Entries by Toby Tobin

Don’t Paint All Developers with the Centex Brush

Centex’s actions are creating public relations issues for all developers. Developer is not a four-letter word   March 8, 2007 – The Palm Coast City Council meeting on March 6th gives some insight into what may be a developing pattern. The meeting had nothing to do with Centex. Centex was not even on the agenda. […]

Centex Suspends Plans for Marineland Condominiums. Seeks Buyer

Centex has decided not to proceed with the approved Marineland condo project. March 8, 2007 – Centex Destination Properties previously received approval for development of a part of their holdings in Marineland. Located along the Atlantic coast on US A1a at the northern edge of Flagler County, Marineland has more dolphins than people. Centex Destination […]

Condo and Lot Markets Lead Weakness

Single family home market becoming stable March 1, 2007 – Existing Palm Coast single family residential home sales are still weak, but it’s beginning to look like they are approaching the bottom of the correction curve. Prices remain below those of a year ago but both prices and sales volume are stabilizing. I’ve updated the […]

Old Kings Road to be Widened to Four Lanes

Landowners along Old Kings Road will pay much of cost February 25, 2007 – About three years ago, the City of Palm Coast identified a need to improve and widen Old Kings Road between SR 100 and Palm Coast Parkway. Even then, the road was deteriorating. Working with the city, the owners of land fronting […]

A Visit to the Ginn Company’s Ginn Sur Mer, the largest resort community project ever to be undertaken in The Bahamas.

Ginn’s world extends beyond Flagler County February 13, 2007 – Last week, I had an opportunity to visit Bobby Ginn’s most ambitious project, Ginn Sur Mer, in The Bahamas. It’s still mostly piles of dirt and rock slightly above sea level, but the 2500 acre property Bobby Ginn bought on the “West End” of Grand Bahama Island […]

Introducing the CAVE People – Citizens Against Virtually Everything

February 11, 2007 – Some think that you could substitute Councilman or Commissioner for Citizen in the above phrase. February 11, 2007 – Some think that you could substitute Councilman or Commissioner for Citizen in the above phrase. Unfortunately, Palm Coast suffers from the combination of a left-leaning Daytona press and the presence of a […]