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Originally Posted by tophcfa
He built the Orange Blossom course first, then sold manufactured homes around the course. They are not mobile homes, they are manufactured homes that are on blocks, not a poured foundation.
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From the Google machine:
"In the early 1970s, Schwartz turned his focus from mail-order land sales to land development. Schwartz, along with business partner Al Tarrson, founded Orange Blossom Gardens,
a mobile home park in Central Florida located off of US Highway 27-441. Using land leftover from his mail-order land sales business, Schwartz began selling homes to retirees. Initially, sales were slow, with only about 400 homes being built in the original development.
In 1983, Schwartz, unsatisfied with the progress, bought out Tarrson's interest in the business and brought in his son, advertising executive, H. Gary Morse as a business partner. Together, Schwartz and Morse increased sales at Orange Blossom Gardens exponentially and created interest in the growing community.
In 1992, the name of the development was changed from Orange Blossom Gardens to The Villages"