Arch & Godfrey is proud of its contributions and commitment to the built environment and community of the Cayman Islands since its founding in 1972. The following list details many of these contributions and commitments; however, the list is non-exhaustive – particularly as it relates to the early decades of the company’s history (due to a lack of publicly accessible records).
On January 26, 2026 Arch & Godfrey and, separately, chairman and co-founder Heber Arch received National Recognition Awards at the annual National Heroes Day 2026 ceremony.
This year’s event honoured companies and individuals who have meaningfully contributed to the infrastructure of the Cayman Islands under the heading “Honouring a Nation Built: The Power of Physical Infrastructure”.
Arch & Godfrey received “The Builders of Cayman (Group Award)” – which honours companies, businesses, statutory authorities and government departments whose long-standing service has made exceptional contributions to the national development of the Cayman Islands. Heber Arch received “The Builders of Cayman (Individual Award)”.
Arch & Godfrey is honoured to have received this award, and is proud of our contributions to the built environment of the Cayman Islands since our founding in 1972. This recognition is shared with all our staff, past and present, and we are sincerely thankful to each of you for your contributions along the way.
Repairs have begun on the Old Webster House on South Church Street after it was damaged in a car crash on Christmas Day 2025.
George Thomas from Arch and Godfrey is part of the team working to restore the Webster House.
On 25 September 2025, the Lands and Survey Department presented the Residential Property Price Index to the Cayman Islands real estate industry.
Uche Obi, director of the department, launched the new index at Property Update Forum 2025, which was organised by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
“The Residential Property Price Index tracks property price changes from 1998 to 2024, broken down by regions of the Cayman Islands,” said Obi during the event, which was held at the Grand Cayman Marriott Resort. “It helps buyers, sellers, government and financial institutions make informed decisions.”
Some private-sector players already have their own pricing data, while the Cayman Islands Real Estate Brokers Association (CIREBA) also lists property prices. But the new index, which was supported by the International Monetary Fund, is the first official record of property prices in the Cayman Islands.
Arch & Godfrey was represented at the event by Gary Clarke (Commercial Manager) and Rafael B. Elias (Consultant, via “Elias Consulting”).
On March 20, 2025 Arch & Godfrey consultant Rafael B. Elias attended a 4-hour live training webinar entitled “Training on Energy Efficiency Guidelines for the Residential Sector”, hosted by the Ministry of Sustainability & Climate Resiliency and Wellness, the Cayman Islands Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity (RESEMBID) Programme, and international energy consulting firm Econoler. The insightful 7-part training (which covered both new construction and retrofits) brought together over 50 individuals from 6 key groups – including project developers, builders, and architects / designers.
The goal of the interactive webinar and the underlying data-driven guidelines is to support and ensure the effective implementation of energy efficiency measures in the residential sector and promote energy efficiency in new and existing buildings – in line with the recently updated Cayman Islands National Energy Policy and longer-term national sustainability objectives. Arch & Godfrey is proud to have contributed to this important process.
Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) is proud to announce the successful completion of its 2024 Paid Summer Internship Programme, specifically designed for Caymanians pursuing a degree or certification in the Construction Industry. This initiative, a key part of WORC’s commitment to developing local talent, connected students with leading companies in the construction sector for hands-on experience and professional development.
Companies including Arch & Godfrey hosted interns, offering them the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge and gain valuable insights into their future careers. The programme ran from June 2024 to August 2024, with some participants working for six to eight weeks.
Arch and Godfrey is one of the oldest, largest, most experienced and well-respected construction companies in the Cayman Islands. From private homes to luxury condominiums, office buildings, retail centres, hotels, and more, the company has played an integral role in shaping the Cayman Islands’ built environment.
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Arch & Godfrey’s 50-year commitment to the community of the Cayman Islands begins at the top, and as such we particularly are proud that our Managing Director Garth Arch was awarded an MBE on June 19, 2023 during the King’s Birthday Honours “for his services to business, commerce and the community in the Cayman Islands”.
MAREA, an exclusive development on the smallest of the Cayman Islands, offers a rare opportunity to own a little slice of paradise. Nestled on 300 feet of the most valuable stretch of reef-protected beach frontage with a private dock in Little Cayman. MAREA consists of ten luxury oceanfront villas set into landscaped gardens surrounding a stunning, multi-level pool.
Arch & Godfrey (Cayman) Ltd. is proud to reveal its most recently completed project, Health City’s new Radiation Oncology Centre at Camana Bay – following the official ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 16, 2023 held alongside the team from Health City, and a mix of local and international dignitaries.
