Business Archive

A new year is bringing changes to Foxy Boutique, a store which has anchored Alpine Center in Navarre for over a decade.

A convenience store with fuel pumps is planned for 6827 Gulf Breeze Parkway, on the southside of Highway 98, near the southern terminus of Edgewood Drive. According to plans submitted to Santa Rosa County Development Services, the store will be approximately 6,372 sq. ft. with a 9,909 sq. ft. fuel canopy. Under the fuel canopy, there will be 10 pumps.

“A catastrophic failure.” Those were the words Holley Navarre Water System used in a customer alert concerning a break in a 30-inch water transmission main belonging to FairPoint Regional Water System (FRUS). The break occurred Friday, Dec. 20.

On Dec. 11, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced the launch of a study to determine how gold and silver bullion can be used as legal tender in the State of Florida.

Plans are in the works to expand Holley Navarre RV Park.

According to an expansion proposal submitted to Santa Rosa County Development Services, 50 additional RV spaces will be built north of the existing Holley Navarre RV Park. The proposed RV park expansion will be built on 8.2 acres of land owned by Brian McLeod, the owner of Highlander Homes LLC and the existing RV park.

Navarre Parkway will soon have a new automotive body shop.

Joe Hudson’s Collision Center, an Alabama based automotive repair chain, is expanding their Florida operations and the 6900 block of Navarre Parkway is the next repair shop to be built. Sitting on two parcels, the shop will have a floor area of 11,460 square feet.

Another coffee chain has set its sights on opening a location in Navarre.

7Brew, a drive-thru coffee chain with 256 locations across the United States, has submitted plans to build a store at the corner of Prado Street and Navarre Parkway (Highway 98). The store’s address is 8534 Navarre Parkway. The site is currently home to a church and was formerly the home of a multi-tenant retail, which included Turtle’s Nest gift shop and All American Heroes subs.

Another coffee chain has set its sights on opening a location in Navarre. 7Brew, a drive-thru coffee chain with 256 locations across the United States, has submitted plans to build a store at the corner of Prado Street and Navarre Parkway (Highway 98).

Wawa, the popular convenience store and fuel station found primarily along the East Coast of the United States, is coming to Navarre Parkway. The proposed store will be built on the southside of Highway 98, near the intersection of Whispering Pines Boulevard.

The Enclave at Midtown Navarre, a townhome project in the works since 2021, is finally under construction along the east side of Highway 87 S.