In a social media post, the family wrote that Ward had been supporting the family’s vision and had “hoped to find the Harbor Grill a new home within the harbor.” The Hicks family, who have owned the restaurant since 1984, said, “for 20 years we have been looking forward to participating in the harbor revitalization” and had been in talks with Bryon Ward, president of Burnham Ward Properties, who is heading up the development of the commercial core. In recent weeks, there’s been a flurry of speculation in the boater and local community worried the project had stalled.Īnd, when Harbor Grill Restaurant recently announced plans to close at the end of September, locals flooded social media worried about plans for the businesses. (Update the Board of Supervisors did approve the changes to the lease agreement to allow the new financing plan) “All three components were tied together on financing.”īartlett said she expects her colleagues to be supportive of separating out the marina and commercial core projects and that they won’t consider that “a violation of the county’s lease agreement.” She’s also expecting the total cost of the revitalization to come in at closer to $400 million after it was estimated at $330 million. “The partners don’t want to delay the project,” said Fifth District Supervisor Lisa Bartlett, a former Dana Point councilwoman who has helped spearhead the harbor revitalization efforts.
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