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Suncoast Parkway Tour
Jim King of George
F. Young, Inc. in St. Petersburg told a reporter with the Pasco
Times, "I was really floored!"
Jim was reacting to
the many real estate development opportunities he encountered during
the NAIOP Suncoast Parkway Tour on November 14. Bill Eshenbaugh of
bbre Eshenbaugh Commercial Services worked with Mary Jane Stanley of
the Pasco County Economic Development Council and Hernando County's
Al Fluman and Len Tria to put the event together. More than forty
NAIOP members rode the bus which traveled along the new Suncoast
Parkway, I-75, State Road 54, and U. S. 41 through the two counties
on the north side of Tampa Bay.
Bernard Cockrell of
The Hogan Group pointed out the company's project at SR 54 and the
Parkway. Gene Santella of @DutterRealty described the potential for
a site at the SR 52 interchange. Bob Mattingly guided the group
through the Hernando Airport Industrial park at the Spring Hill
Drive interchange.
Jim Kimbrough of
SunTrust Bank and Hernando Progress addressed the participants in
the SWFWMD board room. He outlined the opportunities and challenges
of developing real estate in Hernando County.
Just south of SR 52
on U. S. 41, the group received another presentation in the
clubhouse of The Groves housing development. Doug Conner of Conner
Land Ltd. and Ivan Chosnek of Terrabrook said the 8,600-acre
master-planned community of Connerton will ultimately include 15,000
homes, a government center, office and industrial space, and much
more. Connerton's neighbors, The Groves and The Preserve at
Wilderness Lake, were represented by Scott Brown and Ron Weisser
respectively.
Trey Starkey
welcomed the group to Longleaf, a "traditional neighborhood
design" community just west of the Suncoast Parkway on SR 54.
The Starkey family has owned the Anclote River Ranch in Pasco County
for many years. Part of the ranch has been developed into Longleaf.
The eastern portion of the ranch now encompasses J. B. Starkey's
Flatwoods Adventure. The Suncoast Parkway Tour concluded with J. B.
Starkey himself providing the NAIOP members with a quick lesson on
Florida's agricultural heritage. Mr. Starkey drove the group in an
open-air bus through pastures, palmettos, and pines.
Jim Kimbrough
J. B. Starkey
Ron Weisser (l) and Doug Conner
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