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Commission To Consider Land Use Changes For Two Molino Retail Properties
December 10, 2025
The Escambia County Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday concerning the adoption of an ordinance amending the future land use categories for two parcels on Highway 29 near Molino Road, including a property where work began months ago to remodel a small shopping center.
The first parcel is 3.75 acres located at 6505 North Highway 29, at the corner of Highway 29 and Molino Road. The parcel, which fronts both Highway 29 and Molino Road, includes a 10,346 square foot shopping center that is being remodeled. According to Escambia County, the work was started by a previous owner without a land use change. The property sold in June to 29 & Molino Rd Development, LLC. There is also a 55-year-old mobile home located behind the shopping center, according to county property records.
Scott’s Pharmacy is currently located on the south end of the shopping center, which has been home to numerous businesses over the years, including thrift stores and a grocery store since it was constructed in 1970.
Escambia County Code Enforcement issued a cease and desist order for land clearing on the property on September 9, 2025, according to county records, and a land and tree management permit was issued September 11. The after-the-fact permit did not authorize additional clearing until a development order was obtained.
The second parcel, located to the north of the first and separated by Dollar General, is 3.321 acres and contains the Molino Food Mart and a tire store.
The ordinance under consideration will, if approved, change the Future Land Use category of both parcels from Rural Community (RC) to Mixed-Use Urban (MU-U), which allows residential, retail, professional office, light industrial, recreational facilities, and limited agriculture. Surrounding properties are classified as Rural Community (RC), which allows agriculture, silviculture, residential, recreational facilities, public and civic, and compact traditional neighborhood supportive commercial.
The public hearing is set for 5:45 p.m. Thursday during a regular Escambia County Commission meeting.
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12 Responses to “Commission To Consider Land Use Changes For Two Molino Retail Properties”
If you want to be close to the grocery stores and such move closer into Pensacola. Why move further north if you don’t like being away from then?
Sewer stops at Quintette
Does a sewage line come up US 29 that far or is still on septic ?
Praying we aren’t going to be overloaded and over run like Beulah. People move to rural areas like Molino to get away from the overcrowding in big neighborhoods.
Amen to Bill T’s comment. Here you have a vacant business that has been there over fifty years. The unelected bureaucrat, most likely never been to Molina except to respond to a complaint. County hires a magistrate to do their bidding or they can find a new job. He or she issues daily fines of hundreds of dollars because the have the power of the state. Unless you are a big corporation( ala Walmart, for instance with a bevy of lawyers) locals can’t fight the cease and desist orders given by an unelected magistrate. BTW, when have you ever heard of a magistrate placing a fine on a Walmart? Here, just to improve an aged building out in the country, one has to fight unelected bureaucrats to improve their property. Ridiculous! The elected county commissioners want to stay above the fray and let their appointed folks do the dirty work.
Careful about letting these zoning changes go thru it seems like a little detail but it could have huge repercussions in the future. Pensacola if full and it’s starting to follow right down hwy 29.
Well I for one rather see areas not allowed to build. THere are a lot of empty and run down areas that need refurbishment rather than whole new builds.
I like what they did to that store and building. They fixed up and made better without having to clear cut and put in a new metal building that has ZERO SOUL.
The red tape about cleaning up the land around is terrible. That trailer was and is a eye sore. Green use of property and not allow pavement over every inch is also good.
Looking forward to growth out here.
Pensacola has no where to grow except north. Better get use to it.
How about another DOLLAR GENERAL. Gas station be best. Or a NICE GROCERY store
Unbelievable the amount of of RED TAPE you got to go through here in escambia county just to try to do business and make the place look better !! But if they want something to benefit them it takes about 2 days at most !! Sounds like a double standard !!!!
Buckle up Molino for another of many subdivisions. That or a larger retail store is eyeballing Molino and a place has to be prepared for it.