Entries by Toby Tobin

Failed Ski Resorts Weren’t Designed for Skiing

Ski resort developers suffer from reliance on real estate sales revenue to support expensive operations Palm Coast, FL – December 25, 2009 Story by Will Melton | December 2, 2009 Montana Kaimin Until the mid-90s, ski resorts were created for skiers. Of course, real estate was big business too, but developers built ski areas where […]

Palm Coast Golf Courses Battle for Cash Flow

Hammock Beach Club and Grand Haven; formerly private are opening up their doors to those who live outside the gates at attractive prices Palm Coast, FL – December 24, 2009 – GoToby.com started reporting months ago about the cash flow difficulties faced by golf courses around the country. At least two local golf courses are […]

Peoples First Closed by Office of Thrift Supervision

Branch in Palm Harbor Shopping Center one of 29 acquired by Hancock Bank Palm Coast, FL – December 22, 2009 – Bank regulators shut down Panama City-based Peoples First Community Bank on Friday. A news release stated that the savings bank “was critically undercapitalized and in an unsafe and unsound condition to transact business.” Peoples […]

Title Challenge to Ginn’s Multi-Billion Bahamas Project Defeated

Bahamian Wilbert Bootle and his family had challenged the Certificate of Title granted to Ginn sur Mer site in Grand Bahama’s West End. Palm Coast, FL – December 21, 2009 Ginn’s ‘critical’ win for $4.9 billion project   Published On:Sunday, December 20, 2009   By NEIL HARTNELL , Tribune Business Editor (Bahamas)   Ginn has won […]

State Farm Reaches Deal to Stay in Florida

The consent order ends a series of events that began with the state’s denial of State Farm Florida’s ultimate average rate request of 67.1 percent. Palm Coast, FL – December 16, 2009 South Florida Business Journal – by Oscar Pedro Musibay State Farm will remain in Florida and has been granted a 14.8 percent rate […]

No Section 8 Housing for Tidelands

How do these rumors get started? Palm Coast, FL – December 15, 2009 – The Tidelands condominium community in Palm Coast, FL is not built out. There are still approved sites for additional condominiums. A GoToby.com reader called me yesterday asking if it were true that someone was going to build Section 8 housing there. […]