25 Story Condo proposed in Walton County!!!

[Miss Kitty]

SHELLY...you are wicked smart.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I found the parcels, and am very familiar with them. I've walked the larger track, and have wetland maps showing half of it covered in wetlands, so Dana Matthews may be stretching the truth to say that the owners could have raped the land. Without buying additional mitigation land, they could not develop the entire property and that is why they are apparently trying to go vertical with it. There are only single family residences in that area, so this is a crazy proposal.

I am attaching a map, with where I believe the property to be located.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I'll be a opossum on a Gum Bush. Guess who, according the WalCo Prop. Appraiser's Office, owns a Bayfront lot, 10 lots to the east? That's right, our very own Walton County Commission Chairman, Ken Pridgen (parcel id 03-2S-19-24060-00C-0060 )

 

[TooFarTampa]

I'll be a opossum on a Gum Bush. Guess who, according the WalCo Prop. Appraiser's Office, owns a Bayfront lot, 10 lots to the east? That's right, our very own Walton County Commission Chairman, Ken Pridgen (parcel id 03-2S-19-24060-00C-0060 )

Does Ken want his taxes to go up? (See: Highest, best use) Or does he think if this is approved he might sell the property for more? The mind reels. Excellent detective work.

 

[goofer]

If ever we needed someone from Sowal to run for a BCC seat , it is certainly the next election. This latest absurdity is reason for someone to step up to the plate and lead.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Does Ken want his taxes to go up? (See: Highest, best use) Or does he think if this is approved he might sell the property for more? The mind reels. Excellent detective work.

I seriously doubt that Ken has anything to do with it and most likely will abstain from voting on this particular project since he does own property nearby, but one cannot help but think that the surrounding properties would also increase in value if it gets approved because the precedence will be set and future similar developements will spawn. If Ken actually lived at that property he owns, he might even be opposed to it, though he would still likely abstain from the vote, but don't think that abstaining from the vote equates to not having a say through the other Commissioners' votes. They could call all the condo towers lining the north side of the Bay, Freeport Heights.

 

[TooFarTampa]

I seriously doubt that Ken has anything to do with it and most likely will abstain from voting on this particular project since he does own property nearby, but one cannot help but think that the surrounding properties would also increase in value if it gets approved because the precedence will be set and future similar developements will spawn. If Ken actually lived at that property he owns, he might even be opposed to it, though he would still likely abstain from the vote, but don't think that abstaining from the vote equates to not having a say through the other Commissioners' votes. They could call all the condo towers lining the north side of the Bay, Freeport Heights.

Am I right that the 8-plus-acre parcel is valued at a bit over 300K? There must be a lot of wetlands on that parcel. :shock: Either that or the Property Appraiser has been hanging out in SoWal for the past couple of years and forgetting about the other folks.

 

[Smiling JOe]

I'm assuming that the parcel at which you are looking is the one listed at 8.28 acres and valued at $307,866. If so, the error in the Property Assessor's office is that it is tied together with an 8 acre parcel, a little north of the large track which connects into Hwy 331. The large track is well over 40 acres and closer to 55-60 acres, but the Prop Appraiser's office has it listed as only 8.28 acres. Even in the tax breakout, it shows two line items, totalling the 8.28 acres. However, the Assessed Value is very similar to the adjacent 40+ acre Bayfront properties, so I don't think it is an error.

Looking further into this aforementioned matter, I notice that I may have mistakenly included a few small tracks in with this ~55 acre track. It is difficult to say without whipping out my area calculator, because the WalCo Property Appraiser's Office has it all screwed up.

 

[beachmouse]

Just because Eglin isn't complaining now doesn't mean they won't be throwing their weight around later. They went three rounds and won with Peter Bos over the Turnberry project in Destin. (which effectively kept him from pre-selling that project during the 2005 boom)

Granted Walton doesn't have the same sort of stake in keeping Eglin happy that Okaloosa does, (though they do have the sizeable Space Tracking center NW of Freeport) but I wouldn't be surprised to see some talk in the next couple of weeks about military-related building limits in the area no more than 200 feet above mean sea level like you get in Destin.

 

[SHELLY]

Just because Eglin isn't complaining now doesn't mean they won't be throwing their weight around later. They went three rounds and won with Peter Bos over the Turnberry project in Destin. (which effectively kept him from pre-selling that project during the 2005 boom)

And as a result, Pete Bos thumbs his nose at the Air Force everyday by forcing its pilots to have to view this steaming pile of guano he plopped at the foot of Destin bridge.

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