The property has been sitting vacant for as long as most canremember. In the 1960s, the city raised the land by filling it withdredge materials. But its zoning as marine industrial didn't lenditself to general commercial uses, and neither, apparently, has itsrezone to general industrial some seven years ago.
Its former owner, Bergerson Enterprise, has seen come and goproposals for a motel, a supermarket and a manufactured home parkfor seniors. Companies have gone so far as to tie down the propertyand make payments on their option, but nothing has ever come of it.The city's addition of more dredge materials to the property lastyear may have it in danger of a lawsuit, but the new owners arereportedly working on a new use for the site.
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