Spurrier selling Crescent Beach home

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He bought in 2005, practically the very top of the RE market - most homes across the country didn't reach 2005 levels until 2018, 2019 (some still haven't gotten back to 2005/2006 prices).
Yes, true. I included the comment highlighted which is relevant to the present situation. With the restaurant he'll probably be spending more time in G-ville and "...it can be expensive just hanging onto houses".
 

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Yes, true. I included the comment highlighted which is relevant to the present situation. With the restaurant he'll probably be spending more time in G-ville and "...it can be expensive just hanging onto houses".

He's got to have a net worth north of $20 million. Selling that house now, at the top of this current RE market, is probably a good call.

Butters took a hit on his house when he left Gainesville, a $400K hit (he claims he took the loss to help out a disabled family):

The real reason ex-Gators coach Jim McElwain took a loss on his Florida home isn’t so funny
Jim McElwain sold his Gainesville home for a $400,000 loss to give it to a family with two disabled children.

The real reason ex-Gators coach Jim McElwain took a loss on his Florida home isn’t so funny.

GAINESVILLE — Jim McElwain and his family didn't have to accept the offer that became a punchline.

At first, they didn't. They rejected a bid well below the $1.8 million they paid for their Gainesville home in 2015, when McElwain was entering his first season as the Gators' coach instead of exiting his final one. The house they no longer needed wasn't even officially on the market.

So here's why the McElwains ultimately agreed to the $400,000 hit — the one that led to digs about taking another loss after a 22-12 run at Florida.

Because the family who made the offer has two disabled kids.

Because the home's ramps, lift and wide hallways were perfect for a wheelchair.
 

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He's got to have a net worth north of $20 million. Selling that house now, at the top of this current RE market, is probably a good call.

Butters took a hit on his house when he left Gainesville, a $400K hit (he claims he took the loss to help out a disabled family):

The real reason ex-Gators coach Jim McElwain took a loss on his Florida home isn’t so funny
Jim McElwain sold his Gainesville home for a $400,000 loss to give it to a family with two disabled children.

The real reason ex-Gators coach Jim McElwain took a loss on his Florida home isn’t so funny.

GAINESVILLE — Jim McElwain and his family didn't have to accept the offer that became a punchline.

At first, they didn't. They rejected a bid well below the $1.8 million they paid for their Gainesville home in 2015, when McElwain was entering his first season as the Gators' coach instead of exiting his final one. The house they no longer needed wasn't even officially on the market.

So here's why the McElwains ultimately agreed to the $400,000 hit — the one that led to digs about taking another loss after a 22-12 run at Florida.

Because the family who made the offer has two disabled kids.

Because the home's ramps, lift and wide hallways were perfect for a wheelchair.
McButters should have been forced to run a gauntlet of Gator fans the entire length of University Av.
 

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If we all pitch in a few "G" that could become our pre staging crib for home games. Walk the halls of where Spur Dog walked. Sing We are the Boys. Get drunk and throw Ox's a$$ off the balcony.
A mans gotta dream.
 

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As much as I want to I can't hate on Butters or even the Chimp as they should've been a known quantity before being hired..... I do however hate on who hired them. Damn hired the Zooker too.
 

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This was posted last year. His daughter was the listing agent.
 

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Not disagreeing with your analysis regarding annual income, age, health, etc. Nor am I aware of the financial arrangements with"his" restaurant. But is it clear or factual that it is "his" restaurant or as I posited in an earlier post, perhaps he is lending his name and belongings, (perhaps with an investment) for a fee and/or a small piece to professional restaurateurs?

I did some recon. Here’s what I know. The restaurant concept was “conceived” together by Spurrier and Celebration Pointe developer Sven Dyrkolbotn, a 6-foot-8 member of Lon Kruger’s 1994 Final Four team. Dyrkolbotn has deep ties within the UF athletic community as well as the UF Real Estate Advisory Board, which includes heavy hitters James Izzo and Ralph Conti, the latter of whom helped attract Bass Pro Shops to Celebration Pointe.

