Deal, a local developer, has signed a contract to purchase from Destin developer Rod Wright the last undeveloped parcel of land near the tip of Norriego Point. Wright has banged heads with the city for more than a year trying to get a sea wall built across his property so he could develop it.
Deal now inherits the permitting challenge of developing the property.
He proposed dedicating some of the property for a city park as part of his project. I'd like to build about half that. I'd make it available if the city will work with me. To make the project work, Deal needs to protect his property from erosion with either a sea wall or upland retaining wall. Part of his property was under water after Hurricanes Earl and Georges breached the point.