Mild Winter Weather Helps Keeps Dune Deck Project On Track

Work on a new oceanfront resort on Dune Road in Westhampton Beach—on the site of the iconic Dune Deck Hotel which was demolished in June—continues to progress on schedule thanks to the mild winter weather, according to officials with the Discovery Land Company, the Arizona-based developer that is behind the project.

Though recent heavy rains have caused some issues, such as heavy mud conditions, work on the new hotel, also to be named Dune Deck, which began in October, appears to be on schedule for a summer 2017 completion.“We have driven 900 of 1,100 piles and the framing and sheathing [are] progressing nicely,” John Koziol, the construction operations manager for Discovery Land, wrote in an email this week. “Concrete pours for the parking garage are under way as well.”

RLW4 Builders LLC, the company that is actually building the resort, began construction in the fall, which was a tad later than what Roy Wines, the owner and president of the Southampton-based company, wanted. He attributed the delay to the permit and approval process.

“The weather helped us make up the time that we were set back at the beginning,” Mr. Wines said in an email this week.

Westhampton Beach Building and Zoning Administrator Paul Houlihan has been conducting regular inspections, and has noticed that the construction crews seem to be moving rapidly, primarily because of Mother Nature’s cooperation. “They have had tremendous weather,” Mr. Houlihan said.

Discovery Land Senior Vice President Mark Hissey previously stated that, if all goes as planned, the new resort should be completed by summer 2017.

The 32,141-square-foot hotel will feature 33 two-bedroom units, an outside deck, a main pool, a jacuzzi and kiddie pool, tennis courts, a restaurant and a bar. It will also boast an updated septic system that conforms to Suffolk County standards, according to the developer.

Discovery Land purchased the old 69-unit complex, as well as the 4.8 acres of oceanfront land on which it sat, in March 2015 for $19 million. The old hotel was then demolished to make way for the new facility.