The Freelance Star recently published a story about development coming to Lake Anna. The Lake Anna Island Complex will be home to two new restaurants, a combination ice cream/coffee shop, a fitness center, a clubhouse and several other businesses. Customers will be able to pull up on boats and dock at the Island Shops.

The next project for this area is a 60,000-square-foot condo building that will bring the total number of condos at the Lake Anna Complex to 80. The number of boat slips at Lake Anna Yacht Club also is expected to eventually increase from 40 currently to more than 400, and should find a ready market with boaters living in Charlottesville, the Fredericksburg area and Northern Virginia.

This kind of development will help to protect and increase property values of homes in the area.

"By next spring, the Lake Anna Island Complex near Mineral in Louisa County should be bustling.

The development will be getting a 15,000-square-foot building called The Island Shops that will house two restaurants, a fitness center, a clubhouse and several businesses.

'We're looking for completion by the end of March or the beginning of April. Right now there's just the docks, boat slips and a real estate office,' said B.J. Blount of Lake Anna Realty, who is chairman of the Lake Anna Chamber of Commerce and a partner in the development.

J.A. Snyder Entities in Stroudsburg, Pa., broke ground for The Island Shops yesterday. Its restaurants will include Asian Cafe, a combination Japanese steakhouse and sushi bar. The other, as yet unnamed, will serve American-style fare, and customers will be able to pull up in their boats, dock, and eat on the pier.

'People will feel as comfortable there in bathing suits and shorts as Hawaiian shorts and shirts,' Blount said. 'It will be a nice place for lunch or dinner.'

Other tenants will include Lake Anna Island Realty, which will move there from its present location on the property, plus Northern Virginia Title and Escrow, a hair and nail salon, and a combination ice cream shop and coffee bar, Blount said.

Next up for the 30-acre Lake Anna Island project will be a 60,000-square-foot building that will contain 40 condos, bringing the total to 80. Plans call for 140 condos when the project is built out."

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