DESTIN — The nearly 20-acre strip mall labeled "blighted" by some city officials is under contract to be sold to a foreign buyer for redevelopment. Destin City Councilman Parker Destin confirmed Tuesday that the city has received preliminary plans from a Japan-based investment group to purchase "some" of the parcels at the Downtown Destin Shopping Center on Harbor Boulevard. The strip mall is set to close the sale in the "very near future," according to RE/MAX Coastal Properties broker/owner Ed Smith...
