Commercial Bowline Apartments Approved - 162 units north of Walmart

[Matt J]

OK so for seasonal workers you need "temporary" housing. I would think higher pay might help with high turnover if you mean more skilled workers and management.

I know St. Joe is building apartments with lower rents in Panama City Beach for workers. I'm not sure who else could afford that except maybe Sandestin or a group of restaurant owners?

A few other businesses have floated the idea. Most are talking about small groupings of apartments like 8-12 scattered across 3-4 buildings. The ultimate issue becomes where to build since NIMBY's will b**ch both about low income people living near them while also bitching that an empty restaurant has a two hour wait so the two servers that showed up don't kill themselves from exhaustion.

 

[bob bob]

We have so many large apartment complexes coming online and planned. I suppose prices may come down if they get overbuilt, or we'll have 6 people living in one unit. Somethings got to give. Freeport prices seem out of line high.

 

[Matt J]

I think our normal cycle is going back into place and there are quite a few folks that have been riding the 24/7 run we've had the past two years. It feels like we may have a normal fall, which over on the political threads will be labeled "the economic collapse of sowal".