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Originally Posted by Robbie0723
Ignore the tired old prunes who bash the southern areas, the developer knows the market and home sales are currently at an all time high. Recent announcements include:
The Villages All New Future Lifestyle Opportunities
A 400-acre “Medical Village” that will include a new UF Health trauma center that also will serve as a teaching hospital for medical students;
An “Urban core” shopping center near the medical complex and that will include complementary businesses;
Housing for doctors, nurses and other medical professionals;
A “Lifestyle/Town Center”;
A “Super-Regional” recreation center;
New golf courses (46 Championship holes), a Pitch & Putt and Putting Course;
A lake large enough to host regional or international events such as dragon boat racing, skiing, rowing, remote-controlled boats and sailing;
New bridges connecting portions of the new areas, including one that will accommodate both multi-modal and automobile traffic across the turnpike south of the plaza.
A second K-8 Villages Charter School campus and an expanded high school campus that includes a sports complex, gym, stadium and performing arts center, among other things;
A neighborhood near the new school campus for employees who work in The Villages;
New recreation centers;
A new restaurant and pub; and
An indoor farmer’s market. |
Most of the above is the developer’s wish list and hopefully it all will come to fruition but stuff happens. The big difference is most of if not all of the amenities were built before any homes were occupied. The developer would be sure to have places to get gas, food, entertainment reasonably close. It seems that the old plan was tossed out and the new plan is to build as many houses as possible without having easy access to some basic comforts south of 44. When I moved here 10 years ago, the developer built one village at a time and started a new one when the last one was mostly sold. Now it’s an explosion of houses in every direction with many villages being built at the same time. But not much in the way of shopping. I know that stores will come eventually but it will take time, just look at how long it’s taken for the first shopping area to be completed 31/2 years after ground breaking for Fenny and still not ready. I will say that it’s very pretty south of 44 and l’m sure all that buy homes in that area are happy and that is all that really counts.