WEST SHORE - A slack tide in the real estate market isn't slowing marine work at three waterfront developments along West Shore Boulevard.

Boaters and Gandy Bridge motorists are likely to see work barges along the Old Tampa Bay shoreline throughout the year. Here's a quick look at the activity:

Tampa Harbour Yacht Club

Crews are expected to begin installing docks at the former Bayside Marina, 5200 W. Tyson Ave., by mid-February.

The Tampa Port Authority approved a permit for 72 replacement docks at the marina, which is being transformed into Tampa Harbour Yacht Club. The club is selling 40 permanent wet slips, or "dockominiums," and dry storage for about 655 boats inside the 85-foot-tall, 165,000-square-foot "rackominium" rising along the waterfront.

The remaining 32 wet slips will provide temporary mooring as boats are lifted in and out of the water.

The old fuel dock is being replaced with a new floating fuel dock equipped with sanitary pump-out facilities.

Project developer Steeve Knight of Fort Myers-based Yacht Clubs of the Americas said he plans to open the club in early March. He said about 200 slips have been sold.

"In a bad market we are doing pretty good," he said.

New Port Tampa Bay

Tampa-based EcoGroup Inc. asked the port authority this month for a permit to dredge the former Imperial Yacht Basin, 5000 W. Gandy Blvd., near the Salty Sol Fleischman Boat Ramp.

EcoGroup's plans to develop the marina and 1,200 condo units and shops for a project called New Port Tampa Bay were placed on hold as the market cooled last year. Construction cranes were removed from the 52-acre site as the company explores whether to sell the property or obtain new financing.

The permit request calls for dredging 26,500 cubic feet of sediment from the 50-year-old marina to an average depth of 10 feet. The spoils would be trucked to a landfill south of Orlando.

Assistant project manager Steve Barber said the company needs to move ahead with the dredging, even if other aspects of the development are in limbo. He said EcoGroup spent about $5 million on a 2,400-foot-long sea wall.

EcoGroup's plans for a 178-slip marina drew fire last year from boaters and the Marine Law Enforcement Citizens Advisory Board. Critics said the slips would be too close to the county boat ramp.

The slips require a separate permit, which is pending. A decision on the dredging permit is expected in February.

Georgetown Apartments

The port authority in November approved a permit for canal dredging and other marine work at the former Georgetown Apartments north of Gandy.

Fort Lauderdale-based developer Motta Group plans to dredge the two channels that form the northern and southern boundary of the 162-acre property. The developer also wants to dredge eight smaller canals and link them by excavating waterways.

A marina along the southern channel will be improved to include 90 private slips, and 99 additional slips will be available within the canal system.

The marine work probably won't start until late spring, said Roy Paskow, head of the Motta Group. Demolition of the 40-year-old apartment buildings will begin sooner.

It will take up to nine months to clear the site. Development details haven't been revealed.

Reporter Mark Holan can be reached at (813) 835-2102 or mholan@tampatrib.com.