He was a key developer of the resort at Alta, Utah.
The appeal of resorts for large yachts is not only location, said Christopher S. Merson, chief executive of the Meridian Development Group, the developer of the resort, but also the feel of an Old World seaport, with modern amenities.
Developers of the resort did their best to leave much of its grounds untouched, including a good portion of the mangrove forests, palms and tropical flowers peppering the area, long ago known as Xpu-Ha (eesh-poo-hah).
The suit accuses the defendants of engaging in a sweeping conspiracy that focused on the developers of the resorts.
Similarly, the developer of the golf resort Monte Rei, on the Portuguese coast, has employed the chef Albano Lourenço to oversee its signature restaurant, Vistas.
Fudge's lawsuit alleges, among other things, that commissioner Wendy Mitchell participated in several undisclosed ex-parte communications with the developer of the Laguna Beach resort.
Around 2008, for example, fund directors learned that an official of the group had solicited $100,000 in personal loans from the developer of the Mount Meru Hotel, a resort in Tanzania underwritten by the fund.
Now the developer of the western Caribbean resort, which has 365 guest rooms and suites, is adding this project, 19 full-ownership houses on a peninsula within the site.
Gillett Holdings is owned by George Gillett Jr., a Nashville businessman who also owns the Packer Land meatpacking company in Green Bay, Wis., and Vail Associates, developer of the Vail ski resort in Colorado.
A developer owns the resort, where each unit is divided into "intervals" -- either by the week or for a certain number of points.
He is the developer of a winery, resort and spa in the Mendoza region of Argentina; he is also involved in his family's business interests in Miami, according to published reports.
