Long Beach Peninsula Land Swap on Tap

LONG BEACH, WA-A developer from Vancouver, WA is negotiating a land swap on the Long Beach Peninsula with the state parks department.

Paul Christensen, president of Vancouver-based Realvest Corp., owns 95 acres abutting the north side of Beard’s Hollow, one of the state’s most pristine peninsula parklands, and has been planning a resort development in conjunction with another adjacent private landowner. To preserve the property, the state parks department wants to trade Christensen 56 acres of beachfront up the coastline a few miles in the City of Long Beach.

The seven-member state parks commission still must approve the swap. Neither Christensen nor the state parks department have returned Monday morning calls seeking further comment on the respective values of the land, zoning issues and development timelines.