D.R. Horton has pulled its offer to buy 297 acres of OLF-8 in the Beulah area. County Commissioner Jeff Bergosh offers his take on the decision.
“It’s really doesn’t come as a surprise,” said Bergosh. “I’ll just say that because we’ve had similar comments from each and every one of the previous potential offers. There’s a problem with the property, Rick, and really there’s a problem really with the board. We’ve been kind of wishy-washy going back and forth. So in many respects, I think we’ve met the enemy. It’s us. And in many respects, I think there’s issues with the master plan that are preventing someone from making it economically viable.”
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However, the commissioner said other prospective developers have shown interest.
“I was contacted personally by a pretty large firm out of Atlanta. As it turns out, ironically, the president of the company who I spoke with, his daughter lives in Nature Trail, and he happened to be down here. He saw it and sent me his email and his website. I looked it and checked it out. I was like, ‘Wow.’ So I forwarded his information to Wes (County Administrator Wes Moreno). Hopefully they’ll make a connection.”
“But then we had another person from South Florida, contact me yesterday. We moved very quickly, and we got a meeting with him and another partner with Wes and Alison (County Attorney Alison Rogers) yesterday at three. And my understanding is that meeting went real well.”
