78,000 sf Walmart coming to SoWal [opening June15]

[Smiling JOe]

Is there no way to stop this?

I guess you could read up on your Edward Abbey novels. (just kidding)

 

[Matt J]

If someone found an endangered dune mouse on that property it would bring it to a screeching halt.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

If someone found an endangered dune mouse on that property it would bring it to a screeching halt.

:shock: You are correct.

 

[soappedaler]

:shock: You are correct.

Your wrong. St. Joe/Arvida had Choctawhatchee Beach Mice at Watercolor and they made a deal with the Federal Fish and Wildlife folks to relocate them.

 

[SHELLY]

Is there no way to stop this?

...with JOE on one side of the trade and WALMART on the other, you'd have better odds stopping the sun rising in the East.

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[NotDeadYet]

If someone found an endangered dune mouse on that property it would bring it to a screeching halt.

Soappedaler is correct. In exchange for a "take" of the beach mice at WaterColor beach, St. Joe preserved the dune field at WaterSound and relocated mice from Topsail. They have a long term plan for habitat preservation, monitoring and so forth - all contained in the big fat phonebook-sized documents Fish & Wildlife negotiated with St. Joe.
Anyway you won't find beach mice that far from the dunes. Their habitat is small and specialized, one reason why they are endangered. There are mice at Topsail, Grayton and WaterSound and that's about it - three small colonies. They need intact dune fields. Even if Topsail's dune field extended that far inland, which it doesn't, they would never make it across 98.

 

[BeachSteelers]

If you don't shop at Walmart then.......
but will it include Ronald too?
I can't say I've never gone but I'm not the hugest fan nor do I seek them out.
Can a Gluttony of Fast Food and McMini Malls be far behind.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Your wrong. St. Joe/Arvida had Choctawhatchee Beach Mice at Watercolor and they made a deal with the Federal Fish and Wildlife folks to relocate them.

Thank you for the correction. I was unaware of any deal and made the comment mostly tongue in cheek.

 

[SHELLY]

Can a Gluttony of Fast Food and McMini Malls be far behind.

...after the Gluttony of Condoze, Subdivisions, Land and Commercial Property Sales, it's just a natural state of evolution.

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[LuciferSam]

Topsail West PUD:
Phase one- 80,000 sq. ft. BIG BOXstore.

Phase two- directly behind the big box, 4 apartment bldgs for seniors, 190 units and a 110 unit assisted living facility.

Phase three- TWO 25,000 sq. ft. retail bldgs. with a 10' setback on W. Hewett Rd. A 5,400 sq. ft. gas station and a 6,000 sq. ft. restaurant.

Phase four- A 45,000 sq. ft. retail with an additional 12,900 sq. ft. attached. A 5,000 sq. ft. office bldg., 2 restaurants @ 6000 or so sq. ft. each and a 13,225 sq. ft. pharmacy.

Phase five- Another 3 big retail stores @ 35,000, 28,000 and 11,836 sq. ft. plus a bank and another restaurant @ 6000 sq. ft.

Phase six- 10 apartment bldgs. with 310 units.

Conceptual PUD Master Plan -- Topsail West

Someone mentioned Walmart pharmacy, but with St Joe planning for a stand alone 13,225 sq. ft. pharmacy, they probably won't allow Walmart to have a pharmacy in that store.

It looks like the Walmart greeters could live within walking distance. That's good for all of us.