Category: Business

Three days after the Escambia County Commission gave tentative approval to the DPZ Co-Design’s latest master plan concept for Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8), businessman…

Sources have shared that Marlene Santos, president of Gulf Power, is stepping down after spending 39 years of service with Florida Power & Light. Santos,…

DPZ CoDesign last August survey the members of NAIOP - professionals involved in commercial real estate. According to its website, the local chapter has 90+ members….

Commission chairman Robert Bender yesterday held a Zoom meeting with Navy Federal Credit Union, FloridaWest, PEDC, DPZ CoDesign and the county. The group agreed on…

Inweekly has tried to find out what the community and stakeholders  told DPZ CoDesign that they wanted at Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8). DPZ sent…

Is the proposed project timeline acceptable? Commissioner Bender opened, “I think one, we’d like to see this move forward in some respect and to get…

What are the desired job types? Commissioner Barry said, “As Commissioner Bergosh mentioned, outside of anything with smokestacks, anything contained within a building, in my…

How will public input be incorporated in the final plan? “The public input should be the driving force of the overall plan,” said Commissioner Underhill….

What, if any, housing types would you consider? DPZ partner Marina Khoury stared the discussion: “What we are proposing for this site is not the…

How much land should be devoted to commerce use only? Commissioner Jeff Bergosh didn’t hesitate—“The maximum available.” “It looks like we’ve got 537 acres left,”…

At the Committee of the Whole last Thursday, DPZ CoDesign posed six questions of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners to help it finalize the…

Here is DPZ’s presentation to the Escambia Board of County Commissioners at the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 11: Marina Khoury: “Thank you. So…