In another article, Pat Kelly of the News Herald reports on the progress and movement of various occupants over to the new terminal and airport.

Read the full article here.

Space also is being allocated for a Bay County Chamber of Commerce Business Center and the Bay County Tourist Development Council, said Randy Curtis, executive director of the Panama City-Bay County International Airport, which is moving its operations to the new site.

As we move ever closer to the opening of the new Panama City – Bay County International Airport, we are seeing quite a bit of movement and interest in the local real estate market.

If you’ve been waiting to invest in Panama City Florida real estate, future delays may impact your ROI significantly.

Contact me today.  The Panama City Real Estate Team and I are here to help you obtain the most value and profit for your Florida real estate investment.

Jennifer Mackay
850-774-6582
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We discussed various topics relating to the history and economic impact the new airport brings to Bay County and the surrounding area and I am very pleased to report he wrote an excellent article.

Here is a short quote from the article…

Local real estate agents are positive about the prospects of additional commercial development to be derived from the new airport. “Expected increases in commercial and residential developments are expected to reshape the Panama City area’s economy by increasing the tourism trade, attracting more corporate headquarters and large distribution centers and providing new residential communities,” says Jennifer MacKay of Keller Williams Success Realty.

Read the entire article here.

If you’ve been considering where to invest in real estate, you really need to look towards the future that Panama City Florida has to offer.  Contact me today.  The Panama City Real Estate Team and I are here to help you obtain the most value and profit for your Florida real estate investment.

Jennifer Mackay
850-774-6582
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The two company’s: The Haskell Company, America’s Green Design-Build Leader, and TranSystems Corporation, one of the world’s leading transportation planning and engineering firms, are to master plan JOE land adjacent to the new Airport.

The development is being positioned for office, retail and industrial users.

Read the full article here.

This announcement marks a significant vision of the plans St. Joe has for their land holdings in and around Panama City, Florida.

Along with the airport, expected increases in commercial and residential developments are expected to reshape the Panama City Florida area’s economy by increasing the tourism trade, attracting more corporate headquarters and large distribution centers and providing new residential communities.

It’s an exciting time in Panama City Florida.

Don’t you want to be a part of it!

For additional information on the Panama City Florida real estate market, contact me directly…

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A recent article published in the Newsherald by Pat Kelly, reports the developer for the existing Panama City airport has opened their office in Panama City.

The new international airport is still on schedule (actually ahead of schedule by a few months).

The latest construction information can be found here.

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Included in the update are:

• Civil contracts
• Terminal and support building contracts
• Utility contracts

The airport is coming along nicely and approximately 3 1/2 months ahead of schedule.

This is very exciting news and as always we are pleased and thankful for the opportunity to present this information to our visitors and customers.

In February, 2008 the Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit challenging the legality of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit and attempted to obtain a temporary restraining order to suspend the permit and stop the construction of the Northwest Florida’s new airport. The Court denied the Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order

In his ruling issued today, Judge Timothy J. Corrigan of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division found that “the record supports that the Corps considered the concerns raised by those who opposed the project and the comments of those who favored it, it considered the FAA’s position, and it considered the goal of the Authority before determining that the project purpose should appropriately include flexibility for growth opportunities sufficient that international charter operations could use the airport.”

Read the full story

For those of you who have been watching the Panama City Real Estate market: we’re starting to see a significant turn in buyers. If you’ve been waiting for the right time to invest or buy property in the Panama City area, don’t wait much longer.

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According to the News Herald: “Panama City-Bay County International Airport Authority members on Thursday got an update on the design of the new airport’s terminal building.

During a board workshop, authority members viewed a presentation from Washington, D.C.-based HNTB Architecture Inc., which took over design work for several new airport facilities last year.”

The new Panama City International Airport is scheduled to open the 2nd quarter of 2010.

Read the full story here…

Panama City Real Estate – Auction update

During April there are a few real estate auctions offering several new properties. REDC has added 5 Panama City/Panama City Beach and Bay County Florida properties to the current list of available properties for auction.

Currently, open houses for these properties are scheduled for: March 22nd, 29th and 30th.

If you require additional information regarding either the Panama City International Airport or , please contact me directly.

On Thursday, February 14th 2008 a U.S. District Court judge again denied the airport opponents’ attempts to halt construction at the new Panama City – Bay County International Airport!

Airport Authority Chairman Joe Tannehill said construction was proceeding unrestricted, in accordance with our permits, and on schedule. Read the full article here.

The new Panama City International airport is being built on a 4,000-acre site in northwestern Bay County on land that was donated by The St. Joe Company.

With construction again underway, the expected opening of the new airport in 2010 is back on schedule and the future is once again bright for our communities economy and prosperity!

So, we good to go again right? AAARGH!!! No, keep reading…

Incredible as it seems, the fiasco continues…

This time two more groups are filing lawsuits in against the continuation of the airports construction…

The Florida Clean Water Network, based in Tallahassee and Citizens for the Bay, based in Panama City Beach are now stepping in to help waste more tax payer funds.

An article in the News Herald reports:

“Hours after construction crews began work in earnest at the new Panama City-Bay County International Airport site Monday morning, two Florida-based environmental groups launched a new legal attack on the project.

The Airport Authority late Friday received oral notice from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it had reinstated a Section 404 permit clearing the resumption of construction work on the 1,300-acre site north of County 388, Airport Director Randy Curtis said Monday”. Read the full story here.

Once again, your tax dollars were spent needlessly on defending the FAA’s record of decision and approval of the new airport which occured in 2006.

Our future economic growth and prosperity was defended by Don Carr, outside counsel for the Airport Authority, and Ellen Durkee, an attorney for the Department of Justice on behalf of the FAA.

Your tax dollars were spent by The Natural Resources Defense Counsel, Defenders of Wildlife and Friends of PFN, a local pilot’s organization who hired Manhattan attorney Victor Hou to represent them.

Read the full article here.

Here’s a suggestion… If you know any of the “Friends of PFN”, pat them on the back and hand them a receipt for wasting your tax dollars on a frivolous lawsuit that will effect your income and prosperity for you and your families future!