FREEPORT Walton County planning commissioners have moved a proposal for a mixed-use development on U.S. Highway 98 in Santa Rosa Beach one step closer to a final vote by the Walton County Board of County Commissioners.
At its Thursday meeting, the Walton County Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that county commissioners approve a final development order for Saltaire, proposed for a 24.5-acre site on U.S. 98 at Moll Drive. The development, which will have driveway access to U.S. 98, will comprise 256 apartment units and 34,200 square feet of commercial space.
Most of the commercial space 15,000 square feet will be a grocery store, according to information from 30A Lofts LLC, which is developing Saltaire. Also according to information from the developer, 88 of the planned apartments will be single-bedroom units, with the remaining apartments containing two or more bedrooms.