Luxury condo boom rides on low rates and steady demand
Destin Towers in Destin expects delivery of 46 units in late July while Destin Yacht Club closes its loan and prepares pilings for 50 luxury units with boat slips. Three new condo projects in Holiday Isle aim for spring starts, including Waterview Towers and Pointe Destin. Area realtors caution slow season and awaiting rate stabilization, but foresee a stronger spring for brokers and builders.
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Destin Towers
Gulf
Destin
Jim
Roland Adams
Destin Yacht Club
Vic Deal
Charles Little
Jim Howell
Marlborough
U.S.98
Holiday Isle
Waterview Towers
Henry Maclin
Pointe Destin
Sparky Lovelace
Francois Lorin
East Pass Towers
Art Hill
Karen Ward
Benchmark Brokers
Ward
Joe Murphy
Murphy
Destin-South Walton Realtors See Ongoing Boom in 1982
Fort Walton Beach Board of Realtors executive vice president Jim Snyder says Destin and South Walton counties show a strong 1982 residential market with low inventory and steady sales. He notes Destin's boom as it absorbs demand and predicts Walton County will boom as residents move south for beach access and water.
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Ingrid Kreis
Destin
South Walton
Jim Snyder
Fort Walton Beach
Snyder
MLS
Okaloosa
Walton Counties
South Florida
Okaloosa County
Eglin Air Force Base
Walton County
South
Walton
North End
Florida
State Asked To Buy Holiday Isle Land
Preservation of Destin outlines a 64 acre bid to acquire undeveloped Holiday Isle land in Destin to keep it natural as a bird sanctuary. CARL officials reportedly reacted with shock to plans for condominiums on the western tip and consider state purchase amid support from Okaloosa County and local groups.
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Holiday Isle
Ingrid Kreis
State Conservation and Recreational Land
CARL
Holding Isle
Preservation of Destin
Jane Moore
Elton) Gissendanner
Department of Natural Resources
Moore
Tallahassee
POD
Destin Chamber of Commerce
Community Center
Okaloosa County
Charles Little
John Parrish
M&b Properties
Waterview Associates Inc
Pointe Destin
Wallace Yost
Little
Waste Center Could Replace Walton Landfill
South Walton County officials and DER discussed a plan for a waste reduction center to close the Blue Mountain Landfill for non compliance. Dixon Disposal plans a building based center sorting cans aluminum plastic and glass for recycling with remaining waste compacted and hauled to the DeFuniak dump.
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Waste Center
Walton
Vanita Trippe
Walton County
Blue Mountain
DER
Tom Moody
John and
Chickie Dixon
Dixon Disposal Systems
County Commission
John Dixon
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Joe’s Bayou
Destin-South Walton Area
Audubon Society
Yost
Owu
Walton Annex
Beach Beach
South Walton Mosquito Control
Billy McLean
Pat Wilkerson
Wilkerson
DEA
Ness Butler
Mosquito Control District
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