PANAMA CITY BEACH — A local community known for its laid-back lifestyle continues to garner national attention.
In a press release on Tuesday, Minto Communities USA announced that Latitude Margaritaville Watersound was ranked by John Burns Real Estate Consulting and RCLCO Real Estate Consulting as being among the Top 50 master-planned communities in the U.S. for 2023. The Jimmy Buffett-themed community also made the list in 2022.
Located off State 79 north of Panama City Beach, near the Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, Latitude Margaritaville Watersound is being developed on land owned by the St. Joe Company through its partnerships with Minto and Margaritaville Holdings.
“It certainly is something that we’re proud of,” David Pisano, vice president of sales for Latitude, said of the community making the list again. “I don’t want to ever take anything for granted, but quite frankly I would be very surprised if that ever is not the case as word continues to get out.
“We’ve now got at Watersound purchasers from literally every state in the country but one, as well as a handful of foreign countries.”
The local community is Minto’s third Latitude Margaritaville location. Its others, which also made the Top 50 list, are located in Daytona Beach and Hilton Head, South Carolina. It also had another property — Westlake in Palm Beach — make the list.
Construction on the local Latitude broke ground in 2020, and there are no signs the development will slow down…
