Florida's Largest Land Holder Makes Plans For The Panhandle

"Roughly 800,000 acres in Florida's panhandle are being readied for development — mostly pine forests, but also wetlands, undeveloped coastline and habitat for wildlife from black bears to red-cockaded woodpeckers."

"By the 1990s, declining profitability in the paper business and the rising value of Florida land led St. Joe to adopt a new business model. Almost overnight, the company reformed itself as a real-estate developer — with vision and ambitions nearly as large as its million-plus acres of land."

"St. Joe began planning and building communities that use innovative architecture and elements of new urbanism, communities that have redefined what it means to live in Florida's panhandle."