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Moss Landing project in progress
By JIMMY RYALS, Managing Editor
Progress continues on a downtown Washington waterfront development.
Developer Fred Fletcher of Progress Partners updated the Beaufort County Committee of 100 Thursday on Moss Landing, the residential complex and marina planned for what’s commonly called the “Moss property,” a stretch of land along Washington’s Water Street adjacent to the North Carolina Estuarium.
Construction will come in four phases, Fletcher told the lunchtime gathering at the Washington Civic Center. The first two will encompass residential structures — townhouses and condominiums built to take advantage of the Pamlico River.
“It’s all about the view,” Fletcher said.
Fourteen houses and nine villas will make up phase I, set to be built on the property’s east end, Fletcher said.
“What we’ve attempted to do is bring the architectural style and elements that you find in the single-family homes on East and West Main Street and over on Second Street ... and bring it over to Water Street,” Fletcher said.
The townhouses — dubbed “The Townes” — would line Water Street, with waterfront condominiums — “The Villas” — behind them. A pair of courtyards would separate the townhomes and condominium complexes.
The condominiums are expected to follow a “big-house concept, rather than an institutional building” design, Fletcher said.
Pricing for the townhomes will begin at $469,000 before early-purchase discounts. Villas start at $420,000. Pre-construction discounts, according to Fletcher, range from $12,000 to $96,000. Twenty-two reservations have been sold for Phase I, Fletcher said. That figure exceeds developers’ goals.
During phase III, developers will construct a 91-slip marina. Fletcher said Progress Partners is in the “very, very final stage” of Coastal Area Management Act permitting for the boat slips.
Site work for Phase I will begin in March 2006, with construction to follow in May 2006, Fletcher said Thursday.
The final phase will either be a 45- to 60-room inn or more residential dwellings, Fletcher said.
Including boats docked at the marina, Fletcher said the project would bring $50 million in new property tax base to Beaufort County. The development would bring about $600,000 in ad valorem taxes annually to the city and county, Fletcher said.
After his presentation, Fletcher presented a $1,000 check from Progress Partners to the Committee of 100.
In other news from the Committee of 100 meeting:
¡ An announcement of the beginning of work on an ethanol plant in Aurora will take place Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Beaufort County Community College. Thompson said Thursday that construction on the plant will begin in January or February of 2006.
¡ Dixon-Hoyle LLC will break ground Dec. 21 on a waterfront condominium development in Belhaven. The groundbreaking will begin at 11 a.m. at the site on Water Street.
¡ One-hundred and twenty people attended the meeting Thursday, according to numbers provided by the group.
Developer Fred Fletcher of Progress Partners updated the Beaufort County Committee of 100 Thursday on Moss Landing, the residential complex and marina planned for what’s commonly called the “Moss property,” a stretch of land along Washington’s Water Street adjacent to the North Carolina Estuarium.
Construction will come in four phases, Fletcher told the lunchtime gathering at the Washington Civic Center. The first two will encompass residential structures — townhouses and condominiums built to take advantage of the Pamlico River.
“It’s all about the view,” Fletcher said.
Fourteen houses and nine villas will make up phase I, set to be built on the property’s east end, Fletcher said.
“What we’ve attempted to do is bring the architectural style and elements that you find in the single-family homes on East and West Main Street and over on Second Street ... and bring it over to Water Street,” Fletcher said.
The townhouses — dubbed “The Townes” — would line Water Street, with waterfront condominiums — “The Villas” — behind them. A pair of courtyards would separate the townhomes and condominium complexes.
The condominiums are expected to follow a “big-house concept, rather than an institutional building” design, Fletcher said.
Pricing for the townhomes will begin at $469,000 before early-purchase discounts. Villas start at $420,000. Pre-construction discounts, according to Fletcher, range from $12,000 to $96,000. Twenty-two reservations have been sold for Phase I, Fletcher said. That figure exceeds developers’ goals.
During phase III, developers will construct a 91-slip marina. Fletcher said Progress Partners is in the “very, very final stage” of Coastal Area Management Act permitting for the boat slips.
Site work for Phase I will begin in March 2006, with construction to follow in May 2006, Fletcher said Thursday.
The final phase will either be a 45- to 60-room inn or more residential dwellings, Fletcher said.
Including boats docked at the marina, Fletcher said the project would bring $50 million in new property tax base to Beaufort County. The development would bring about $600,000 in ad valorem taxes annually to the city and county, Fletcher said.
After his presentation, Fletcher presented a $1,000 check from Progress Partners to the Committee of 100.
In other news from the Committee of 100 meeting:
¡ An announcement of the beginning of work on an ethanol plant in Aurora will take place Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Beaufort County Community College. Thompson said Thursday that construction on the plant will begin in January or February of 2006.
¡ Dixon-Hoyle LLC will break ground Dec. 21 on a waterfront condominium development in Belhaven. The groundbreaking will begin at 11 a.m. at the site on Water Street.
¡ One-hundred and twenty people attended the meeting Thursday, according to numbers provided by the group.
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