BERLIN – A developer outlined his plans for Heron Park while residents shared their concerns with the possible sale of the property at a work session in Berlin.
The Berlin Town Council on Monday hosted a work session regarding Heron Park and a proposal from developer Palmer Gillis to buy a portion of the property. Despite concerns from residents, Gillis told the crowd he was eager to work with the town.
“We are willing to listen,” he said. “Every comment that we’ve heard is exactly what we want to implement in this project.”
The town purchased Heron Park for $2.5 million in 2016. Last year, heeding calls to consider selling the property to reduce the annual debt service, the town entered into negotiations with Gillis’s Coastal Ventures Properties LLC — one of two entities that submitted a proposal for a portion of the property. The initial proposal from Gillis offered the town $1.5 million for three parcels — parcel 410, 57 and 191 — and would involve partial demolition of the existing structures to create a commercial project on the site. The trails and pond on the north end of the property would be unaffected.
“We got here because I’m a news junkie and I started reading a lot of information in the local newspapers,” Gillis said this week.
yep he will buy it for half a million by time he gets done
I think he will offer 125,000
Keep palmer gillis out if Berlin !!!!
He is all about himself and that dollar bill.