The concept received preliminary approval this week from theShelby Township board of trustees. Richard Wright, whose companyUrban Land Consultants represents the Four Bears owner, toldtownshipofficials the plan calls for construction of two differenttypes of condominiums: brownstones on the eastern portion of theproperty and more traditional condominium construction on thebalance of the land.

All of the homes will be located adjacent to or near theproperty's most-defining feature, a 45-acre lake. The commercialportion of the property, where the Four Bears office is located,would remain zoned for commercial use. The balance of the propertyis zoned for single-family homes, but Four Bears is seekingapproval of a planned unit development, a special type of rezoningthat requires developers to build exactly what they say they aregoing to build. This week's approval is the second of a four-stepprocess.

"The plan becomes part of the approval," Wright says. He addsthe owner decided to abandon the operation of Four Bears as a waterpark for a simple reason: "It wasn't making a lot of money."