Category: Escambia County
What did commercial real estate brokers say about OLF-8?
DPZ CoDesign last August survey the members of NAIOP -Â professionals involved in commercial real estate. According to its website, the local chapter has 90+ members….
Bender presents hybrid plan for OLF-8
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…
What did the community tell DPZ CoDesign that it wanted at OLF-8
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…
DPZ: Type of jobs for OLF-8
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…
DPZ: Fireworks over public input
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….
Some history on Perdido Key Master Plan and DPZ
In the recent release of DPZ emails, Marina Khoury, DPZ’s partner, objected to how PNJ reporter Emma Kennedy referenced how her firm was fired by…
DPZ Question: Housing on OLF-8
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…
DPZ question 2: how much land for commerce?
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, 
OLF-8 questions: ideal timeline for build-out? (update)
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…
What did DPZ present at the COW
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…
The County Project manager’s overview of DPZ presentation on Feb. 11
The entire Committee of the Whole meeting was devoted to the Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8) master plan. The meeting lasted over three hours, and…
Buzz: What Navy Fed wants at OLF-8
In all its presentations and in the few emails released, DPZ CoDesign has not shared what Navy Federal Credit Union has told them in their…
DPZ CoDesign to release all emails
At the Committee of the Whole, DPZ CoDesign presented three options to the Board of County Commissioner regarding Outlying Landing Field 8 (OLF-8). The planners…
DPZ CoDesign playing BCC, PNJ
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners was led to believe that DPZ CoDesign worked for them in developing a master plan for Outlying Landing Field…
Beach Haven boogie
The Escambia Board of County Commissioners discussed at its Thursday, Feb. 4 meeting the bid tabulation for a $11.8 million project at Beach Haven. The…
Input on skatepark sought
Escambia County and the City of Pensacola continue to engage the public in transforming Hollice T. Williams Park into an innovative and iconic urban green…
Promoting CyberCoast
Networks of Florida, a regionally recognized Information Technology and Cybersecurity Managed Services Provider (MSP), recently announced its complete rebranding to NOF Technologies. The rebrand includes…
Breaking News: State commission approves name change for Wentworth museum
Florida Historical Commission approved changing the name of the T.T. Wentworth Museum to the Pensacola Museum of History at the University of West Florida.  The change…
The Great OLF-8 Debate
The future of Escambia County’s hottest property will be decided this year. The 500-plus acres will either be the site of high-paying jobs for the…
One point about PNJ 1/31 editorial
Yesterday, the daily newspaper’s editorial board went after four Escambia County commissioners–Jeff Bergosh, Lumon May, Robert Bender and Steven Barry–for not agreeing to pay Commissioner…
