After more than 15 years of delays, the Pillar Point Harbor Village commercial and visitor-serving development at the prime corner of Capistrano Road and Highway 1 in Princeton, is moving forward again.
And this time it's happening just in the nick of time.
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His project is slated for the large grassy field, which for years has been home to everything from chili cookoffs to bluegrass festivals to overflow trailer and boat parking.
It is unknown when Nerhan, who could not be reached immediately for comment by press time, plans to start construction.
San Mateo County has reportedly granted him the building permits he needs to begin work on the commercial and retail portions of the project.
He still must secure the necessary sewer and building permits to construct the hotel.
As a requirement of his development permit, Nerhan must finish Harbor Village by May 2005.
Given the magnitude of the project and the fact that county planners originally estimated it would take at least a year-and-a-half to complete, longtime Harbor Village foe Larry DeYoung doubts Nerhan can do it in time.
He also doubts Nerhan really has to.
Because the development will serve as a major tax revenue boost for the San Mateo County, DeYoung questions whether the county officials aren't turning a blind eye to the severe time constraints.
He said the "overriding consideration is (the project) generates important tax revenue."
"My concern is the county is either passively or actively complicit in him not complying with his development agreement," said DeYoung who over the past decade has filed several unsuccessful lawsuits against the project.
"He's either intentionally or unintentionally violating the development agreement," he said.
For the time being, Nerhan is in compliance, having begun construction five years ago on an entryway, the only part of the project already built.
"Now he has to finish basically the entire project in 10 months," he said. "And that's mostly during the rainy season."
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