It has a marina, boat launching area, docks and tennis courts and a 700-foot salt-water beach, which has been closed for three years because of high bacteria counts.
In 20 years, when the district is fully built out, the study says, the South Waterfront is expected to support 1,000 units of housing, 30,000 square feet of retail space and restaurants, 320,000 square feet of office space and more than 100 marina boat slips.
At the marina, boats run regularly to El Arco, at the very end of the land where the Pacific meets the Sea of Cortez (prices vary widely, up to $50 a person, so make sure you negotiate beforehand).
Marinas and boat yards personnel prepare boats and yachts for transport and typically will only allow their employees to prepare boats while on their property.
Marinas and boat sellers, their customers already buffeted by high gasoline prices, also raised alarms.
The Town Hall can be found here, plus a number of yacht clubs, marinas and boat launches.
And some resort developers have found a niche that has not been fully mined: luxe marinas with boat slips that can serve giant yachts.
Marinas and boat slips cluster along the river, and boarded-up shucking houses dot the two-lane roads that embrace the weedy shore.
It is home to four large marinas: the Boat Lagoon Marina (180 wet berths), the Royal Phuket Marina (81 wet berths) and the recently opened Ao Po Grand Marina (200 wet berths), all on the east coast, and the Yacht Haven Marina (200 wet berths) in the northeast.
