Harold Schwartz had a vision to give people who were not wealthy a retirement place that was wonderful.
He started to work on his vision in the 70's and now others have taken over his vision. His vision is continuing. I see The Villages continuing as it is for quite some time.
The plan if for at least 40,000 more homes to be built, that will take time. As long as there are more homes to be built The Villages has to be maintained or improve - otherwise they would not be able to sell new homes.
HB
I agree with Sidney
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Originally Posted by Sidney Lanier
Well, of course the developer is here to make money! This is not a charitable institution, this is real estate development. The developer (and I use the word not to describe a specific individual but rather Harold Schwartz and his descendants) continue to invest their money into what at first was a concept that might have been uncertain, and it paid off for them--and for us, or we would not be here.... Paid off handsomely? Yes, well, good for them! "Field of Dreams": Build it and they [we] will come! And we are coming, so evidently the developer is doing something right. The developer's concept involved building the amenities first (which sadly has not been the case in other retirement developments), and we pay for them through our amenity fee. We know this when we buy here, and we accept that this is how it works.
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