COUNTRY , LIKE - INFRASTRUCTURE. / REPAIRS TO BUILDINGS , LIKE ADMIN BUILDING , PROSPECT REEF ETC SEWER ISSUES , WATER ISSUES , AGRICULTURE ~ ( WAGES ) FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY DOES THE WORK THAT MAKES YOU SET OF WANNABE POLITICIANS LOOK GOOD AND ALL YOU GUYS DID WAS TO INCREASE Y'ALL OWN SALARIES / YOU ALL SHOULD ADAPT THE PRINCIPLE .OF "LIVE AND LET LIVE "
    • @ Well Halleluiah (08/05/2025, 16:24) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      "we have so many things that need to be done"..... Absolutely, I totally agree with you - especially pay pensioners enough money to live on!!!!
  • Me (08/05/2025, 16:06) Like (2) Dislike (1) Reply
    I am very disappointed in the way our money was spent in the sweet talk of selling to locals as low cost housing but then they trying to make a huge profit. This is why Government or Social Security Board do not get into these kind of investments. Now these students will use it with no care, money will have to be spent to maintain it (our money again) and what kind of return will this get? Very very disappointed in who I thought was leaders of this venture.
  • gg (08/05/2025, 16:08) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    tax money to work mehson

    not for the people but for the government

    same goverment that will take it and invest it into the country or its people just wait and see


    if you need a reminder take a lot at our water system, roads, infrastructure etc


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