Entries by Toby Tobin

Ginn Drops Villa Prices in Reunion Resort near Orlando, Florida

Move follows success of price reductions of several Hammock Beach Ocean Towers condos Palm Coast, Florida – June 30, 2008 – An Orlando area GoToby.com reader reports that the Ginn Company has reduced prices on over 100 villas surrounding the water park in its Reunion Resort near Orlando’s Disney World. He tells me that prices […]

Sea Ray Boats Lays off 113 workers at Palm Coast, FL Plant

Remaining jobs may be restructured after one month shut down. Palm Coast, FL – June 27, 2008 – Sea Ray Boats, owned By Brunswick, previously announced that they would furlough about 450 production workers at their Flagler plant for the entire month of July. The spouse of one of those workers told me that Sea […]

Insurer Proposes Wind and Flood Insurance Combined into One Policy

Nationwide Insurance hopes the new policy would forestall litigation after a major disaster such as Katrina. Palm Coast, FL – June 26, 2008 – Nationwide Insurance says it wants to offer both wind and flood insurance under one policy. Hundreds of lawsuits were filed after Katrina dealing with traditional insurance policies which exclude damage from flooding. It’s […]

More Palm Coast Town Center Commercial Construction begins

City Centré and Imagine School begin construction Palm Coast, FL – June 25, 2008 – Two more projects are commencing construction within Town Center at Palm Coast. The two commercial real estate projects, City Centré and Imagine School, total nearly $15 million in new construction.   City Centré will be a 51,793 square foot three-story […]

Real Estate Lawsuit Score: SeaGate Homes 2, Palm Coast 0

City Council and City Manager must give depositions in Ryan’s Landing Lawsuit Palm Coast, Florida – June 24, 2008 – Another decision in the legal dispute between local real estate developer, SeaGate Homes and the City of Palm Coast favors SeaGate. The lawsuit is the result of an unfavorable land use decision by the city […]

Palm Coast Real Estate Developer WCI in Transaction Talks with Icahn

Talks revealed in regulatory filing on Friday Palm Coast, FL – June 23, 2008 – WCI Communities, Bonita Springs based real estate developer with condominiums in the Palm Coast luxury oceanfront community of Hammock Dunes, is reported to be in discussions with chairman and major stockholder, Carl Icahn. In a regulatory filing on Friday, Icahn […]

Palm Coast, Flagler Real Estate Gains Strength

If real estate had a beta index to measure volatility , Palm Coast’s beta would be high. And Palm Coast housing prices peaked sooner and reached bottom earlier than the rest of the market. Palm Coast, FL – June 21, 2008 – The volatile real estate market in Palm Coast and Flagler County, Florida has […]