The Village at Loch Lomond Marina is located on Pt. San Pedro Road and bordered by three subdivisions: San Pedro Cove to the west, Bayside Acres to the east, and Loch Lomond to the north. The first two subdivisions are separated from the marina by inlets from the bay while Loch Lomond is separated from the Marina property by Pt. San Pedro Road.
The Village at Loch Lomond Marina Property Owners
The Property Ownership History of this property can be found below. The current ownership structure is the result of several sales in recent years. From a single original owner there are now several owners. All of the owners are members of The Village at Loch Lomond Marina Master Association, Inc. (“Village Association). Within the Village Association, there is The Strand Community Association, Inc. (“Strand HOA”), Safe Harbor Marinas (SHM), Trumark Homes, Marina Village Associates (MVA), and Andy and Troy Bachich (owners of Andy’s Local Market and the undeveloped property at the western corner of Pt. San Pedro Road and Loch Lomond Drive). The Strand HOA is composed of individual residential owners.
A full description of this current ownership structure and the properties owned by each entity as well as other agencies and entities involved in this development can be found on the Village at Loch Lomond Marina – Who’s Who page.
Development Status
The Construction Status page provides more details on the current status of the development of The Village at Loch Lomond Marina. Until May 2024, the Coalition’s Marina Committee met on the third Monday of the month with the S.R. Community Development Department (CDD), the S.R. Department of Public Works (DPW), the ownership entities within the Village at Loch Lomond Marina, and other involved entities. After each meeting a status report was posted on this website. See Loch Lomond Marina News for current and past reports and other marina-related postings. Information on this project from the City of San Rafael’s point-of-view can be found on the S.R. Community Development’s website page that is specific to this development. Links to other relevant documents can be found on the Site Design page and in the Marina Committee Library. The BCDC permit covering this development has undergone several updates. The latest version released July 30, 2021 can be viewed in the Marina Library (use the magnification icon to enlarge it for readability or download it).
The Village at Loch Lomond Marina development is near completion and future activities are dependent on new development initiated by various owners. Thus, the regular meetings identified above have terminated. There are two bulldings identified in the initial permits on the properties owned by SHM and the undeveloped parcel owned by Andy and Troy Bachich. In addition, the Loch Lomond Yacht Club is due to receive a “facelift” to match surrounding buildings. At this time, no permits have been issued and the owners have not indicated any near-term plans. The Marina Committee is most concerned regarding the property adjacent to the Loch Lomond Yacht Club building between that building and the public plaza adjacent to Andy’s Local Market. That building could have a significant impact on the public plaza. Until activity commences on any of these properties or some other action of community interest begins, the Marina Committee is in “standby” mode.
The Marina Committee
We invite members of the community to support the Loch Lomond Marina Committee in this effort and to keep us informed by using the Marina Committee Contact form if you obtain any pertinent information or have specific concerns. Ensuring that the resulting development is acceptable to the neighborhoods and residences surrounding the marina as well as to the general San Rafael community requires constant vigilance from the citizenry.
Property Ownership History
Originally developed in the 1950’s, the marina property was part of the Loch Lomond neighborhood and contained the marina, a market and some additional commercial and retail entities. It subsequently split off from the Loch Lomond HOA neighborhood. Years later, a major mixed retail and residential development called The Village at Loch Lomond Marina was approved by the City of San Rafael. This development of 81 residential units, full-service grocery, commercial space, and marina was given final approval by all agencies and the City of San Rafael in late 2007. While The Village at Loch Lomond Marina is the name of the full development, the residential sub-portion was named The Strand at Loch Lomond Marina (“Strand HOA”) which constitutes a Homeowners Association within the Village at Loch Lomond Marina.
After the project approvals were granted in 2007, then owner Oaktree Capital began searching for a purchaser of the property and related project entitlements rather than conduct the development work. Due to a severe market downturn, the State of California issued a two subsequent statewide two-year extensions (AB208) to valid subdivision maps. Extensions for other City approvals were simultaneously granted. As a result, the expiration date of the permits for this development was extended to August 20, 2014. The property was subsequently sold to Woodridge Capital Partners on March 19, 2013. Woodridge Capital Partners created a separate subsidiary called Marina Village Associates, LLC (MVA) which began the first stages of construction in August 2013. This initiated several years of start/stop construction.
In 2015, The Village at Loch Lomond Marina Master Association, Inc. (“Village Association”) was formed as the owner of the common area parcels such as the marina green, boardwalk, east and west jetties, and Loch Lomond Drive which have a public access overlay. The Village Association is the umbrella association containing all of the owners of property within the Village at Loch Lomond Marina development. A Community Facilities District (CFD, sometimes known as a Mello-Roos District) was created to fund the maintenance and upkeep of the common areas by assessing an annual tax on all of the properties within the Village at Loch Lomond Marina. Tax collection began in 2017, and in February 2022 the City of San Rafael accepting the improvements and assuming responsibility for the expenditure of the tax funds.
In 2020, MVA announced that it was seeking buyers for this property. It sought to sell the marina-related properties and the residential-related properties separately. Subsequently, in mid-2020 the marina-related properties were sold to Safe Harbor Marinas (SHM) which included the marina, yacht club building, boat launch ramp and other bayside properties.
In April 2021, MVA sold the remaining residential parcels that it owned to Trumark Homes, which consisted on the undeveloped and unsold parcels within The Strand subdivision. Trumark’s page on their website for The Strand provides their marketing and sales information. MVA retained the parcel containing the vacant commercial building on the corner of Loch Lomond Drive and Pt. San Pedro Road and the adjacent parking area and began actively seeking a buyer. In 2023, MVA sold that parcel to Andy & Troy Bachich, owners of Andy’s Local Market within The Village at Loch Lomond Marina. Andy Bachich is currently working on plans for the development of this parcel but no plans have yet to be formally presented to the S.R. Planning Department.
An area containing wetlands was set aside as a conservation zone that is to be protected and remain in a natural state. Those plans included barriers and other methods to accomplish that objective. Fencing and informational signs have been placed around the seasonal wetlands advising people that there are ordinances protecting the area and forbidding entry since it is a nesting ground. Much more information about these wetlands and the adjacent Beach Drive Inlet can be found in the Wetlands section of this website under Loch Lomond Marina Wetlands.