State wants nearly 2 million for Fishermans Wharf project but who will cough up the money

FORT PIERCE — When the city picked Shelli Associates two years ago to transform Fisherman’s Wharf into a waterfront destination, it was thought the grandiose vision would be completed this year. But the $75 million project remains at a standstill, largely because of title issues that date back to 1954, when the state gave a sliver of undeveloped land inside the Fisherman’s Wharf project scope — about 1.5 acres at the southern end of the Port of Fort Pierce — to the city. The nearly 70-year-old agreement has a deed restriction, though, requiring the state approval for any future development…