Despite the glut of homes, San Remo Homes (owned through 6 Corporations all located on Le Jeune Road) is seeking to fill in about 26 acres of wetlands to build even more homes. This area was surrounded by farms until the big box stores came in.
In the map above you can see the location of the Wallmart and the Home Depot in relation to this property.
So you see, big box stores don’t stay as isolated entities — sprawl moves in quickly. Note the farmland dotted around on this map. The San Remo land is currently zoned agriculture.
Here are 2 drawings of what it will look like soon (shed some tears)...don’t expect the Army Corps to ever deny a permit to fill in wetlands. So this is what we are doing with our wetlands in case you didn’t know.
7 comments:
I guess you failed to notice the Lakeshore condominium development (constructed in 1987) that is located immediately to the east of the San Remo land.
The San Remo site was not "surrounded by farms" prior to the construction of the Wal-Mart and Home Depot.
Wal-Mart and Home Depot were constructed in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Given that the San Remo site is directly next to residential development constructed in 1987, your assertion that Wal-Mart and Home Depot are responsible for a change in the immediate area does not make any sense.
The important point is that the area slated for development by San Remo is designated as wetlands, which would be filled in and paved. With sprawl, traffic, and water problems, why should projects like this be allowed?
Ed, i never fail to notice anything. G.O.D.
This is probably a good place to build if there weren't so many homes, because it is near the high way....except for one tiny detail WETLANDS!!!!!
There is absolutely zero reason tob uild ANYTHING more in this area.
Take a drive down to that end of the world and take a look at all of the for sale signs.
I know a person that has a home for sale in the villages of Homestead. The home has been for sale for almost 8 months and last time I inquired, I was told that there were 16 similar homes for sale in a 3 block area.
If the Vilages and Keys Gate don't convince you, venture on out to 217th ave near 320th St. Ranchos del SOl has been pushing Equestrian estate homes there for several years-they have maybe 10 homes completed and all but one have for sale signs on them.
Further north a bit , Lennar has broken ground on homes on an acre starting at 1 million dollars.
Who in their right mind would buy out there at those prices?
No one is buying. Some of these subdivisions are so empty that the US postal service won't deliver to their addresses. No more permits should be issued in this area. Period. It's crazy! Who is financing this insanity?
While I'm a great believer in letting the market be the bearer of who will sell and who will buy so if developers want to build and there is no one to buy (today) then maybe tomorrow someone will buy. It's all about building now for tomorrow. I do have a big problem with unplanned growth, with building in wetlands, and letting developers have carte blanche.
Post a Comment