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Infrastructure Work Under Way for 1,000-Acre Themed Resort

BRANSON WEST, MO-Located 50 miles south of Springfield, the planned $1.5-billion master planned development here calls for 2,400 residential units in a variety of formats, a private marina, an 18-hole golf course, indoor and outdoor water parks and retail shopping with a Native American theme. The multi-phase project is bordered on the east by the Silver Dollar City theme park.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on January 29, 2006

BRANSON WEST, MO-Six years after they secretly began acquiring land here for a 1,000-acre master planned resort, Springfield-based developers Jim and Virginia Shirato watched last week as Gov. Matt Blunt christened the start of the estimated $1.5-billion Native American-themed development.

Located 50 miles south of Springfield, the five- to 10-year plan calls for 2,400 residential units in a variety of formats, a private marina on Table Rock Lake, an 18-hole golf course, indoor and outdoor water parks and a shopping center.

The tract is bordered on the east and west by the Silver Dollar City theme park and Highway 13 and on the north and south by Highway 76 and Table Rock Lake. Jim Shirato tells GlobeSt.com he began piecing the land together on Valentine’s Day 2000, when he acquired the first piece of ground, about 116 acres contiguous to Table Rock Lake. Over the next two years, the Shiratos worked with various lawyers anonymously to convince landowners from Florida, Arkansas, Missouri, Florida and elsewhere to agree to sell. Aside from that first acquisition, Shirato says he closed on all the properties on the same day.

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