Retail expansion planned on the waterfront

A long-time Gig Harbor property owner and benefactor has big plans for several adjacent parcels of land on the waterfront.

The property, owned by Stan and Judy Stearns, currently is the site of Netshed No. 9 restaurant, Arabellas Landing marina, the Downtown Waterfront Alliance, Ship to Shore marine supply and the former Harbor Peddlers retail shop.

The Harbor Peddlers space is currently being remodeled as a downtown outlet for Bella Kitchen Essentials.

According to John Moist, manager of Stearns properties, the plan also includes construction of two new buildings that will be a new retail space and a storage facility for Ship to Shore.

There will be a nice plaza and an infinity pond between the new buildings that will be open to the public, said Peter Katich of the citys planning department.

Also in the works is the re-location of a very popular existing business into the Bayview Building the space that currently houses Ship to Shore Moist said.

Katich anticipates that a public hearing on the project will take place late July or early August.

In addition to the new construction, Stearns plans to re-open the fuel dock at Arabellas Landing.

Gig Harbor is the Maritime City and we have lots of boaters and a wonderful, resurging fishing fleet, Moist said. Our goal is to create an environment to be of service to personal watercraft of all sizes and also to serve the fishermen of our community.

The fuel dock has been an on-again, off-again operation for more than a decade, he said. It was taken out of service about 11 years ago. The two tanks are still in place and weve maintained them and had them inspected regularly.

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