Since the 1970s, a local developer has been trying to build a hotel complex on this 2.2 acre site sandwiched between the Commodore Houseboat Marina and Heliport and Shoreline Office Center south of Mill Valley. The current (2014) proposal is for a 34,031 square-foot, three-story hotel complex containing 56 rooms, as well as a detached 4,922 square foot, one-story spa. The applicant has also requested that the County vacate portions of three streets bordering the property.

The property, of which only 1.6 acres is dry land and the remainder subject to tidal action and future sea level rise, fronts on Richardson Bay tidal marshes and mudflats that are rich habitat for shorebirds and waterfowl, including the endangered California clapper rail.

Marin Conservation League has been tracking this proposal for decades and will continue to do so now that the application is back before county planners. The county's page for the development is here.

Documents and Correspondence
July 7, 2014 - MCL's letter to the Board of Supervisors regarding request for vacation of street rights-of-way at Whaler's Point
March 26, 2010 - MCL's letter to the Board of Supervisors regarding Interim Uses at Whaler's Point
April 9, 2009 - MCL letter to the Board of Supervisors regarding the Whaler's Point Development Proposal
January 9, 2009 - MCL letter to the County Planning Commission regarding the Whaler's Point Development Proposal