A Tour of Bartram Park

[cline]

Yeah, I noticed that too.  I always thought that land was pretty wet, but apparently its not wet enough to build on.

It did look wet.  Also, from what I understand they paid about 700k in fair share due to traffic issues.  Seems like a good deal for them considering that Baymeadows Road is a traffic nightmare right now. 

[copperfiend]

It should not be cheaper to carve out a large development in our rural areas, forests, wetlands and salt marshes rather than redevelop crumbling suburbs and urban areas.

Agreed.  But the sad reality is that it is true.  For example, I just noticed that they have begun clearing trees on the southeast corner of Baymeadows and Southside Blvd in order to put in retail (The Sembler Company).  Currently, there is a large shopping center on the northwest corner of the same intersection.  This center is fairly old and a little run down but would pose some very interesting opportunities for redevelopment in my opinion.  Instead, a bunch of trees are going to be bulldozed so that we can have another (new) shopping center.  We will now have a shopping center on each corner of this intersection.

I assume you're talking about the Publix center. The center is pretty busy and seems to have some pretty strong tenants. I don't think it's going anywhere.

[cline]

I assume you're talking about the Publix center. The center is pretty busy and seems to have some pretty strong tenants. I don't think it's going anywhere.

Yes, I meant to say northwest rather than northeast.  I didn't say that it would go anywhere though, I was just mentioning that it could be renovated and updated and would then be more appealing. 

[ProjectMaximus]

oh wow. that wouldve been shocking for me to see next time I went home.

I grew up in Deercreek and one of my best friends lived in Hampton Glen...I drove around that corner of the intersection many many times...that intersection (traffic-wise) is gonna get much worse now.

Speaking of which, can anyone tell me what's happened with, umm, hopefully my memory isn't betraying me right now...i believe that im thinking about the intersection of beach and university? Back around 2000-2002 I used to drive up from Stanton to JU after school let out and it was a monstrosity. Some days I'd be stuck at the light for as many as 4 or 5 cycles, or 15 minutes, or basically backed up so far that you couldn't even come close to seeing the intersection from where you were. I recall rumors of a potential overpass, though that seemed really unlikely.

Is it still the way it was when I was in high school?

[Jimmy Olsen]

Speaking of which, can anyone tell me what's happened with, umm, hopefully my memory isn't betraying me right now...i believe that im thinking about the intersection of beach and university? Back around 2000-2002 I used to drive up from Stanton to JU after school let out and it was a monstrosity. Some days I'd be stuck at the light for as many as 4 or 5 cycles, or 15 minutes, or basically backed up so far that you couldn't even come close to seeing the intersection from where you were. I recall rumors of a potential overpass, though that seemed really unlikely.

Is it still the way it was when I was in high school?

Let's just say... my car overheated while waiting at that light last month... and I had to miss class because of it.