Amazing. When so many new gulf shores condos and vacation homes are popping up like mushrooms here is a development abandoned, ready and waiting to be knocked down, yet the state hasn't bothered to move ahead. All the more reason the private sector is the right place for real estate development and management.
GULF SHORES -- In their quest to get rid of buildings damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Ivan, city officials have sent letters to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources -- which runs the Gulf State Park Hotel and Resort -- urging it to demolish the park's hollowed surfside structures.