[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by MSchad

Excellent video again. I also like that you pointed out the developer has kept (hundreds I assume) construction workers employed during these last few months.

No, it is thousands of workers that are employed. Several thousands on-site plus several more thousand that work off site (think assembling roof trusses, etc.) and back office support for the field workers. The impact is several layers deep - no workers no customers for the job site food trucks - a dozen drives alone that deliver fuel every day to the trucks on-site for Rainey Construction - supply warehouse workers, and many many more.

The contractors get paid when the work is done, not when the house is sold. The developer is footing the bill to keep everyone working, a huge advantage of having a well run company like The Villages running things. The company (construction/technology) I worked for before retiring 2 years ago did over $31B last year and laid off most of their field staff 2 weeks into the pandemic shutdown, not a very well run company and the reason I retired early.