Civil Trial Begins in Dispute Over Proposed Coral Bay Marina

More than a decade since a team of developers set out to create a marina in Coral Bay, partners in the plan for Summer’s End Marina are in court. Jury selection began Monday in District Court on St. Thomas.

Parties in the dispute say a contract between Summer’s End Group and property owners James Phillips and Genoveva Rodriguez involves shifting timelines and terms of agreement. The original deal was reached on Dec. 2, 2013.

The purchase price was set at $4.5 million, with a $135,000 deposit made to Phillips and his wife. Two amended contracts in July 2014 and June 2016 changed the closing date; one ballparked between August and September 2014.