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A 4,020-square-foot model home at The Newport Beach Club is selling for $3.9 million. Haute Property NEWS, STARS, AND TRENDS IN REAL ESTATE the sporting man's estate A NEW COASTAL COMMUNITY SWINGS BEYOND THE 18TH HOLE TO INCLUDE YEAR-ROUND RIDING, TENNIS, SQUASH, AND EVEN ARCHERY. BY JANICE O'LEARY U pscale, gated communities have taken off around the country. But the majority have emerged in areas where land is plentiful, and if there's a theme, it's relegated to golf. So the arrival of a private estate community here in densely settled, parkland-preserved New England comes as something of a surprise. This fall O'Neill Properties launched The Newport Beach Club, a sister property to The Carnegie pany founder and chairman, has become one of the nation's leading experts on renovating brownfields, creating live, work, and play commu- nities from former industrial sites, which is what he's done here and at Carnegie Abbey. The Newport Beach Club is located on what used to be the Weyerhauser Lumber Yard—a 150-acre parcel right on the water. After years of approvals and remediation, the property was finally ready for con- struction. With Carnegie Abbey, he developed The Tower at Carnegie Abbey, a 22-story luxury condominium building on the site where Kaiser Aluminum once built aluminum cables. Because of O'Neill's presence through Carnegie Abbey since it launched in 2002, he has kept an eye on properties that might fit his vision, says Abbey Club, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Developer Brian O'Neill, com- Maureen Fraser, director of sales and marketing for O'Neill Properties Group, New England Division. "Such direct waterfront access is rare," she says of the Newport club's choice location. Indeed, for beach and fishing enthusiasts, it will have a resort-style beach with cabanas and a pool, as well as 120 boat slips large enough to accommodate boats up to 110 feet long. continued on page 116 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 115 PHOTOGRAPHY BY AL WEEMS PHOTOGRAPHY