A $3-million commercial development including retail, fuel, accommodation and dining providers which was planned for Cardrona village has been shelved.
However, a scaled-down version of the proposal is in the pipeline for another site about 100m down the road.
Auckland-based company Makaraka Estate Ltd is not proceeding with plans to develop a 5000sq m piece of land it owns in Cardrona Valley Rd just north of the Cardrona Hotel, which it bought from Mt Cardrona Station Ltd in 2010.
The company's proposal for the site had included six fuel pumps with petrol supplied by Gasoline Alley Services Ltd (Gas), a cafe with a museum and wine loft, a general store, a 16-room budget accommodation lodge, a hire and retail centre for snow equipment and mountain bikes and a courtyard and picnic area.
A spokeswoman for the company's sole director, Gary McNabb, said the project was "on hold", but the company still owned the land.
However, another Auckland development company, Seastone Group, has plans drawn up for a smaller $1.2 million development at a site south of the hotel on the corner of Rivergold Way and Cardrona Valley Rd, which is part of Brooklynne Holdings' 11-lot commercial subdivision.
Seastone Group's general manager, Aaron Coupe, said the proposal, which is not yet consented, would include four fuel pumps, a general store, built in the style of the Cardrona church, and a bistro-style restaurant.
Brooklynne Holdings director Kathy Lynne confirmed Seastone Group was negotiating the purchase of two sites for its development, totalling about 3000sq m.
Brooklynne Holdings owns a large amount of Cardrona's rural visitor zone between Cardrona Valley Rd and the Cardrona River. It has already had some resource consents approved, including a "mini-Millbrook" development on the eastern side of the Cardrona River, where a lodge, 48 houses and a bridge over the river are planned.
Negotiations were also under way with people interested in setting up a riverside cafe and accommodation retreat in the subdivision, Ms Lynne said.
