By Eric Curl
Jan. 4, 2023 – A plan for a 288-unit apartment complex on Hutchinson Island was submitted in December. The project includes a private parking lot, seven enclosed garage buildings and a clubhouse building with a leasing office, mail kiosk and residential amenities.
The complex is proposed to be developed on a more than 16 acre parcel north of Grand Prize of America Avenue that is adjacent to the golf course.
Andrew Irish, with Alabama-based Daniel is listed as the owner in the building permit application. Daniel Hutchinson Island, LLC, which shares the address of Daniel Corp, purchased the property for $1.25 million in October 2021, according to property records. Irish has not yet responded to a request for more information regarding the plan that was sent on Jan. 3. This article will be updated if a response is provided.
The proposed apartment plan is the latest development proposal for the island seeing increasing amounts of construction activity and investment after years of delayed projects.
In addition to the expansion of the Savannah Convention Center, construction of the The Savannah Harbor parcel 5 development is underway. The 27-acre site along the Savannah River and east of Slip 1 is where the Savannah Harbor Partners development group is developing housing, retail and lodging, along with a public waterfront park, medical complex and marina.
Slip 1 is an open body of water located to the east of the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa that has historically been used as a wharf area. In August, the Chatham County Commission approved a $3.36 million contract to dredge the slip and accommodate a marina being developed as part of the Savannah Harbor mixed-use community.
In addition, Mopper Turner Investments purchased almost nine undeveloped acres of the Residences at Savannah Harbor development on Hutchinson for $2.4 million in December 2021. The purchase came after the partnership between real estate broker Dickey Mopper and developer Bob Turner purchased in Sept. 2021 149 lots located in the 19-year-old planned community for $5.2 million.
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