The Eastern half of the lands owned by the Cape on Bowen are on the market for an unknown price. A brochure released by David Ho advertises this “exclusive offering” of “over 350 acres of development land subdivided into 35 fully serviced residential lots.”
A letter by David Ho also states that the property has the potential to be rezoned into a mixed-use development project named “The Village on Bowen.”
The letter states that :
The proposed development would include a community center, seniors center & housing, village commercial, tourist accommodations, as well as residential options including apartments, town-homes, and cluster-homes.”
Mayor Murray Skeels says that he was surprised to learn about the sale.
“Possibly there was some communication from the previous Council that prompted this statement,” says Skeels. “While anything is possible I certainly wouldn’t want to indicate to a potential buyer that there is any appetite for a project of this nature at this time or in the foreseeable future.”
