Seagrove Villas gets the hammer in 2007

[Sally]

Seagrove Villas coming down in 2007

As developers of Nature-Walk at Seagrove searched for beach access for the community now under construction on County Road 395, Seagrove Villas was offered for sale.
Rick Olson, of Olson and Associates of NW Florida and NatureWalk developer, had previously described the purchase of two homes on the beach near the intersection of County Roads 30A and 395 as the possible location of beach access for the new community.
With the purchase of the Seagrove Villas property, a mile and a half from NatureWalk, Olson?s company initiated neighborhood outreach meetings with local property owners to discuss ideas, questions and concerns about the project.
The proposed project includes a beach club with two swimming pools, spas and 300 feet of beach frontage. Also planned is a 2,400-square-foot retail shop, a gulf-front restaurant, underground parking and shuttle service between the beach club site and NatureWalk. Twentyone beachfront condos are part of the project.
Following the neighborhood meetings, project plans have been modifi ed to address community needs and have been resubmitted to the county staff for review.
There will be a public hearing before the Walton County Planning Commission in January. If the project receives approval from Planning, it will be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners in a second public hearing in February.
If the project is approved, Seagrove Villas will be demolished after
Labor Day, 2007. Developers anticipate the new beach club project will be
completed in 2009.

 

[John R]

underground parking? this should be interesting.

 

[Kurt]

underground parking? this should be interesting.

Check out Andante Penthouses near Camp Creek.

 

[TooFarTampa]

underground parking? this should be interesting.

My question is how they can pull it off south of 30-A? Doesn't sound very environmentally friendly. :shock:

 

[John R]

i'm just a little dubious of subgrade parking so close to the water. time will tell...

 

[ShallowsNole]

I figured something like this would happen after Al Flowers passed away.

Old Seagrove, all gone. Bye-bye.

 

[lurker1]

I figured something like this would happen after Al Flowers passed away.

Old Seagrove, all gone. Bye-bye.

The cottages to be demolished are the ones on the south side of 30A, which the Flowers family sold long ago. We'll still have the ones on the north side, for now, anyway. They are currently listed for sale.

 

[kathydwells]

Seagrove Villas coming down in 2007

As developers of Nature-Walk at Seagrove searched for beach access for the community now under construction on County Road 395, Seagrove Villas was offered for sale.
Rick Olson, of Olson and Associates of NW Florida and NatureWalk developer, had previously described the purchase of two homes on the beach near the intersection of County Roads 30A and 395 as the possible location of beach access for the new community.
With the purchase of the Seagrove Villas property, a mile and a half from NatureWalk, Olson?s company initiated neighborhood outreach meetings with local property owners to discuss ideas, questions and concerns about the project.
The proposed project includes a beach club with two swimming pools, spas and 300 feet of beach frontage. Also planned is a 2,400-square-foot retail shop, a gulf-front restaurant, underground parking and shuttle service between the beach club site and NatureWalk. Twentyone beachfront condos are part of the project.
Following the neighborhood meetings, project plans have been modifi ed to address community needs and have been resubmitted to the county staff for review.
There will be a public hearing before the Walton County Planning Commission in January. If the project receives approval from Planning, it will be reviewed by the Board of County Commissioners in a second public hearing in February.
If the project is approved, Seagrove Villas will be demolished after
Labor Day, 2007. Developers anticipate the new beach club project will be
completed in 2009.

This makes me so, so sad. Just give me the hammocks, views, beauty of what it is now, over this foo foo crap anyday!!!!!

 

[DBOldford]

I deal with this underground parking issue all the time and also with underground space for wineries. It is generally envisioned as a way to increase density or to reduce visual impact. And I can tell you that more than 90 percent of the time, this concept is either not even close to being economically feasible and/or runs afoul because of a high water table. With one winery where we had a slightly sandy condition on the site, we ended up with a requirement that the underground cellar would be pumped out 24/7 during the rainy season, just to keep the groundwater out. If the client had it to do over, they would take a pass. They were trying to create the illusion of a wine cave. It is beautiful, to be sure, but horribly expensive and pretty noisy when those pumps are running. I would be very surprised if an underground parking garage could work in that location. People do not think, they just hope and stumble.

 

[Beach Runner]

Tick-tock, tick-tock. Soon 30-A will be like Destin. What a tragedy!

But we won't have to drive 15 mph from the bike crossover west of the old Wheelhouse to just east of that.

The above doesn't console me in the least. I like "The Way We Were."