According to the Alachua County Tax Collector’s website, Spurrier’s is owned by SDPS Real Estate Investments LLC under a Gainesville address. The Pinellas County Property Appraiser’s website lists four separate LLC entities under the SDPS Real Estate name, each identified by a separate Roman numeral. They all list SHD-Celebration Pointe LLC as manager at the same southwest Gainesville address, presumably that of Dyrkolbotn, whose development firm is named Vikings Co.

BTW, check out the unpaid tax bill.

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In a Restaurant Business piece published Jan. 7, 2020, Spurrier said, “We’re very open to future locations in relevant, key markets.” Whether that kind of expansion, which sounds very like the Shula’s Steakhouse model, would involve Dyrkolbotn is uncertain, but given his background and real estate ties throughout the southeast it would make sense. He’s without a doubt intrinsically involved in the Gainesville restaurant, which is 15,000 square feet and will employ a staff of 300. That’s large scale for a first-time affair.

Knowing that, you can kind of smell a reason for Spurrier to sell the Crescent Beach home.
 

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If we all pitch in a few "G" that could become our pre staging crib for home games. Walk the halls of where Spur Dog walked. Sing We are the Boys. Get drunk and throw Ox's a$$ off the balcony.
A mans gotta dream.

I bet if we tell Spurs we want to throw Ox off the balcony, he would would let us have it for the weekend. The whole week if we offered up Donkey.
 

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I did some recon. Here’s what I know. The restaurant concept was “conceived” together by Spurrier and Celebration Pointe developer Sven Dyrkolbotn, a 6-foot-8 member of Lon Kruger’s 1994 Final Four team. Dyrkolbotn has deep ties within the UF athletic community as well as the UF Real Estate Advisory Board, which includes heavy hitters James Izzo and Ralph Conti, the latter of whom helped attract Bass Pro Shops to Celebration Pointe.

According to the Alachua County Tax Collector’s website, Spurrier’s is owned by SDPS Real Estate Investments LLC under a Gainesville address. The Pinellas County Property Appraiser’s website lists four separate LLC entities under the SDPS Real Estate name, each identified by a separate Roman numeral. They all list SHD-Celebration Pointe LLC as manager at the same southwest Gainesville address, presumably that of Dyrkolbotn, whose development firm is named Vikings Co.

BTW, check out the unpaid tax bill.

c8b93bb2ee99f604b59d7445c5ab50fd.jpg



In a Restaurant Business piece published Jan. 7, 2020, Spurrier said, “We’re very open to future locations in relevant, key markets.” Whether that kind of expansion, which sounds very like the Shula’s Steakhouse model, would involve Dyrkolbotn is uncertain, but given his background and real estate ties throughout the southeast it would make sense. He’s without a doubt intrinsically involved in the Gainesville restaurant, which is 15,000 square feet and will employ a staff of 300. That’s large scale for a first-time affair.

Knowing that, you can kind of smell a reason for Spurrier to sell the Crescent Beach home.


Good Old Eyechart. Underappreciated player on that 94 team.
 

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Good Old Eyechart. Underappreciated player on that 94 team.

I remember him but I don’t remember him on that team.

Kruger was a good coach, and he dipped into the European ranks early, Martii Kuisma (the thin Finn) and Svein Dyrkowhatever (the Norwegian collegian).

Alex.
 

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I bet if we tell Spurs we want to throw Ox off the balcony, he would would let us have it for the weekend. The whole week if we offered up Donkey.
Hell we offer the Donk. up Spur Dog would probably give us free lifetime Sloppy Joes at his new chicken wing gig.
 

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I remember him but I don’t remember him on that team.

Kruger was a good coach, and he dipped into the European ranks early, Martii Kuisma (the thin Finn) and Svein Dyrkowhatever (the Norwegian collegian).

Alex.

He averaged 8.4 minutes on the ‘93-‘94 team mainly subbing for DeClercq at power forward.
 

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