A pair of Washington state developers want to build a 12-acre lodge and spa with underground parking on the bluffs of the Deschutes River above the Bill Healy Memorial Bridge.

Representatives of Vancouver-based DenJoe Enterprises met with Bend planners Aug. 25 to discuss a tentative proposal to build 108 new hotel units and 24 condominium units with 25,000 square feet of retail and 11,000 square feet of office space on the site of Pine Ridge Inn, 1200 SW Century Drive.

The proposal represents a major expansion of the 22-room hotel, which opened in 1995, and sits east of the roundabout at Colorado Avenue and Century Drive, across from the Cascade Lakes brew pub.

Property owner Don Moilanen said it is premature to speculate what might happen on the 12-acre site. Moilanen said DenJoe has yet to come up with the cash for the purchase with a Sept. 28 deadline approaching.

”They are not authorized to do anything with this property,” he said. ”Until they are in the driver’s seat, it’s all hypothetical.”

DJ Doran, a partner in DenJoe, said his firm has already handed over $250,000 in earnest money for the purchase and plans to close on the deal by the end of the month.

Doran said he could not comment on other details of the transaction or the development plans because of confidentiality agreement with Moilanen.

However, preliminary information submitted by DenJoe shows they intend to provide 327 parking spaces for the development, including 215 underground parking spaces.

The centerpiece of the plan would be a luxury spa with indoor and outdoor pools, therapy rooms and a simulated creek running through the floor. Plans state the spa would include an ”edgeless” pool at the top of the river bluffs overlooking the Des-chutes River.

The concept for a mixed-use resort is not a new idea for the site.

The developer of the existing Pine Ridge Inn, Moilanen, obtained approval for a 180-unit hotel and conference center with a mix of retail and restaurant uses in the early 1990s.

Those plans, however, never materialized.

The new proposal will require DenJoe to comply with several regulations designed to protect the Deschutes River that have been adopted since the earlier plan was approved in 1994.

City Planner Steve Miller said the developers also indicated that they may need to go beyond the 30-foot height limit in the area.

The builders, who could not be reached for comment Friday, have not yet submitted a formal development plan for the site.

However, a 30-page project outline submitted Aug. 12 to the city indicates that DenJoe would like to build hotel housing in stand-alone, three-story units.

Office, retail uses and condominiums also would be contained in three-story buildings located on the west side of the site, the outline states.

Under the city’s current development code, DenJoe could seek a conditional use permit to go as high as 50 feet.

The draft development code, currently being reviewed by the city council, would allow buildings up to 55 feet without a special permit.

City regulations say the development would be subject to whichever code is in effect when an application for the project is submitted and deemed complete by planners.

There are other factors besides height rules that could impact DenJoe Enterprises’ plans.

The developers would have to navigate rules that require setbacks from the river and from certain natural features, designated as Areas of Special Interest by Bend’s planning rules.

In the case of the river, the Bend Water Overlay Zone rules prohibit buildings to be constructed within 100 feet of the ordinary high water mark.

The Planning Commission has the discretion to reduce that requirement to not less than 40 feet.

DenJoe would also be required to provide a minimum 30-foot buffer between buildings and the bluffs, which are designated as an area of special interest, said Dale VanValkenburg, Bend’s current planning manager.