Controversial Fly Creek Apartments To Open

Fairhope, Alabama




The first phase of the controversial 240-unit 'Retreat at Fairhope Village' apartment complex (behind Publix grocery on Hwy 98) is scheduled to be available next month.

According to its website theretreatatfairhopevillage.com, rent ranges from $1060/month for one bedroom to $2085 for three.

The project survived lawsuits by neighborhood residents in a futile attempt to stop it ... and was a major factor in the 2016 municipal election. (http://thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com/…/judge-reverses-fly-c…)

Additional traffic congestion along U.S. 98 especially at the Parker Road intersection is the main concern now, according to our polling.

A 77 unit town home project, called The Highlands, is under construction adjacent to the apartments as well.

Comments

Textide said…
Mayor Wilson did a great job NOT STOPPING these apartments that she said she would stop...please vote for someone else in the next election....
Sad Sack said…
Sure, after the former mayor and his friends sneaked them in!
Anonymous said…
The beginning of the end of Fairhope as we will remember this period.
The entire coucil and mayor needs to be voted out
Anonymous said…
Even worse though are the sprawling suburbs of cookie cutter mass-produced homes on the east and south side of town. A disaster!!
Anonymous said…
No one can blame Mayor Wilson for this debacle. She did everything other than shoot Jack Burrell to stop it! What people must remember is that Robert Brown and Jack Burrell both campaigned on their pledge to stop the apartments, but when they were elected they jumped sides to support Corte. I will never forget that when Brown was questioned about his Corte support, he pretty much thumbed his nose at Fairhope voters and stated that Corte was his mentor and he could vote in any way that he wanted. I believe that Corte gave him the money to get elected and then collected on it. Then he sold us down the polluted bay! These men who sold out our city should never be elected again to anything. The siphoning off of City taxpayer funds continues to flow to Burrell's airport authority and now Robert Brown's new 30 year school tax that is being administered by individuals who have no business managing anyone's money (Brown)! I wish that some younger residents would enter into the next election cycle; we have great people here who would never resort to the graft and theft that we see here in Baldwin County. Please encourage all good young intelligent & common sense minded people to step up this year! The millennials here are not 'good ole boy grifters'; they can stop this criminal activity this year.
Anonymous said…
I cannot understand why anyone would want to live where people have such sad personalities?
Anonymous said…
I cannot believe people actually want to bring back Kant or his chief sidekick Sullivan.
Anonymous said…
Politicians Shouldnt make promises you can't keep.
Anonymous said…
Just the facts please, just the facts. Fact one our local Police say to busy on calls to have dedicated traffic enforcement. Fact two when a promise is made and broken what do you call it, fact three add hundreds of units and family's to an already taxed system and what happens. Look at every major city. Fact four the schools just recieved a nice bonus-but still only have so much room. The local private schools have wait list's, why is that? Fact five the infrastructure should be in place prior to development not the reverse. The name calling and insults mean zero from Mr or Ms anonymous.
Anonymous said…
Why such an uproar about apartments? I would think residents are thankful for growth and attracting other demographics to help grow the city and bring in new ideas and attitudes. Why fault newcomers for wanting to live in your beautiful town?
Friend of the Desperately Lonely said…
I cannot understand why anyone would have so much interest in reading about and then blogging about a place they believe to be populated by people with "such sad personalities." That seems saddest of all.
Anonymous said…
I look to Mobile for a what Fairhope could become. Growth and other demographics to include shootings every night, gas station robberies,car jackings, etc. With added ideas comes higher Ins. cost for home owners, car ins., life-medical all based on crime. With those new demographics. Add in roads, sewer, electric upgrades wow time to move to the country. Add my new demographics out there.
Anonymous said…
Where would u like these people to live? Theres a housing shortage. I guess bc your already here youd like no one else to move here. Your solution?
JohnPaul said…
Rather live there than an overpriced Horton tract house out in the suburbs. No gigantic mortgage either. :)
Anonymous said…
Everyone has there own idea of paradise. But when you rent you own nothing. And the cost never goes down. On the other hand when you flood a market with rentals the home value goes down and the cost to city go up an up and up.
Anonymous said…
The only people really worried about this seem to be realtors who want to overcharge people to sell them more overpriced houses.
Anonymous said…
In Baldwin county at this present time there are 5000 that is five thousand homes for sale. No shortage, just a certain area that homes cost more than others. I relize that we are a want it now society, but the right and smart thing is to save and live right. When you earn the savings then buy were you like. Because throwing money at an apt. is per any finacial person a short term thing at best.
Anonymous said…
There's just over 2700 homes on the MLS for sale and that includes new homes such as DR Horton spec homes.
Anonymous said…
"The only people really worried about this seem to be realtors who want to overcharge people to sell them more overpriced houses."

The only correct part of that statement is the part about overpriced houses. I'm not a realtor just a concerned citizen who is continually forced to watch our freak show of a city council and their cronies on the planning comi$$ion continue to approve development that is putting a strain on infrastructure and most importantly the quality of the water.

Anonymous said…
There are realtors on the planning commission you know smarty pants!
Anonymous said…
Wilson's a failure. Time for somebody new.
Anonymous said…
The amount of vehicles entering/leaving Highway 98 (Greeno) onto Parker will overwhelm the traffic flow once the apartments are fully occupied. This is a traffic fatality waiting to happen, and the apartments should have never been approved due to the traffic issues.
Anonymous said…
Our city government was set up to have a weak mayor (who is basically a figure head administrator), and a strong city council that controls the money and most decisions. With this structure, the council has all the power and control of the budget. As such Mayor Wilson, or any mayor that gets elected, is powerless to stop some of the scheming city council members who are willing to destroy Fairhope as long as they can line their own pockets.
Jane Smith said…
Where can a person live temporarily whilst deciding wether or not to reside in Fairhope?
Publisher said…
Suggest you contact the Eastern Shore Mobile Chamber of Commerce about housing ...