WHAT
IS IT GONNA BE ?
Nice Single Family Homes
or Mobile Home Park?
By Jan Bergemann 12-21-2001 |
The big question being argued about in our
community at the moment is : are we a homeowners' association with single
family homes or is our developer turning this into a Mobile Home Park?
Just in time for the holidays the newest
addition to the Oakbrook Beautification Program arrived. If you haven't
walked or driven through the new part of Kings Rd. S., possible soon known
as Mobile Home Park Oakbrook East, you can take a look at these pictures.
After looking at these pictures many homeowners
are not quite sure yet, how to call these "Homes"? Some said they are cheap
trailers, others called them Mobile Homes, but nearly everybody agrees
that they don't really look like the pictures shown around at the Annual
Meeting by Michael Held, the son of the Oakbrook developer Robert T. Held.
Just take another close look!
In case you didn't understand the answer at
the Annual Meeting about the fancy prefab houses, these pictures will definitely
explain everything!
I guess the neighbors in the Mobile Home
Park at SR 207 would be happy about these new "homes"? Just in case you're
not really well informed about the Real Estate market : property values
tend to go straight up - or was it down? - if your nice home is suddenly
part of a Mobile Home Park. And from what I heard from quite some Oakbrook
residents: we all must have missed the announcement of the public meetings
of the Oakbrook Architectural Review Committee, where these "Homes" were
approved?
If somebody could please supply me with
the minutes of these meetings, as required by Florida Statutes and our
CC&R's (aka deed-restrictions), I would be very pleased.
It all started, when Darcy Partnership,
the Oakbrook developer located in Ft. Lauderdale, "sold" 31 lots to "another"
development company (see below) on 8-2-2001.
In case you're wondering who is responsible
for these "improvements" to our Oakbrook community, here is the official
information from the website of the Florida Department of State, Division
of Corporations :
CARDINAL DEVELOPMENT OAKBROOK LLC
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS
701 S.E. 2ND CT.
FT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Date Filed : 04/20/2001
Registered Agent
SPIEGEL & UTRERA, P.A.
343 ALMERIA AVENUE
CORAL GABLES FL 33134
MANAGER
MERCER, LEONARD
701 S.E. 2ND CT.
FT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Since news travels fast in a small community
like St.Augustine the grapevine is already telling another story: the same
Leonard Mercer, the manager of Cardinal Development Oakbrook LLC, is the
President of International Housing Development Group Corp., as well located
in Ft. Lauderdale, a corporation responsible for building Mobile Homes
in Stonegate and Larkspur, two other St.Augustine communities. And, according
to very reliable sources, concerned homeowners in these communities are
in the process of filing a law-suit against this company.
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