Airport Bids Made Public
Jennifer Turk (jturk@wmbb.com)
News 13 On Your Side
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Bay County-Proposals for the sale of the site for the current Panama City Bay County International Airport were revealed on Thursday. Four companies turned in bids for the 713 acres of the land. Proposals were due last week. The current site is located off Highway 390 in Panama City. The proposed site for the future airport is on 4,000 acres in West Bay.
All four companies gave an outline as to what development they have in mind for the site. They also submitted an offering price. The prices range from 30 million to 61 million dollars. the companies are out of Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City and Panama City.
All four companies envisioned single family homes in their development but some also included a marina, sports complex and an entertainment district.