Waterfront Lot at Oak and Front Streets

That empty lot on the Port Angeles waterfront might be sold again. Two years ago Harry Dorssers bought the 1.9 acres near the Valley Creek Estuary. He was planning to build Black Diamond Harbor Plaza, a combination of condominiums, retail stores, a restaurant and underground parking.

He might keep part of the property and go ahead with his plan for the condos. (He already has the building permit.)

Or he might sell the entire lot. He’s negotiating a deal to sell all or part of the property to Lincoln Asset Management of Portland, OR. (This fact also hasn’t been confirmed by either side.)

Bob McChesney, executive director of the Port of Port Angeles, said: “The new developers are talking about putting a hotel there, but we haven't seen any new drawings by them as of yet.”

With everything being so indefinite, maybe the property will just stay undeveloped for a long time.

Port Angeles Waterfront Property Development

As you probably read the other day in the Peninsula Daily News, a new development project will soon be coming to the property at Oak and Front Streets in downtown Port Angeles. (Here’s the link.)

Black Diamond Harbor Plaza will tentatively include retail space, a restaurant, condominiums and an underground parking garage. Construction might start this summer.

The property is owned by Harry Dorssers, who bought the land from the Port of Port Angeles in September 2006.

So, what do you think of this project? Will it be good for downtown Port Angeles? I’d like to see the glass as half full instead of half empty. When this project is complete, a lot more people will be living in downtown Port Angeles. These will be affluent people who live within walking distance of everything downtown Port Angeles has to offer. This can only be good, right?

What do YOU think?