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Potential to Build a Resort Along the Colorado River ±109.70 Acres of Pristine Colorado River Land For Sale in Needles, CA Potential to Build a Resort Along the Colorado River Property Features • APN: 0660-231-25 ( ±52.74 Acres) • APN: 0660-221-03 (±45.78 Acres) • APN: 0660-221-04 (±11.18 Acres) • Zoning: Commercial, Residential, Resort This zone is intended to allow for sufficient Residential diversity of land use types in the area along the Colorado River catering to the resort atmosphere as well as commercial uses including but not limited to hotels, motels restaurants marinas etc. Marketing Remarks • Formerly approved for ±240 lots with 2,700 LF along the Colorado River. • This is an opportunity to Build a multifaceted resort only limited by your imagination. • The City of Needles is very excited about seeing this property developed to it’s full potential. Joseph W. Brady CCIM, SIOR LIC # 01057618 PH. 760.951.5111 Ext 101 FAX. 760.951.5113 [email protected] DRE LIC #00773589 P.O. Box 2710 Connect with us on Victorville, CA 92393 NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGE OF PRICE, RENTAL OR OTHER CONDTIONS, WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE, AND IS SUBJECT TO ANY SPECIAL LISTING CONDTIONS IMPOSED BY OUR PRINCIPAL, COOPERATING BROKERS, BUYERS, TENANTS AND OTHER PARTIES WHO RECEIVE THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT RELY ON IT, BUT SHOULD USE IT AS A STARING POINT OF ANALYSIS, AND SHOULD INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN THROUGH A DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW OF THE BOOKS, RECORDS, FILES AND DOCUMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE RELIABLE SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED HEREIN. LOGOS ARE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY ANY MAY BE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES. JOSEPH W. BRADY INC., DBA THE BRADCO COMPANIES CA DRE LIC # 01057618 ±109.70 Acres of Pristine Colorado River Land For Sale in Needles, CA Potential to Build a Resort Along the Colorado River Site This is an exceptional opportunity to purchase an attractive and easily accessible Colorado river front property. Located ±23 miles from Bullhead City, AZ, ±13 miles from Fort Mohave, AZ, ±29 miles from Lake Havasu City, AZ and ±29 miles from Laughlin, NV. The city was founded in May 1883 as a result of the construction of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which originally crossed the Colorado River at Eastbridge, Arizona three miles southeast of modern downtown Needles. The name was derived from the Needles, pointed mountain peaks at the south end of the valley with wind-blown holes in them, visible only by boat from the Colorado River. This point on the Colorado River was a poor site for such a bridge, lacking firm banks and a solid bottom. Additionally, the bridge was not of the best quality, which led to criticism that it was a "flimsy looking structure", and was an obstruction to navigation, since it lacked a draw to allow boat traffic. The flooding and meandering of the Colorado River destroyed the bridge in 1884, 1886 and 1888. Finally, the railroad surrendered to nature and built the Red Rock Bridge, a high cantilever bridge, at a much narrower point with solid rock footings ten miles downstream near modern Topock. The bridge was completed in May 1890.[7]:82 Originally a tent town for railroad construction crews, the railroad company built a hotel, car sheds, shops and a roundhouse. Within a month the town also boasted a Chinese wash-house, a newsstand, a restaurant, a couple of general stores, and nine or ten saloons. The town became the largest port on the river above Yuma, Arizona.