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House on 5 acres with guest house

Located just on the outskirts of Friday Harbor adjacent to the U of W Labs. Southern exposure and privacy. 3 bed 3 bath main house built in 2003. 2800 sq ft +/- 1300 sq ft guest house.
MLS#28046870 $749,000.00

Roche Harbor’s Captain’s Row & South Hill Development

The latest phase of the Roche Harbor development. The 5 lots of Captain’s Row will without a doubt be the most spectacular view lots of the entire development. Priced from $750,000 to $1,500,000 these lots will have commanding views over the harbor and off to the west as far as the eye can see. Roche Harbor Sunsets
South Hill phase will consist of 17 lots ranging in price from $215,000 to $350,000 for individual lots and two multi family lots for $1,000,000. For further information, including maps, price schedules contact John Lackey at 360-378-7836 or john@sanjuanislands.com
All sales subject to final plat, building set backs and final design parameters.

Roche Harbor Carriage House

Beautiful, new 2-BR, 2-BA Victorian home overlooking the historic Roche Harbor Resort & Marina. Fully furnished unit with gourmet kitchen, sun deck, gorgeous master suite, bonus room, garage & 2 entries. Fine features such as granite counters, custom cabinetry, slate and hardwood flooring, and heated travertine floor in master bath. Ownership includes access to resort amenities. Enjoy only a short walk to marina & spa! Vaction rental numbers available. Call or e-mail us…1390 sq ft. built in 2005 MLS #28087484 $839,000.00

Westside Acreage-San Juan Island

Rare Westside Waterfront Acreage. Expansive 4.23+/- acres with 257+/- ft. of waterfront. Rebuilt access to gorgeous beach. Prime whale watching location with beautiful sunsets. Extensive sitework completed. Ready to build with 5 bedroom septic permit and design. New 4 GPM well, power and phone/internet. Contact John @ 360-378-7836 or john@sanjuanislands.com
MLS# 27204646 $1,495,000

New Commercial Construction in Friday Harbor

Multi use property under construction in Friday Harbor. 3 units with all town utilities and convenient location. Can customize finish to suit buyers needs. Combination of living and work areas make for unique possibilities.
Asking $375,000 per unit. For further information call Ashcraft Homes Inc. at 369-378-3167 or etashcraft@rockisland.com

Roche Harbor-South Hill and Captains Row

Roche Harbor, San Juan Islands. Roche Harbor just released 23 lots for sale in the next phase of the resort development. South Hill consists of 18 parcels and Captains Row with 5 lots. The South Hill parcels will start at $215,000 for individual lots and go to $1,000,000 for the 8 unit condo lot.
The Captain’s Row will have 5 lots with full harbor and marina views ranging in price from $750,000 to 1,500,000. For detailed information call or e-mail us for complete pricing and maps. John Lackey 360-378-7836 cell or john@sanjuanislands.com or jdl@clearwire.net

Commercial Condo in Friday Harbor

Downtown Friday Harbor Commercial Condo. Nichols Walk Unit 5, 466 square feet of space, bathroom. Currently occupied by DandA Studios,
an architectual firm. They are moving into their new building. Unique peaceful setting considering this unit is surrounded by 3 restaurants, 1 bakery, a salon and a bookstore. Designated parking space.
MLS# 28186944 $249,000

Rosario Resort Sold at Auction

A little after 1 PM on Sept. 30th Rosario Resort sold for a reported 5.4 million to a local mainland developer who is currently in the process of putting together a marina development in Anacortes WA. The property’s main attraction is the 25,000- square-foot Moran Mansion, built in 1909 by former Seattle Mayor Robert Moran, also a shipbuilder. The property also includes a 34-slip marina and 28 offshore moorings, plus a conference center, restaurants, a museum and spa.

Second auction in its history
Rosario was first developed by Robert Moran, the former Seattle mayor and shipbuilder, who built the mansion in 1906-09 and retired to a life of leisure and philanthropy; his greatest gift to the state of Washington became Moran State Park.

 

In 1938, at age 75, Moran sold the mansion and 1,339 acres to Donald Rheem of Rheem Manufacturing Co. for $50,000 — a relatively paltry sum considering he had invested, according to Peacock’s book, $1.5 million in developing Rosario.

 

“He wanted someone to be able to afford it through the Depression,” Peacock said of Moran.

 

Rheem owned Rosario until 1958 — his wife, incidentally, did not die from a fall from the music room balcony, as rumored, Peacock said. Rheem sold Rosario to Ralph Curton of the Falcon Corporation in Waco, Texas for $455,000. Curton first envisioned developing Rosario into a resort, but was forced to sell after two years when his oil wells dried up, Peacock said.

 

In 1960, Curton sold Rosario for $225,000 to Gilbert Geiser, former mayor of Mountlake Terrace. That year, Geiser first offered rooms as overnight accommodations in the mansion and a “boatel.”

 

Geiser sold Rosario for $5.5 million in 1980, to three investors from Seattle — Manfred Cieslik, Gerta Faust and Jim Roberts. They went bankrupt in 1984 and Geiser got Rosario back. He died in 1987 and his wife, Sarah, owned Rosario until 1994, when she sold it to Red Rock Resorts of Arizona.

 

Red Rock Resorts investor Jessica Cato bought Rosario in 1996, then sold it in 1998 to Olympus Real Estate of Dallas, Texas, the current owner.

 

Today, Rosario Resort consists of the mansion and museum, Mansion Dining Room, the Cascade Bay Grill, Dockside General Store, The Spa at Rosario, three swimming pools, outdoor games, and 122 guest rooms spread throughout the hillside overlooking Cascade Bay. The guest rooms include new two-bedroom condominiums.

 

Rosario Resort also has a marina with more than 30 slips and numerous mooring buoys. The resort provides access to kayak tours, sailing and whale watching/wildlife cruises.

 

All told, the resort is 74 acres.

 

“Seasonality is difficult,” Peacock said. “There are some operational issues in terms of the layout of the property, which the master plan corrects — making better use of the mansion, preserving it, keeping it open to the public, rebuilding the kitchen and dining room and spa.”

 

Peacock said guest lodging is located away from the services offered in the mansion, which has proven difficult. He said the master plan includes a wing of guest rooms connected to the mansion to bring guests closer to those services.

 

“I predict that in the auction, the person who wins the bid will be someone who has a passion for the resort,” Peacock said. “It’s going to take someone with quite a bit of money to follow through with the master plan.”

Rustic Cabin-Center Island

Lot #81 on Center Island. Camping cabin. Lot has paid water hookup, power, phone and internet on the property line and has at one time been perked for a septic system. Mostly level lot with elevated building site at the back of the lot where cabin is located. Electric golf carts are the main mode of transportation around the Island. MLS#28115314 $115,000.00

Center Island Washington

Center Island Association (CIA) San Juan Islands, Community docks, club house that includes showers, kitchen, meeting room, internet. Boat launch, maintainence building, boat storage and caretakers house. All vehicular traffic is electric golf carts. The association has a pickup truck, tractor and backhoe that can be made available to owners.
Association also owns a 1500′ airfield in the center of the Island.