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Originally Posted by goodtimesintv
Selling out the Southern Lifestyles classic, quality furniture business and prime retail space to low-end City Furniture has been a huge downgrade of retail at Lake Sumter Landing.
Then to make it worse, the Distict Government offices moved into the beautiful retail showrooms next to Panera.
How many times do we have to watch classic, tasteful retail "downtown" shopping die? We all watched the slow death of it in other cities in the last 40 years, and now TV is doing it to the beautiful town square at LSL.
Please listen!!! People want quality, tasteful retail that's open in the evenings as our squares are. If all the storefronts turn into offices that close at 5pm, people will not come in the evenings and the death of "downtown" is coming.
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I agree. Although we don't need to accept shoddiness in any form, there are many good shops in TV that may be hurting and at risk. If you love the downtown support them for our mutual benefit. As far as the few empty units, what stores would you frequent often? A cutesy store that is nice to walk through but makes no sales isn't going to last long. Online shopping has become so convenient too but sometimes it is better to actually see and handle the product before purchase and take it home right away.