[7]:82 The railway and the Fred Harvey Company built the elegant Neoclassical and Beaux-Arts style El Garces Hotel and Santa Fe Station in 1908, which was considered the "crown jewel" of the entire Fred Harvey chain. The landmark building is on the National Register of Historic Places and is being restored. Needles was a major stop on the historic U.S. Route 66 highway from the 1920s through the 1960s. For immigrants from the Midwest Dust Bowl in the 1930s, it was the first town that marked their arrival in California. The city is lined with motels and other shops from that era. The "Carty's Camp", which appears briefly in The Grapes of Wrath as the Joad family enters California from Arizona, is now a ghost tourist court, its remains located behind the 1940s-era 66 Motel. (source:Wikipedia) Joseph W. Brady CCIM, SIOR LIC # 01057618 PH. 760.951.5111 Ext 101 FAX. 760.951.5113 [email protected] BRE LIC #00773589 P.O. Box 2710 Connect with us on Victorville, CA 92393 NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGE OF PRICE, RENTAL OR OTHER CONDTIONS, WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE, AND IS SUBJECT TO ANY SPECIAL LISTING CONDTIONS IMPOSED BY OUR PRINCIPAL, COOPERATING BROKERS, BUYERS, TENANTS AND OTHER PARTIES WHO RECEIVE THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT RELY ON IT, BUT SHOULD USE IT AS A STARING POINT OF ANALYSIS, AND SHOULD INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN THROUGH A DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW OF THE BOOKS, RECORDS, FILES AND DOCUMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE RELIABLE SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED HEREIN. LOGOS ARE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY ANY MAY BE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES. JOSEPH W. BRADY INC., DBA THE BRADCO COMPANIES CA DRE LIC # 01057618 ±109.70 Acres of Pristine Colorado River Land For Sale in Needles, CA Potential to Build a Resort Along the Colorado River Demographic & Income Comparison Profile Censes 2010 Summary 2017 Summary 2022 Summary Trends: 2017-2022 Annual Rate Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. Esri forecasts for 2017 and 2022. Joseph W. Brady LIC # 01057618 PH. 760.951.5111 Ext 101 FAX. 760.951.5113 [email protected] DRE LIC #00773589 P.O. Box 2710 Connect with us on Victorville, CA 92393 NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGE OF PRICE, RENTAL OR OTHER CONDTIONS, WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE, AND IS SUBJECT TO ANY SPECIAL LISTING CONDTIONS IMPOSED BY OUR PRINCIPAL, COOPERATING BROKERS, BUYERS, TENANTS AND OTHER PARTIES WHO RECEIVE THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT RELY ON IT, BUT SHOULD USE IT AS A STARING POINT OF ANALYSIS, AND SHOULD INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN THROUGH A DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW OF THE BOOKS, RECORDS, FILES AND DOCUMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE RELIABLE SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED HEREIN. LOGOS ARE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY ANY MAY BE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES. JOSEPH W. BRADY INC., DBA THE BRADCO COMPANIES CA DRE LIC # 01057618 ±109.70 Acres of Pristine Colorado River Land For Sale in Needles, CA Potential to Build a Resort Along the Colorado River Joseph W. Brady CCIM, SIOR LIC # 01057618 PH. 760.951.5111 Ext 101 FAX. 760.951.5113 [email protected] BRE LIC #00773589 P.O. Box 2710 Connect with us on Victorville, CA 92393 NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IS MADE AS TO THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN. THIS INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED SUBJECT TO ERRORS, OMISSIONS, CHANGE OF PRICE, RENTAL OR OTHER CONDTIONS, WITHDRAWAL WITHOUT NOTICE, AND IS SUBJECT TO ANY SPECIAL LISTING CONDTIONS IMPOSED BY OUR PRINCIPAL, COOPERATING BROKERS, BUYERS, TENANTS AND OTHER PARTIES WHO RECEIVE THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD NOT RELY ON IT, BUT SHOULD USE IT AS A STARING POINT OF ANALYSIS, AND SHOULD INDEPENDENTLY CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN THROUGH A DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW OF THE BOOKS, RECORDS, FILES AND DOCUMENTS THAT CONSTITUTE RELIABLE SOURCES OF THE INFORMATION DESCRIBED HEREIN. LOGOS ARE FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY ANY MAY BE TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES. JOSEPH W. BRADY INC., DBA THE BRADCO COMPANIES CA DRE LIC # 01057618.
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