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Originally Posted by blicata
Miles42
One store owner in colony plaza said the developer strickly regulates store policies. Developer regulates hours of operation & developer takes a portion of owner sales or profits. Real turnoff to open a business in the villages.
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This comes up periodically. Yet, there are few empty places in Spanish Springs or Lake Sumter. Sure, Brownwood has empty storefronts. Colony looks pretty full with new businesses coming. And most there have been there a while. When I moved here, Lake Sumter was only a few years old and it had empty storefronts, too. Sonny's place was an empty lot. Winn-Dixie and the nearby building were an empty lot. No Fross and Fross. Most of the buildings between TooJays and the square were empty. IIRC, the spot occupied by RedSauce was empty. Every retail development they have put up has eventually filled in.
Have business failed or left? Sure. Show me where that doesn't happen anywhere. It can't all be due to strangling rents or policies.