Farewell to Aloha Problematic Daytona Beach trailer park property poised to get new life

The beginning of the end for the former Aloha Mobile Home Park may have been last summer, when Daytona Beach code enforcement officers did a thorough inspection of all the trailors and the park.

DAYTONA BEACH Up until this spring, a mobile home park at the corner of Beach Street and Madison Avenue was a quagmire for city government officials.

For years, the Aloha Mobile Home Park had aging trailers infested with rats, cockroaches and mold.

The property was saddled with electrical wiring problems, sewage leaking out of trailers spilling onto the ground, faulty plumbing, inoperable appliances, broken windows and doors, junk stored outside, dilapidated roofs and illegally installed power meters.

Now, those same city officials see the property a few blocks east of Ridgewood Avenue as a blank slate with potential to become a new burst of development in a struggling neighborhood.

The beat up trailers have all been demolished or hauled off, and whats left is a vacant lot with tall trees near the Halifax River thats up for sale.

I am pleased and relieved to see the trailers gone, said Hector Garcia, the citys head of code enforcement. It was a tremendous eyesore. It was a headache. I look forward to something new and positive.

A potential buyer is talking about putting a senior citizen housing complex on the land, said Deputy City Manager Paul McKitrick.

The propertys current zoning allows for a wide variety of commercial and high-density residential uses, McKitrick said.

Its expected that any new owner will want to rezone so that the entire parcel has a single zoning designation, McKitrick said.

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Farewell to Aloha Problematic Daytona Beach trailer park property poised to get new life