The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District has granted John Burwell another extension on his lease to build a new development at the site of the old Main Harbor Marina. It's the second time he's been granted an extension on building a $190-million-dollar development to be known as Harbor Walk.
Burwell has said he's run into difficulty raising the money in today's economic climate.
He says it is a 12-year-project, which was first announced in July of 2004. It includes a $40-million-dollar office building, a $100-million-dollar condo building, and a $33-million-dollar hotel.
Burwell says he has spent $25-million-dollars on the project, which includes new houseboat docks. He is paying a lease of $650,000 this year, and pad $450,000 last year to the state agency that operates the reservoir.
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