The Centre, the first step in the opening of Health City’s 70,000 square foot state-of-the-art medical facility being built on three acres of land south of Camana Bay, is equipped with the latest technology facilitating advanced medical treatment locally – removing the need for residents to travel overseas.
The facility, the first of its kind in Cayman and one of the most advanced in the region, will be officially named the Gene Thompson Radiotherapy Centre as a tribute to the late developer and entrepreneur who was instrumental in assisting Health City realize its vision to provide affordable, world-class healthcare to those who need it.
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As one of the leading construction firms in the Cayman Islands, Arch and Godfrey has played a pivotal role in transforming the Cayman Islands into the sophisticated, upscale destination it is today.
In 2022, Arch and Godfrey celebrated 50 years in business. Over the past five decades, the company has constructed many of the islands’ most iconic and innovative buildings and has established a solid reputation as Cayman’s most trusted construction firm.
Several trainees in the Public Works Department’s Apprentice Training Programme who participated in the inaugural Skills Competition earlier this month received awards of excellence in various trade areas.
The competition showcased the skills of the trainees in electrical installation, carpentry, plumbing, masonry as well air conditioning and refrigeration.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and Infrastructure, Isaac Rankine congratulated the trainees noting that the wealth of talent they displayed during the competition is a positive indication that technical vocational education and training in the Cayman Islands is headed in the right direction.
Private sector entities which sponsored awards and prizes for the event were Androgroup Limited, Phoenix Group, Arch and Godfrey (Cayman) Limited and Dart Enterprises Limited.
Seven interns joined Arch & Godfrey for the company’s summer 2019 internship programme, including Diana Rodriquez-Riol, Samuel Reid, Brandon Williams, Zeb Yanez-Bush, Asia Bush, Jevon Bush and Matthew Hanson.
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Business View Caribbean interviews representatives from Arch and Godfrey, as part of our series on best practices of Caribbean construction companies.
Based in George Town, Grand Cayman, Arch and Godfrey is one of the oldest, largest, most successful, and well-respected general contractors in the Cayman Islands. The company was originally founded in 1972 by Henry J. Arch Sr., Arthur H. Arch, Heber G. Arch, and Townend & Godfrey Brothers Ltd.
“Our company is 46 years old,” says Company Founder and present Chairman, Heber Arch. “The Arch family was in the shipbuilding business for generations, and my father started a small construction business in the early 1950s. Townend & Godfrey Brothers Limited was a company that I went to work for after graduation from college to gain experience, overseas; they were the most reputable construction company in Jamaica at that time. I came home to work with my father and, seeing the demand for construction services, I spoke to Townend & Godfrey Brothers and we formed a company here in Cayman – Arch and Godfrey.”
Construction is set to begin Monday on the Periwinkle housing development, a project in Grand Harbour that aims to be Cayman’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified community. Developers pegged the cost of the project at $80 million.
While there are other LEED-certified buildings in the territory, Periwinkle will be the first neighborhood where every unit has that certification, according to Mr. Ostendorf.
The LEED-certification – an internationally recognized rating for environmentally friendly buildings – for all the development’s units will mean big savings on utility bills for homeowners, he said.
Periwinkle Ltd. is chaired by Heber Arch, whose firm Arch & Godfrey is also building the development.
For more than 40 years, Arch and Godfrey has been a trusted name in construction in the Cayman Islands. Now they have used their experience and expertise to create a new ‘home’ of their own. Located on historic Mary Street in George Town, the renovated Arch and Godfrey: LEEDing the Way in Sustainability. Arch and Godfrey office pays homage to its Caymanian heritage while incorporating the latest technology to ensure a sustainable future.
Seventeen-year-old Tishay Shauntae Shennell Heath is the Leo Club of Grand Cayman’s 35th Miss Teen Cayman Islands.
Miss Heath, from the district of Bodden Town and sponsored by Arch and Godfrey, was crowned at the Aug. 31 pageant, where the theme was “Beauty on the Rise…Stars in the Making.”
Ms Rogers said the committee looks forward to a year of supporting Miss Heath in all of her plans and ideas, not only for the community but also for her platform “to promote confidence in young ladies today” as she works closely with the Francis Bodden Girls Home and Fairbanks Women’s Prison.
Arch and Godfrey celebrated 40 years of building excellence in 2012. Looking back, it has been vision, leadership and integrity combined with talent and loyalty of staff that has made Arch and Godfrey into the respected and successful company that it is today.
