canada Oceanview Golf Resort

The community once called Cable Bay has a new name, and its owners hope to break ground on its “signature” golf course this year.

Oceanview Golf Resort & Spa, as the community is now called, will take shape on 420 acres in Nanaimo, the second-largest city on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. It’s expected to consist of a marina with slips for up to 600 boats, a boutique hotel, a “wellness spa,” and an 18-hole golf course. It could also have hiking trails and a shopping area.

Of course, it’ll also have single-family houses, townhouses, villas, and condos, some of which will be designed especially for seniors. The number is still to be determined, but Cable Bay's master plan called for up to 2,677 units.

Oceanview is being developed by Cable Bay Lands, Inc., a group affiliated with Canadian Property Investments, and its principals include Wilf and Dianne Richard and George Bains. The developers plan to build an Audubon-certified golf course that will rely exclusively on organic fertilizers.

The course has been designed by Gary Browning and Wade Horrocks of Calgary-based Browning Horrocks Golf Design. The designers' portfolio includes Coyote Creek Golf Course in Sundre, Alberta; Stewart Creek Golf & Country Club in Canmore, Alberta; and Copper Point Golf Club in Invermere, British Columbia.

Public hearings on Oceanview began in January. At the initial session, Glenn Brower, Oceanview’s project manager, said that the developers hope to break ground on the golf course in 2010.

Incidentally, Nanaimo is known as “the Bathtub Racing Capital of the World.”

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