0 Carlon Loop Rd - Carlon Loop Rd Residential Development Tract

100± acre Carlon Loop Road Tract, located a 10-minute drive from City of Longview, is one of the largest unzoned residential development tracts available for sale in the Longview/Kelso market. It has excellent access from Coal Creek Road south to Ocean Highway east to Longview and I-5, or west to the coast. Smallholding designation with Cowlitz County Comprehensive Plan allows a new owner to create ten 10-acre lots by segregation, and exempt from Cowlitz County Land Use Approval . The only requirement is to survey each tract so it can be recorded. Another option is for development of up to twenty 5-acre homesites under the large lot subdivision process.
Seller is offering the 100± acres in both its entirety with published reserve price of $695,000, or in two 50-acre tracts – the north 50 acres at $295,000 and the south 50 acres at $400,000. Sale to two buyers will be subject to partition approval, and roadway and utility easement. South parcel will have view homesites south to Columbia River.
The 100± acres was harvested over 20 years ago. It has a mix of hardwoods and some Douglas-fir. There is a good logging road over 7,000 feet in length and partially rocked from Carlon Loop Road that provides access from the northeast to the southern end, providing a number of good homesites – some with views after clearing.
Development of the homesites will require extension of power and cable from Carlon Loop Road and improvements to the former logging road. On-site septic and well will be required.
A new nine-lot development by Lower Columbia Properties, LLC is located adjacent to the auction property and is being marketed with two to three acre lots, prices starting at $189,000. The lot price includes power, cable, and water provided by City of Longview. This increased density of 16 of the 80 acre property was obtained in 2023 by reclassification in the Comprehensive Plan, from Smallholding to Rural. A similar amendment for a portion or the entire Auction Property could significantly increase allowable number of homesites.
The Carlon Loop/Coal Creek Road area is served by Longview School District, with Robert Gray Elementary School, Mt. Solo Middle School, and Mark Morris High School the designated schools.
Combination of 100± acre Carlon Loop Road property size, proximity to Longview, adjacent new homesite development, and option to increase density, provides a rare acquisition opportunity at $6,950 per acre for the entire tract, or in two 50-acre parcels at $5,900 per acre, with Seller financing.