Mealy Excavating and Construction of Tionesta is doing the infrastructure and road construction for Riverview Place on the Allegheny. The nearly 35 acres of riverfront property in East Brady is almost ready for houses to be built on the land.

EAST BRADY, Clarion County — Nearly 35 acres of riverfront property in the borough is almost ready for houses to be built on it.

The property is owned by Kirby Campbell, a Butler-area businessman, who came up with the idea for the development, called Riverview Place on the Allegheny.

Angela Burtner, owner of Allegheny Mountain Development in Penn Township, is the property developer. She got involved after a couple of chance encounters with Campbell.

“He said, 'I've got a piece of property that you have got to see,'” Burtner said.

She went to see it and was impressed.

“My jaw dropped,” Burtner said.

The property is past the end of Verner Street along the Allegheny River.

There are 37 lots in the plan, and 35 of them are being sold. The remaining two will be common use areas. Lots are between one-third and 2 acres and all but one are riverfront properties.

All of the lots will be hooked up to East Brady's water and sewage lines.

Five of the lots are in Brady Township. However, the borough chose to recognize those as part of the entire development plan and will allow the owners to tap into the borough's water and sewage lines.

Campbell and Burtner began working on the project in 2010. Campbell previously had planned to develop the land, but the borough's sewage plant could not handle the increased flow generated by the new homes.

However, the borough began construction on a new sewage plant a couple years ago, which is nearly complete. This allowed the development to happen.

Mealy Excavating and Construction of Tionesta is doing the infrastructure and road construction.

The houses will be on a private road named Shady Shore Drive in the borough. The road will be made of limestone until construction of the houses is mostly complete. After that, the responsibility of the road will fall to the landowners, who will decide whether or not to have the road gated or paved.

When the development enters the township, the road will be named Hidden Trail Lane and will remain unpaved.

Construction on the site's infrastructure began June 4, and Burtner expects that work to be done this week. During the construction, the Armstrong Trail, which runs concurrent with the new roads, has been closed. It will reopen when construction is complete.

Burtner said the property across the river is state gamelands.

“The view is always going to be gorgeous and pristine,” Burtner said.