Two developers have been asked to draw up design plans for a
240-berth marina at Frankton.
Four developers lodged expressions of interest with the
Queenstown Lakes District Council after it decided to
readvertise the project.
Queenstown Marina Developments had resource consent for the
project but the council terminated the agreement because the
company had failed to meet a number of key requirements
within the agreed 12 months.
Council project manager Ken Gousmett said the council's
working party had selected two developers to proceed to the
design stage.
They would meet the working party later this month.
"They've been asked to come back to meet with the working
party and provide more information before developing their
preliminary designs," he said.
Councillors would then select the preferred company from the
designs and costings.
He declined to disclose who the two developers were.
Queenstown Marina Developments completed its resource consent
for the 3870sq m onshore development and the 240-berth marina
after lengthy Environment Court appeals were settled in
September.
The company's director, Buzz March, declined to say whether
he had been one of the two developers selected.
He had submitted an expression of interest outlining the
project for which his company had consent.
