Plans for a new $10-million clubhouse to replace the Sea Pines Beach Club won unanimous approval from a Hilton Head Island town design board last April.
Board members offered compliments and relatively minor recommendations about the project, which would be constructed on the existing club's site off North Sea Pines Drive near Plantation Golf Club.
The plans call for a new, more than 25,000-square-foot facility with indoor and outdoor areas to be built on the site of the current club, off North Sea Pines Drive next to Marriott's Monarch at Sea Pines. The new club will feature an indoor restaurant and bar; "fast casual" concessions such as pre-prepared sandwiches, salads and drinks; an open-air beach bar; a second-floor space for private receptions, conferences and parties; retail and office space; and expanded restrooms, showers and changing rooms.
according to Sea Pines Resort president Steve Birdwell. "Right now we have a really dated and tired facility that is really in need of replacement. adding that the new club will remain - casual, with a beachy feeling to it.- We're very much a family beach resort, and we think this new beach club is really planned for the long-term future for the resort, " Birdwell said. "I think creating a great beachfront and beach experience ... is important as we think about the next 10, 20 and even 30 years."
The Plantation Golf Club currently has spill-over parking, and Birdwell said the resort is making plans to handle the increased traffic, including:
Tripling the number of bicycle parking spots to 300.
Offering a shuttle van to transport guests from the Inn at Harbour Town.
Regular stops by the resort's trolley service.
Off-site employee parking.
Birdwell said the resort also has considered offering valet parking.
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