For those of you moving to Niceville and need a place to store your boats, Niceville will soon be offering a beautiful new Yacht Club! The North Light Yacht Club’s first phase is due to open mid June and offer 42,970 square feet of storage overlooking the Boggy Bayou in Niceville. This facility has 280 dry slips with rack lengths 30 to 40 feet.

The building itself was constructed with 951,000 pounds of steel and the barn stands 133 feet wide by 321 feet long and 67 feet high and is able to withstand up to 145 mph, according to the developer. This will be the second tallest building in Niceville, second only to the Mattie Kelly Arts Center at Northwest Florida State College.

The second phase of the North Light Yacht Club will include the marina, pool with sun deck and a 4,200-sq.-ft. two story, club house with a bar and grill. The second phase is expected to be completed in early to mid-July.

The Bay Beacon recently reported that the much-discussed Wal-Mart and Home Depot stores will be constructed in Niceville but that only Wal-Mart has anything approaching a concrete plan. It takes about 12 months to build a Wal-mart and the chain hopes to have the Niceville store open by Christmas 2010. Home Depot will also build in Niceville but no date or time has been planned. There has been speculation of a grocery store (like Publix) and restaurants going in as well.

The land for both sites has been cleared for over two years and some drainage work has been done, but no building permits have been sought for either stores. The location is north of John Sims Pkwy between Rocky Bayou Drive and the Oak Creek shopping Center. This new shopping center should be a positive thing for Niceville, bringing in job opportunities and commercial tax dollars for our city as well!