Entries by Toby Tobin

Palm Coast City Council Breaks Trash Talk Promise

In December, Palm Coast City Council members said they would revisit the 10% franchise fee on commercial trash haulers. They apparently have no plan to do so. Palm Coast, Florida – February 13, 2009 – A Palm Coast city ordinance that would charge commercial trash haulers a franchise fee equal to 10% of their revenue […]

Florida Hospital Campuses Announce No Wait Emergency Rooms

Patient evaluations to begin within five minutes – the new goal at emergency rooms at five Florida Hospital campuses, including Florida Hospital Flagler. Palm Coast, Florida – February 11, 2009 – Emergency rooms at five Florida Hospital campuses (DeLand, Fish Memorial, Flagler, Oceanside and Ormond Memorial) are reinventing the way they provide medical treatment. When […]

Toll Brothers Issues Preliminary 1st Qtr FY2009 Report

Toll Brothers priliminary report shows some promise. HORSHAM, Pa., Feb. 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the nation’s leading builder of luxury homes, today reported preliminary results for revenues, backlog and contracts for its first quarter ended January 31, 2009. The Company will release final results when it announces earnings on […]

Business News: Jim Manfre Joins Bunnell Law Firm

Former Flagler County Sheriff joins Nowell & Associates Palm Coast, Florida – February 6, 2009 – Attorney Jim Manfre has joined the practice of Nowell & Associates in an “of counsel” position. Manfre served Flagler County citizens as sheriff from 2000 to 2004. Less familiar to local residents is his experience as an Assistant District […]

Ginn Bankruptcy Update – Amended Filing

Lots of money spent prior to bankruptcy filing and lost souls at Tesoro Preserve Palm Coast, Florida – February 5, 2009 – Facts continue to emerge from the Ginn-LA (real estate developer Bobby Ginn and financial partner Lubert-Adler) chapter 7 bankruptcy filings affecting Tesoro in Port St. Lucie and Quail West in Naples. In Port St. […]

Luxury Housing Market Feeling Foreclosure Pinch

Toby’s latest real estate newsletter for Palm Coast and Flagler County. Palm Coast, Florida – February 4, 2009 – Flushing out the inventory of distressed properties is a painful but necessary phase in the correction and ultimate recovery of the housing market. This is already apparent in the single-family residential market which has been dominated […]

Palm Coast Opens New Main Firestation

The public is encouraged to visit and tour the new facility on Belle Terre. Palm Coast, Florida – February 3, 2009 – The City of Palm Coast, Florida opened a brand new Main Fire Station to the public on Monday, February 2nd. Located at 1250 Belle Terre Parkway, the 15,000 square foot facility is now home […]

Jim Cullis Departs Real Estate Developer LandMar Group

It’s nearly impossible to find a real estate developer that isn’t retrenching. Another victim of the real estate tsunami, long-termer Jim Cullis is gone from LandMar Group as of last Friday. Palm Coast, Florida – February 2, 2009 – Jim Cullis, Central Florida Regional Manager for LandMar Group left the company effective Friday. Jim’s position […]

Ginn Exits Golf Tournament Sponsorship – PGA Sues

Real estate developer Bobby Ginn’s company abruptly announces it will drop out of all PGA and LPGA Golf tournaments, prompting the PGA to sue for breach of multi-year contract. Palm Coast, Florida – January 31, 2009 – On Wednesday, real estate developer Bobby Ginn’s company pulled its sponsorship of the upcoming Ginn Championship, a PGA […]