Huge seaside resort, personal airport deliberate for Texas coast

BOLIVAR PENINSULA, Texas — An funding group is seeking to change the face of the Bolivar Peninsula with a 110-acre, multiphase beachfront improvement that features a lodge and seaside resort and a personal airport.

The Bolivar Funding Group has unveiled a multiphase plan for a beachfront improvement in Crystal Seashore coming in the summertime of 2024.

September 2023 will mark 15 years since Hurricane Ike leveled Bolivar Peninsula and efforts to rebuild are nonetheless underway. Even then, the worth of the shoreline has gone up considerably.

“New houses, a lot of the houses are price much more than they was, among the houses are price $1 to 2 million,” mentioned Bolivar Funding Group Head of Advertising and marketing Mike Wiglesworth.

This growing worth caught the attention of builders, who are actually set on constructing a first-of-its-kind resort.

The Bolivar Funding Group has lots of developments, however this is able to be their largest by far.

“It is 110 acres,” Wiglesworth mentioned.

The Peninsula Seashore Resort would sit proper off Freeway 87 and have a personal visitor clubhouse with twin Olympic swimming pools and cabanas, a bar & grill, a spa, a restaurant and a big occasion flooring with wrap-around shade porches.

“There’s by no means been something like that for Bolivar,” Wiglesworth mentioned. “We’re actually interesting to a category a sort of caliber, all of that is going to be upscale, we’re going to place ourselves as a 4-star resort.”

Their plan additionally features a personal FAA-approved full-service airport simply minutes away from the resort itself.

“A 2,700-foot airfield, runway, this can deal with single-engine planes, and we’ll later broaden to three,600 toes which might very nicely deal with gentle jets,” Wiglesworth mentioned.

Builders need to serve day by day, weekly and long-term renters. They’ve even employed a third-party actual property guide for when it is time to set costs.

“We all know this isn’t Miami seaside, we all know we’re going to have nice for the worth of excellent,” Wiglesworth mentioned.

Though previous hurricanes destroyed buildings, builders hope they may help the spirit of Bolivar dwell on.

“We expect it is going to be very profitable,” Wiglesworth mentioned.

Here’s a breakdown of the opposite elements of the event:

The Zoo is a 41,000-square-foot beachfront icehouse/sports activities bar and grill with full-service eating and leisure decks.

Builders mentioned The Zoo will characteristic multitudes of big-screen TVs and views overlooking championship seaside volleyball and pickleball courts together with different leisure sports activities.

The Peninsula Resort Cottages is a personal seaside resort comprised of one-, two- and four-bedroom studio cottages on the water with entry to the visitor clubhouse, Veranda Bar & Grill and swim membership, pickle ball courts, leisure lake, seaside cart trails and extra.

These items can accommodate from two to 24 in a single day friends. They’re accessible for day by day or weekly rental with housekeeping companies.

The Peninsula RV Enclave Resort options 50 RV websites with overhead cabins together with a kitchen, rest room, fire, and inside/outdoors leisure areas with spacious roadways for straightforward in/out entry.

Builders mentioned the park will cater primarily to adults. Additionally, there will likely be a canine park, washer/dryer stations, comfort retailer, golf cart leases, nature trails, picnic pavilions, and barbecue pits.

The Peninsula Resort Villas are 90 two- and four-bedroom seaside homes up on the market. Builders mentioned the villas characteristic massive leisure decks, spacious open-truss dwelling areas, hardwood extensive plank flooring, massive open dwelling/eating areas, an leisure kitchen island with sink, and under-counter wine storage.

Retailers’ Row is a gaggle of storefronts and retail areas alongside Freeway 87 quick meals/ takeout, seaside clothes, specialty, and comfort shops.