Amber Isle plans resurrected - al.com

Amber Isle plans resurrected - al.com: "ORANGE BEACH — Retooled plans for the Amber Isle resort project, which has lingered unbuilt for more than five years, have been filed and city officials say they expect the developers to ask for, but likely not receive, tax breaks to get the project built.

First proposed in late 2003 as a 12-story, 110-room Holiday Inn and a pair of low-rise buildings with retail space and 96 condominiums, the Amber Isle project sits on the north side of Ala. 182 at the westernmost edge of town. The project borders the Gulf State Park and is currently proposed as a pair of hotel buildings — White Sands and Amber Isle — encompassing 383 hotel rooms and meeting space.

In less than six years, the plans have undergone substantial revision four times, city records show. In 2004, the 124 hotel rooms in the project's White Sands building were converted into 110 condos. A year later the White Sands condo count was upped to 130, while Amber Isle's 96 condo units and retail space remained as they were originally proposed."