Half Moon Bay Review/Mark Noack, 4/17/14. "Main Street corridor in developer's sights."
| Harbor Village was build, surfers continue to swim the Pacific Ocean survived |
| Potential mixed use residential and commercial |
The project reportedly calls for a mixture of residential and commercial construction along a vacant field students often use as a path up to Half Moon Bay High School. No formal plans have been submitted but city officials say they have discussed the concept with local developer Keet Nerhan. Nerhan owns about five acres along the street.
Last year, then-Mayor Rick Kowalczyk suggested such a project could actually alleviate the traffic congestion. He described a possible traffic turnaround on the developer’s property that could be used by parents to drop off students from class. Fellow City Councilman Allan Alifano also said he was intrigued by ways a new development could help. He suggested that the developer might add lanes to Lewis Foster Drive and funnel some traffic out of his development and directly onto Highway 1 rather than Main Street. He declined to discuss specifics of Nerhan’s plans." Read article.
| Approved mixed use commercial and offices |
Half Moon Bay Review/Mark Noack, 12/10/08, "Harbor Village opens amid tough times." Harbor Village mall is set to officially open on Saturday, after almost 30 years of planning, development and many, many setbacks. .... Developer Keet Nerhan has worked for decades on building the Harbor Village project, a combined hotel, restaurant and shopping promenade across Capistrano Road from Pillar Point Harbor. Biz Journal/Keet Nerhan/Sarah Duxbury, 4/10/08, "Hospitality by the sea." "Despite being staunchly anti-development, the San Mateo County coast is rising as a destination for tourists and business groups looking for something different yet within an easy drive of San Francisco. Indeed, 85 percent of Half Moon Bay's almost 2.5 million yearly visitors come from Northern California. They're a mix of daytrippers and overnighters who can choose among 830 coastside guest rooms, ranging from the Ritz Carlton to small bed-and-breakfasts. The newest arrival, and the only significant coastside development in a decade, is the $25 million Oceano Hotel & Spa, which captures the essence of what the region offers visitors."
Note photographs -ocean view from Harbor Village Farmers Market, empty lot from Half Moon Bay review, approved building from HMB Patch, courtesy of the HMB Planning Department.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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And Pacifica and city hall is still sleeping.
"Despite being staunchly anti-development, the San Mateo County coast is rising as a destination for tourists and business groups looking for something different yet within an easy drive of San Francisco. Indeed, 85 percent of Half Moon Bay's almost 2.5 million yearly visitors come from Northern California. They're a mix of daytrippers and overnighters who can choose among 830 coastside guest rooms, ranging from the Ritz Carlton to small bed-and-breakfasts. The newest arrival, and the only significant coastside development in a decade, is the $25 million Oceano Hotel & Spa, which captures the essence of what the region offers visitors."
Hotels, yes! But Harbor Village shopping center isn't making money for anyone. Opened in 2008 and slid right into the recession.
If it wasn't making money the bank would have foreclosed by now!
Oh sure sure. Constant struggle to get and keep retail tenants and the mix is not at all upscale. All they need is a Goodwill store.
Pacifica needs a few more Goodwill type store.
I think the City could do a better job attracting some "anchor" stores into the quarry like Goodwill, Dollar General, Bubba Gumps and TJ Maxx
Bubba Gumps is too upclass for Pacifica. Maybe a Golden Coral.
That's a retail line-up that screams Pacifica. For the food category, how about a Burger King?
Maybe we can snag a branch of Twice as Nice--they seem to be the anchor for Harbor Village. Grocery Outlet and a check cashing joint and done!
Come on guys, raise the bar.
Pacifica is a shit hole because we think that's all we deserve.
Reject that selfish and stupid NOBIE mindset.
This is a beautiful place located in one of the most desirable parts of the world.
There is no justification to living like beggars in squalor.
anona@225pm: ok then. Scratch the Burger King. We'll go uptown with a Carl's Jr.
It's hard to tell who's kidding here. Such is Pacifica.
This guy is in escrow to buy Dave N Lou's. You heard it here first!
Good.
Hopefully someone with money, vision and tenacity.
Hope they can withstand the usual onslaught from NOBIES.
I see Maybury is already talking up the nuts in this town to fight off proposed Fassler development (today's Trib).
Anything to keep Pacifica poor is fair game with these creeps.
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