Marin City housing project intrigues: Offer fails, but sale ‘in progress’

A southern Marin developer said his help was enlisted in resolving a controversy over an apartment complex planned in Marin City, but he declined the offer.

Jack Krystal said he was approached about the possibility of relocating about half of the 74 apartments slated for 825 Drake Ave. to a 2.2-acre parcel he owns nearby at 260 Redwood Highway. The property is along the Richardson Bay shoreline.

“Somebody called me,” Krystal said, “and I quickly derailed that saying that my property...