The Vineyard Mixed Use Lifestyle Center Development Business Plan

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The VineyardMixed Use Lifestyle Center
Development Business Plan

• Summary
• Matrot Castle
• Kansas Heritage Park
• Matrots Veneyard
• Bear Lake Subdivision
• Winery and Vineyard
• About Topeka
• Development and Investment Summary
• Contact Information

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The Vineyard Summary

• The Vineyard is a mixed use development project
  that consists of several parts
• Bear Lake Subdivision, Kansas Heritage Park,
  Matrots Vineyard, and Matrot Castle.
• The overall goal of the development project is to
  have a destination place in Topeka, KS, to
  promote Kansas heritage with such unique anchors
  as the Matrot Castle and the original Vineyard,
  to develop an upscale community with unique
  landscapes and architecture and to establish a
  heritage market that will feature Kansas products
  and services.
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• The developer's efforts have been to bring back
  the legacy of such historical significance in the
  form of revived tourism, sales and public
  interest. All the adjoining developments are part
  of the unified effort to create a unique,
  unmatched lifestyle center for the residents,
  onlookers, and tourists. This center will serve
  not only as a destination place for leisure
  activities, it is planned to become an
  educational tool for children, teenagers and
  college students where they can learn about their
  history, practice their skills and apply their
  knowledge through internships, tours, various
  holiday celebrations, and casual visits.
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The Vineyard Matrot Castle

• Matrot Castle is the most unique attraction in
  Topeka and surrounding areas.
• Seraphin Matrot was a French refugee who came to
  Kansas in the late 19th century escaping from
  political prosecution. He built his castle in
  Topeka as a replica of his original house in
  France. Many stories, mysteries, and facts
  surround the Matrot family. Matrots unmatched
  legacy that he left for all the Kansans was his
  Vineyard and his efforts to cultivate a piece of
  France in the remote Kansas valley. His original
  Vineyard consisted of 20 acres which is currently
  represented by Matrots Vineyard, a residential
  subdivision.
• Today Matrot Castle stands out as a unique
  attraction in the community offering tours, wine
  tasting and fundraising events for private groups
  and organizations. In its early stages of
  development, the Castle has already been a host
  for Nancy Boydas fundraiser with Governor
  Sibelious in attendance, Halloween celebrations
  with audiences of 600 people, Russian and
  Armenian Rotary Delegations, and other. The
  Matrot Castle has been featured in the 2007
  Topeka Beautification Tour of prominent gardens
  in Topeka.
• More than 800 grape vines have been planted
  around the Castle and adjoining developments in
  an effort to create the actual Vineyard
  environment. In addition to wine tasting, grape
  juice and wine making, the Matrot Castle is
  planned as the only place to represent all 15
  Kansas wineries in one location.

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The Vineyard Matrot Castle

• EXCERPTS FROM HISTORY
• The Matrot family had experienced more than their
  share of terror, torture and persecution before
  fleeing France to the asylum of the rolling hills
  of NE Kansas. They built their castle and
  vineyards only to be caught up in early
  prohibition movement requiring a physicians
  prescription to buy their wines. They were
  accustomed to adverse odds and persevered despite
  their history of hard times, a language and
  customs barrier. The Matrot family purchased
  their land and started their castle in 1883.
• In 1827, Wilhem Hauff wrote Wine Ghosts of Bremen
  in Stuttgart, Germany. Though before Matrots
  time, the story declared that vintners and wine
  drinkers came back after death to discuss both
  wine and politics and to watch over and guard the
  vineyards and wine making. There is lots of
  evidence that Seraphin Matrot may have read that
  book. While no one has seen wine ghosts (jui
  kius) imbibing reds and whites in his castle,
  someone or something watches over the castle and
  grounds.

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The Vineyard Kansas Heritage Park (KHF)

• KHF is a mixed use PUD with the following uses
• Commercial, Office and Institutional,
  Residential.
• Status Zoned, Platted, Approved
• Total Area 8.75 acres
• Comments Proposed plat includes 18 3-story mixed
  use buildings with 2400 per floor and a water
  feature in the center (ice skating rink,
  fountain, other). Zoning uses are planned as
  follows retail for the first floor, office for
  the second floor, loft apartments for the top
  floor. Other sizes and combinations are possible.
• Description KHF is an open air mixed use
  development that offers a unique experience of
  urban living in a town square and main street
  environment as found in small Kansas communities
  in the early 1900s. The development is enhanced
  by the old brick streets, street lights,
  landscape, gates, water features, the vineyard
  and proximity to Matrot Castle. All buildings
  will resemble the castle and match in
  architecture an style.

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The Vineyard Kansas Heritage Park (KHF)

• Proposed Construction

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The Vineyard Matrots Vineyard

• Office, Institutional and Multifamily
• Status Zoned, Platted, Approved
• Total Area 152,437 sq ft
• Comments Includes the Old Vineyard Market office
  building
• Other Features Old Country Church, Log Cabins,
  Carved Bears, Grape Vines
• Comments This location is planned as the venue
  for weddings, social events, Kansas Farmers
  market and office and duplex developments.

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The Vineyard Matrots Vineyard

• Residential
• Status Zoned, Platted, Approved
• Total Area 152,437 sq ft
• Comments 37 building lots available.
• Comments This is the original 20 acres that
  Seraphin Matrot had acquired and had his vineyard
  on.

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The Vineyard Bear Lake Subdivision

• Status Zoned Residential, Platted, Approved
• Total Area 17 acres
• Comments 63 building lots available. The
  subdivision is planned as an exclusive gated
  community with club house, a winery and a lake
• Features Bear Lake, carved bears, grape vines,
  wrought iron gates

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The Vineyard Winery and Vineyard

• Seraphin Matrot was a winemaker in a France and
  he brought his mastery and skills to remote
  Kansas. He built the Matrot Castle by hiring
  local Indian labor and paid them with wine.
  Today, the Matrot Family still operates its
  vineyards in France.
• The Matrot Castle and Vineyard, LLC has been set
  up to restore the winery and make it a tourist
  attraction and a unique business opportunity.
  Grape vines have been planted and the first
  harvest is expected this fall. The Matrot Castle
  and Vineyard, LLC is working with Kansas State
  university, local community, and local wineries
  on developing the business plan and investment
  packages for interested investors.
• The wine museum in the Castle Wine cellar is
  being established in cooperation with the Grape
  Growers Association of Kansas. The goal of the
  Matrot Castle and Vineyard is to represent all of
  the wineries as part of Kansas Heritage Market.

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The Vineyard About Topeka

• Topeka is the capital of Kansas and home to many
  state, governmental, and business offices.
  Topekas population within the city is 121,946,
  Topeka MSA (five counties) is 229,075. (Census
  Bureau, 2005 Census Quick Facts)
• As I-70 goes through the city, it conveniently
  connects neighboring cities and towns.
• Estimated taxable sales in Shawnee county for
  2006 were 2,189,748,858.

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The Vineyard Development and Investment Summary

• The Vineyard Project is open to the following
• Sale
• Partnerships
• Investments
• Joint Ventures
• Management
• Development
• Current retail and shopping areas are represented
  by the downtown area, West ridge mall, a few
  strip malls throughout the city, however, a
  lifestyle center development is a new concept for
  Topeka. The growth of the south west area is
  prevalent with new roof tops, new restaurants, a
  new movie theater, new apartment complexes,
  senior housing developments and such. A lifestyle
  center is the unique piece that will bring the
  community together.

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The Vineyard Contact Information

• For more information regarding the project,
• please contact
• Asel Mukeyeva
• Cell 785 845 8205
• Emailasel_at_mmgks.com