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Seawatch
was started in 1981 by a group of individuals from St.
Petersburg, Florida. They formed Turtle Kraals Ltd. in
order to develop
Seawatch
and in 1981 filed the necessary documents to form the
condominium. As originally planned,
Seawatch
was to consist of 272 residential units along with the
recreational facilities and the marina. Originally, there
were two models, the Seward and the Windward, each residential
unit consisting of approximately 2100 square feet. You
might be interested to know that in 1982, the developers' top price
for residential units was $225,000.00,
and boat slip prices were between $15,000.00 and $25,000.00.
In those early days, Seawatch was advertised as follows:
"Being at
latitude 24 degrees 44 minutes and longitude 81 degrees 02
minutes. Just south of civilization as we know it. Graced
by the Atlantic on one side and the Gulf on the other,
Seawatch.
a new private protected marina community like nothing the
Florida Keys have ever experienced before."
In 1982
Buildings 7 and 8 were constructed along with the recreational
facilities. in 1983, Building 6 was finished and in 1984
the developer was finished (went bankrupt). Recovered from
bankruptcy by a different group of investors, today,
Seawatch
is quite different than originally planned. We have 48
residential units in three buildings along with the recreational
facilities and the marina. We think that
Seawatch
offers a living environment along with facilities that are
unmatched anywhere in the Keys. |