Surf Coaster Closed

[chocophile]

We discovered that Surf Coaster in Weirs Beach is closed this year. Any additional info?

[Resident 2B]

In the winter/spring, there were a few local newspaper articles that mentioned they were in the permitting and possibly rezoning process in hopes of building a sunstantial hotel with some of the current Surf Coaster as a related attraction.

I do not know the current status of that project.

There was another seperate project also mentioned for the area across Lucerne Ave from the Weirs Beach firestation. This would be smaller, but on the water possibly with a connection foot bridge to the beach at Weirs. Again, I have no idea where that project currently stands.

So, there are possible changes coming to the Weirs area that should increase the amount of visitors to the general area. Time will tell!

R2B

[Weirs guy]

Thus far the only thing thats been done at Surfcoaster this summer is the Camaro for sale has lost some air in its tires and the parking lots springing grass. Hopefully someone at least utilizes some of the slides there.

[redc5]

The couple that own Surfcoaster just completed their messy divorce a couple months ago. Next time I run inot her, I'll ask about the property

[sa meredith]

Curious about what has become of this property. Is all the Surf Coaster equipment still there, or has it been de-constructed?

[Resident 2B]

All the equipment is there and there is a rather large "For Sale" sign on the fence.

R2B

[sa meredith]

Resident 2B
I like the heading of your post "Stuck in time"....like the rest of the Weirs area.

[jetskier]

Resident 2B
I like the heading of your post "Stuck in time"....like the rest of the Weirs area.

Here is the link to the listing. If you have a little spare change, maybe you could pick it up. :D

Jetskier:cool:


http://www.rocherealty.com/qsresult.shtml?url=http://nh.agentave.com/v12/index.php?action=results&cid=1076&newsearch=1&PClass%5B%5D=1&PClass%5B%5D=2&PClass%5B%5D=3&PClass%5B%5D=4&PClass%5B%5D=5&PClass%5B%5D=6&thetowns[]=Laconia+NH&MinPrice=0&MaxPrice=0&submit=Search+Listings

[Pepper]

Ouch! Methinks it might be a little while before that particular parcel moves.

[nj2nh]

$3.7 million for 13 acres, but the taxes are only $26000+. Hefty price - nice taxes.

My house (1/8 acre, tiny building) is $13000.

Hmmmmmm.

nj2nh

[nj2nh]

After looking at the listing for Surf Coaster, I began, well, surfing throught the other listings.

JT's is for sale as is Dakota Leather. They are both across the street from Funspot, I think.

And that new mini-golf/arcade that was put in where Dexter's Shoes used to be is for rent - for $6. That has to be a mistake. Doesn't look good for Weirs/Laconia businesses right now.

nj2nh

[dpg]

$3.7 million for 13 acres, but the taxes are only $26000+. Hefty price - nice taxes.

My house (1/8 acre, tiny building) is $13000.

Hmmmmmm.

nj2nh

1,000 + per month for taxes? Time to move...

[nj2nh]

Okay, I don't want to get into a tax discussion, but taxes in northern NJ are pretty much like this all over. Would I prefer somewhere else? You bet since I am not a Jersey Girl to begin with. Grew up in Massachusetts which really isn't much better.

For our tax dollars, though, we get garbage pick-up without having to put the cans at the curb. We have recycling pick-up. We have excellent snow removal and a wonderful police department. We have recreational sports teams for soccer, baseball, basketball and lacrosse for every age group. The bulk of our taxes is, of course, our schools. Our high school - with its 800 or so students - was ranked 6th in the state, better than regional schools with lots more money, better than the wealthier communities, better than all but 5 towns.

I would rather pay taxes than tuition, so here I am staying (until my kids graduate and I make the move north that I have been dying to make since I was five years old).

nj2nh

[GTO]

JT's is for sale as is Dakota Leather. They are both across the street from Funspot, I think.


Does that mean that Jolly Jays will survive and remain open? Man, I guess winters are lonely up there. I guess its time for me to get a DVD player.

[Mr. V]

A recent survey said that about half the people living in NJ wanted to move somewhere else out of state.

I was born and raised there and got OUT as soon as I could, and never returned.

"The Garden State?"

Right.

More like "Riots, crime, rabid minorities and super expensive cost of living" state.

[nj2nh]

Now, in fairness, there is no crime or riots where I live. In fact, I think that if I had not been going to NH for every one of my 47 years (:eek:), I would be perfectly content to stay in my little corner of Bergen County pretty much forever. My town is pretty much like Mayberry or Mitford. There is a Halloween parade with all the little ones who trick or treat at the stores in town. The football team and cheerleaders go through town every Saturday morning, tooting horns to get the team all riled up for the game. The baseball kids have a parade on opening day. We have the best Fourth of July parade in the area and it all made up of Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, baseball players, and antique cars.

The town council fights with the Bd of Ed on a regular basis and then they all go out for beer. Our kids go to top colleges and universities. Our newspaper features kids on the front page every week with the occasional shot of ladies playing Mah Jong at the library or the superintendant reading to the kids for Dr. Suess' birthday. The library has two pages in the paper with all its goings on from week to week. The PTA sponsors a walk-to-school day (no buses here) and awards prizes to every kid who participated.

Taxes, well, yes. We got those in abundance. But, overall, my town is a pretty darn nice place to live.

Would I prefer Alton Bay? You betcha! Which is why by screen name is . . .

nj2nh

[Mr. V]

No riots in NJ recently, but I was a young teen when the riots happened, the ones in Newark and Plainfield.

Lived near Plainfield: went to a meeting at a local school auditorium, teachers and others were trying to teach self-defense to the all white audience, including how to kill.

Whoa.

It was time to leave that vale of tears...

The town I grew up in, pretty much all white then, is now mostly Hispanic.

The town next to it is now mostly black.

Hello, White Flight.

[Pepper]

...And that new mini-golf/arcade that was put in where Dexter's Shoes used to be is for rent - for $6. That has to be a mistake. Doesn't look good for Weirs/Laconia businesses right now.

nj2nh

That would be $6 per square foot rent per month, triple net. ;)

[pirkaus]

I'm from Jersey, you from Jersey?
New Jersey, it's a great place to be FROM:D
Moved up here in '77

[Waterbaby]

That would be $6 per square foot rent per month, triple net. ;)



see above, lol.

[brk-lnt]

see above, lol.

(honest question) Have you ever rented/leased commercial real estate? $6NNN is cheap for industrial space, much less for anything that is more "retail"-ish.

[CentreHarborEric]

Leasing commercial space is what I do, though I've never leased an arcade or a mini golf course before.
The $6/SF NNN in this case could refer not only to buildings but also land, which might all of the sudden make this look very expensive. My guess is that the actual SF of buildings is minor, and for this reason the rent couldn't be based on that.
Retail leases often include clauses where the tenant pays the landlord a percentage of receipts or profits, too.
Keep in mind, most users would get 12 months of use out of their $6/SF NNN warehouse space, getting 2.5-3 months of good use plus maybe a month or 2 in the shoulder seasons for a property/use like this changes the equation.
But, a lot of the work has been done in permitting, development, construction, signage, etc., so it does have the benefit of low start up cost!

[Waterbaby]

Sometimes I can express myself, and sometimes I can't because I just "intuit" things -- you did a great job of explaining what I had in my head and couldn't get on paper, so to speak. Or not to speak, lol. I know the property/location, and the access or lack thereof during busy times in that area; also the reputation of it being pretty high-priced for a mini-golf course so the next "owner" would have to deal with that, and I just thought it was a bit high. Thanks again!

(Perhaps Starbucks should rent it and sell coffee from the "clubhouse"? lol)