Recent commercial property sales include CJ’s Beach House and Loomis Hall building

Several notable commercial properties in Blaine and Birch Bay had a change of hands in December including the CJ’s Beach House property and the historic Loomis Hall building. This information has been compiled by the Whatcom County Assessor and Treasurer website and the Washington state Secretary of State website. 

Birch Bay

Rhino Development LLC purchased the CJ’s Beach House property for $3.15 million. Rhino Development is owned by The Beach at Birch Bay owners – Kelly Koehn, Randall Sheriff and Peter Van Der Zalm – and Tonia Thrift and Duane Nelson.

The CJ’s Beach House property includes the 11,736-foot restaurant on Birch Bay Drive as well as the Sea Links Golf Course, which is behind the building. The sale also included 317 feet of waterfront property on Birch Bay Drive and two properties at 7853 and 7833 Blaine Road.

Koehn did not respond to requests for more information on plans for the CJ’s Beach House property.

Blaine

Erika and Jesse Creydt, of Touchstone Health Clinic, purchased the historic Loomis Hall building at 288 Martin Street for $1.4 million. The 14,013-square-foot building was built in 1903 and houses the Touchstone Health Clinic, a mental health clinic owned by the Creydt family. The property is situated on .15 acres of land.

John Strode and Charlie Gilcrease purchased the building housing Jack Niemann’s Black Forest Steakhouse for $1.35 million. The two-story building, at 638 Peace Portal Drive, also houses Jones & Jones U.S. Custom Brokers, Air Safety Art and the former Nimbus Real Estate office, which has been dissolved and will soon be acquired by Ferndale’s Rockwood Realty. The 9,676-square-foot property includes a parking lot.

Strode, the former owner of the Loomis Hall building, said he decided to purchase the 638 Peace Portal Drive property when a potential buyer showed interest in purchasing the Loomis Hall building. Strode doesn’t plan to make any changes to his new Peace Portal Drive property, he said.