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Dorchester County planning committee to recommend reengaging purchase agreement with Pinnacle for harbor hotel
Summary
Board planning leaders said Pinnacle has provided drawings and promised a site plan and a list of amenities for a 2.8-acre harbor hotel parcel; the planning committee will recommend restarting the purchase-agreement process while appraisals and MDOT review are completed.
The Dorchester County planning committee said Tuesday it will recommend that the full board re-engage the purchase-agreement process with Pinnacle for a proposed hotel on a 2.8‑acre parcel at the harbor.
Speaker 1, identified in the meeting as the planning committee chair, said Pinnacle delivered drawings and committed to two items after a recent meeting: “He has promised us 2 things, 2 additional pieces of information. 1 is is a site plan,” and a bulleted list of amenities and services for the hotel. The committee forwarded a site survey and the drawings to Pinnacle and expects a formal site plan to follow.
Speakers discussed an anticipated hotel size in the range of about 85–100 rooms; Speaker 1 said the most recent conversational number was roughly 90 rooms. The committee also discussed four proposed waterfront condominium buildings (six units each) that could be integrated with the hotel for wedding parties or held as separate developer assets.
On the timeline for a formal deal, Speaker 6 explained a procedural requirement: “We do have to get 2 appraisals of the property just to fulfill the requirements of the transfer agreement,” and those appraisals must be reviewed and signed off by MDOT before a sale can close. Appraisers had been retained and a target completion date for their work was discussed at the meeting.
The planning committee chair said the formal recommendation to reinitiate the agreement process will be made to the full board at the next meeting; that recommendation is intended to authorize staff and counsel to resume contract negotiations. A board member said legally binding approval of a final contract will require attorney review and the MDOT appraisal sign-off.
Next procedural steps noted at the meeting include the planning-committee recommendation to the full board, legal review of any negotiated contract language, completion and MDOT review of the two appraisals, and continued exchange of site-plan materials between the developer and county staff. The board planned a follow-up meeting in February to review progress.
