Suni Sands residents want to stay in their waterfront development | www.mypalmbeachpost.com

A ten acre piece of waterfront property, currently a mobile home park, is under new ownership and there are plans for something different in the future. Many residents have lived there a long time and consider this to be their home, period. Finding new places to live will be difficult for many. There are no firm plans to redevelop the property yet, but something different will eventually happen there. Click title for link.

 "Modica, who last week visited the park and knocked on resident’s doors to talk about his plans, said he wants to work with residents. He wrote a letter dated March 21, 2014 to all residents offering them to sign a year’s lease. Residents now pay on a month-to-month basis. About 30 residents signed, said Suni Sands Operating Manager Steven Burns.

Florida law requires mobile home park residents get at least six months notice before they are required to leave. Many residents did not sign the lease because they did not believe they would be guaranteed a full year to stay, said Marcia Arsenault.

“I don’t believe that lease can guarantee us any more time than state law allows,” she said.

While there is no definite timeline to build, Modica expects development to start in the next several years.

“When developers stand here and look at Suni Sands, they see Old Port Cove,” said resident Tom Ryan, referring to the condominium/marina development in North Palm Beach on U.S. 1. “When Suni Sands residents look out our windows, we see what old lorida used to be. We want to keep it that way.”