Old KGID treatment plant and trailers removed for new luxury Lake Tahoe project

What was once home to 155 mobile homes and the KGID water treatment plant took one big step towards being a luxury condominium project on Wednesday when developers tore down the plant.

The mobile homes are all gone, with the remaining few given 90 day notices in January to vacate the property.

Going up on the 20-acre site will be the Tahoe Beach Club Lakefront, a 143 two-five-bedroom luxury condominium residences. The first phase, expected to be completed in Fall 2017, will include 48 residences.

Bob Mecay, CEO of Beach Club Development, got behind the controls of the heavy equipment to remove the last vestiges of the retired water treatment plant. In its lace will be The Beach Club athletic facility.

“It’s a momentous occasion for us because it signifies the start of our project as well as milestone for environmental improvements,” said Mecay. “The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Board of Governors unanimously approved the project due to its environmental benefits.”

The buildings will be LEED-certified to improve and restore its natural surroundings. Streams spanning over two acres will be restored and native vegetation will be utilized throughout the property. Once finalized the project will reduce the number of sediment run-off from approximately 11,000 to 600 pounds a year. Greenhouse gas emissions anticipate to be reduced by more than 60 percent.
The project also complements the Nevada Tahoe Conservancy District’s efforts to restore ecological function of Rabe Meadow within the Burke Creek channel, reduce pollutants into the lake and improve safety in case of a flood.

The Kingsbury General Improvement District’s (KGID) new $19 million water treatment plant was relocated to the back of the property in 2015. The state of the art facility utilizes ultraviolet treatment to the ozone disinfection, which meets Environmental Protection Agency requirements.

“This is a great example of the partnership between private industry and the public sector coming together to make both projects happen” said Cameron McKay, general manager of KGID.

Those living in the mobile home park were originally told in 2003 that they would have to move so the project could be built. It took 14 years of planning to get to this point.