A apartment complex with outdoor family rooms, fire pits, a bocce ball court and a garden enclosure would be constructed on a waterfront property close Lynnhaven Inlet under a suggestion that could precede the city in March.
Brad Waitzer, property developer, needs to build 261 flats on Marina Shores Marina and convert the site's boat dry storage, a structure built in the 1980s.
Gail Higgs, who possesses the marina and is considering offering some of her property, talked to Waitzer with the thought, he said at a Bayfront Advisory Commission meeting prior this month. The group exhorts the City Council on improvement projects in the Chesapeake Bay sector.
There have been talks in the past to redevelop the marina property with national bar chains, including Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville and Coyote Ugly Saloon, Waitzer said.
However, Higgs needed to go in an alternate heading.
The proprietor is applying for zoning change and a contingent use grant for multifamily residences, as per a city planner.
The Planning Commission will hear the application in March, and the City Council would take the last vote on the venture.
In any case, he's not yet sold on the thought altogether.
Under the proposition, the boat dry storage would be destroyed, alongside the tackle shop, vessel repair area, fuel dock and retail and office space. The marina's pool and wet slips would remain. Surf Rider Restaurant would likewise remain.
At the commission meeting, a boat proprietor said he was worried in regards to losing a fuel dock. A few other public marinas close to the Lynnhaven Inlet have gas pumps.
The proposed four-story condo structures would take design signals from coastal Carolina architects and would incorporate a pool separate from the marina's, Waitzer said.
The arrangements incorporate another access to the property along a city easement toward the end of the Lynnhaven Drive parkway. Right now, marina clients drive through a private neighborhood to get to the parking garage. If endorsed, a traffic sign would be included at Lynnhaven Drive and Great Neck Road.
The east end of the marina property stretches out to Wake Forest Street, where the developer is proposing to rezone for conservation and include a gazebo and kayak dispatch.
If approved, the venture could be finished in a short span of three years.
