Your Own Margaritaville Is Here

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A Jimmy Buffett-inspired community near Panama City Beach has been named among the nation’s best. Warren Kulo reports for AL.com:

Latitude Margaritaville Watersound may have the laid-back vibe inspired by late music legend Jimmy Buffett, but the national praise the community is getting is anything but laid-back.

For the second consecutive year, Latitude Margaritaville Watersound has been named one of the top 50 master-planned communities in the country by John Burns Real Estate Consulting and RCLCO Real Estate Consulting, according to the Panama City News Herald.

“It certainly is something that we’re proud of,” David Pisano, vice president of sales for Latitude, told the newspaper. “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.”

Pisano also said Latitude Margaritaville Watersound now has homeowners from every state in the nation, save one, along with a “handful” of foreign countries.

The development, which broke ground in 2020, is located just north of Panama City Beach along the Scenic Highway 30A corridor and is a partnership between Minto Communities USA, Margaritaville Holdings, and The St. Joe Company, according to information provided by St. Joe.

It’s a 55-and-older community and the third in the Latitude Margaritaville line, joining similar communities in Daytona Beach, Fla., and Hilton Head, S.C. — both of which also made the top 50 planned-communities list.

Floor plans range from 1,210 to 2,568 square feet and begin in the low $300,000.

But the draw for many, if not most, residents is the Margaritaville lifestyle. Community amenities include a Town Square which opened last June and includes a terraced amphitheater; thatched-roof bandshell with a full-size concert stage and jumbo screen for both concerts and movies, along with a recessed dance floor.

Food and drink can be found at the Latitude Bar & Chill restaurant and rooftop Overlook Bar.

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