Bulldozer + excavator
The bulldozer pushes and spreads. The Hitachi excavator handles the detail work. Together they get the base layer to grade — flat, even, and ready for the roller.
If you toured a garage condo before and the lot was still dirt — that picture is changing. Building 1 isn’t just finishing inside. The driveway, the approach, the first impression when you pull up after a day on Diamond Lake — or when you’re backing in a project car on a Saturday night — that’s all being built right now.
This is the kind of work you can’t fake. Dump trucks. Rollers. Survey stakes with pink flags. And at night, the building lit up for the first time with dawn-to-dusk fixtures. The project is real. The finish line is close.
01 — Deliver
Aggregate hits the ground
Before asphalt goes down, you need a proper base — crushed stone delivered, spread, and ready to compact. That’s what this week was about.
Watch a dump truck tilt its bed and you understand the scale of this project. This isn’t a driveway patch — it’s a full parking and approach layout in front of three garage bays, built to handle boats, trailers, classic cars on a trailer, and the toys and tools that outgrew your garage at home.
02 — Grade & Spread
Shaping the lot
Bulldozer and excavator on site — grading the base layer, pushing stone into place, getting the elevation right before compaction.
03 — Compact
Locking in the base layer
A loose pile of stone isn’t a driveway. The Sakai vibratory roller and plate compactor turn it into a solid foundation for asphalt.
Big roller, tight spaces
The Sakai handles the open lot. Up close to the building, a plate compactor finishes what the roller can’t reach — along the stone wainscoting, around the entry doors, tight to the garage bays.
When you see a roller making pass after pass across the lot, that’s the base getting locked in. Asphalt comes next — but only on a base that’s been graded and compacted properly. That’s the difference between a driveway that lasts and one that doesn’t.
04 — On Site
The full picture
Measured. Marked. Compacted. Building 1 from the lot — three bays, stone wainscoting, black garage doors.
05 — After Dark
Building 1, lit for the first time
Two of three dawn-to-dusk fixtures are live. The building reads differently at night — stone wainscoting, black siding, and garage door windows catching the light.
Even the exterior is in the finishing stretch.
The third bay light is still coming online — honest progress, not a staged photo. When all three are on and asphalt is down, this is the first thing you’ll see pulling in — off the lake, or after a long evening with a project on the lift.
06 — What’s Next
From gravel to blacktop
Base layer is down. Asphalt is next — and this is the approach you’ll drive in on when it’s finished.
Today
Paved entry vision
Drag the slider to compare today’s lot with the paved entry ahead
Slide the gold line with your finger to compare — works anywhere on the photo
Right side is a design render — finished asphalt entry shown for illustration
On the left is what’s on the ground today — compacted gravel, tire tracks, survey flags, building in the background. On the right is where it’s headed: smooth black asphalt, clean approach, pull straight into your bay — boat on the trailer, cars on the floor, or both.
The base layer had to happen first. What you’re looking at on the right is the finish — and it’s closer than the gravel makes it feel.
07 — At a Glance
Site + building, together
Three acres. Three bays in Building 1. Base layer down, asphalt next, two units still available.
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Acres
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Garage bays
Base
Layer down
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Units left
Inside, the mezzanine kitchenette is going in and bathroom finishes are locked. Outside, the lot is catching up. If you’ve been waiting for the full picture — structure, finishes, and site — this is it coming together.
Whether your unit holds lake gear, a collection, or the workshop you’ve been planning — the approach and the building are finally reading as one finished place.
Two units remain in Building 1. Come see it in person before they’re spoken for.
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Tours by appointment. Two units left in Building 1. Day or night — the building tells the story either way.
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