CZM Committee Approves Calabash Boom Housing Project

The St. John Tradewinds is reporting the following:

In a motion that divided the residents gathered in the Cruz Bay Legislature Conference Room, the St. John Coastal Zone Management Committee (CZM) unanimously approved Reliance Housing Foundation’s major land permit to construct a $24.8 million, 72-unit affordable housing development in Estate Calabash Boom.

Reliance plans to build eight six-unit rental apartment buildings and 12 duplex townhomes for sale on about eight acres of land across from Johnson’s Bay, along the southern shore of Coral Harbor.

Plans for the development also include construction of reverse osmosis and waste water treatment plants, and renovation of the existing senior center.