Panama City Beach growth unbelievable

[Amp22]

Everywhere you turn there is new commercial and residential building going on. Big, Big BIG projects. It will soon be bigger than Gulf Shores and Destin combined with room for development along front beach, middle beach, and back beach roads. Not to mention all the land north of back beach road to the bay and up Hwy 79 to I-10 and along Hwy 20, and the north bay road. No wonder St. Joe wants an airport.

ps - The new Target at Pier Park is about 1/2 built.

 

[beachmouse]

The down side is that a lot of speculators in the area are about to get seriously burned. I've seen reports that a lot of people who put down deposits for preconstruction condos are walking away from their deposits rather than going to contract.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Everywhere you turn there is new commercial and residential building going on. Big, Big BIG projects. It will soon be bigger than Gulf Shores and Destin combined with room for development along front beach, middle beach, and back beach roads. Not to mention all the land north of back beach road to the bay and up Hwy 79 to I-10 and along Hwy 20, and the north bay road. No wonder St. Joe wants an airport.

ps - The new Target at Pier Park is about 1/2 built.

JOE Owns much of the property to the north of and along Back Beach Road (hwy 98). It is rapidly getting built. Won't be long before I stop going year round. Traffic was lighter today for me, but on my way home, the traffic going east over the bridge was backed up for about 2 miles.

 

[Smiling JOe]

The down side is that a lot of speculators in the area are about to get seriously burned. I've seen reports that a lot of people who put down deposits for preconstruction condos are walking away from their deposits rather than going to contract.

The people who may get burned are the ones who reserved eight units in one condo, when they couldn't afford to close on one. Greed has a way of knocking a man back down to where he should be. This education comes in part from personal experience (not in this paricular circumstance though -- I learned my lesson long ago and I am better for experiencing it. ;-)

 

[imasunbum]

Everywhere you turn there is new commercial and residential building going on. Big, Big BIG projects. It will soon be bigger than Gulf Shores and Destin combined with room for development along front beach, middle beach, and back beach roads. Not to mention all the land north of back beach road to the bay and up Hwy 79 to I-10 and along Hwy 20, and the north bay road. No wonder St. Joe wants an airport.

ps - The new Target at Pier Park is about 1/2 built.

Amp22 - PCB needs something besides WalMart. I was down less than a month ago, and the only thing at Pier Park was a hugh mound of dirt, which I assumed was going to be Target. If that is the case it couldn't possibly be 1/2 built so I was wondering if I missed something

 

[Smiling JOe]

Amp22 - PCB needs something besides WalMart. I was down less than a month ago, and the only thing at Pier Park was a hugh mound of dirt, which I assumed was going to be Target. If that is the case it couldn't possibly be 1/2 built so I was wondering if I missed something

half built means that 3 of 4 outer cinder block walls are erected. I almost took a photo of it today, but I opted for a cool sky photo instead.

 

[imasunbum]

half built means that 3 of 4 outer cinder block walls are erected. I almost took a photo of it today, but I opted for a cool sky photo instead.

Thanks SJ - so I didn't miss anything, but they have moved fast. How about posting that pic that you did take. I love your pics! Did you get that new camera that everybody's been asking you about?

 

[Amp22]

The down side is that a lot of speculators in the area are about to get seriously burned. I've seen reports that a lot of people who put down deposits for preconstruction condos are walking away from their deposits rather than going to contract.

Too bad for them. Who cares?

 

[Smiling JOe]

Thanks SJ - so I didn't miss anything, but they have moved fast. How about posting that pic that you did take. I love your pics! Did you get that new camera that everybody's been asking you about?

Yes, but I haven't had much of a chance to play with it. It, unlike my old one, will focus when zoomed in. This photo was taken from the Cove, over looking the Bay in Panama City.

 

[imasunbum]

Yes, but I haven't had much of a chance to play with it. It, unlike my old one, will focus when zoomed in. This photo was taken from the Cove, over looking the Bay in Panama City.

:clap_1: Congrats on the new camera and thanks for posting the picture. That is beautiful and I wish I had been down this weekend to see it! Hope all of you there have a wonderful weekend!