Port Hueneme may get 46-story hotel-condo tower
Two developers unveiled plans this week to build a $300-million, 46-story resort hotel and condominium tower a block from the ocean in Port Hueneme.
The so-called Pacific Pointe at Port Hueneme project would transform a 1.4-acre, city-owned parking lot into a glass-and-steel landmark. It would be the largest building on the California coast between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Harvey Champlin and his partner, Ray Mulokas, said the project would include an upscale, 250-room hotel on the first 15 floors, with residential condos above. Residents could take advantage of hotel amenities, such as valet parking, concierge service, limousines to the airport and room service.
“In our mind, this is an opportunity for complete integration,” Champlin said. “As the area’s demographics change and the population ages, we will see more empty-nesters. We think the idea of a condominium tied to a resort hotel would be attractive.”
The project’s 200 condo units would be priced at market rates when sales begin in about five years, the developers said.
Champlin -- who has developed destination resorts in Antigua, the Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica and St. Croix -- was a panelist at this year’s Ventura County housing conference, held Wednesday in Thousand Oaks.
Greg Brown, community development director for Port Hueneme, said the partners have discussed the project for nearly two years and have agreed to hold a series of community meetings, beginning in January, before submitting a formal proposal to the city.
The 4.5-square-mile city, which is surrounded on three sides by Oxnard, has fewer than 10 acres of undeveloped land vacant for development, Brown said. The project would also require approval from the state Coastal Commission.
