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Originally Posted by jlejsek@sbcglobal.net

Thank you for sharing Don. Very eager to find out the next area to be developed after Moultrie Creek.

It will either be Shady Brook (next to MC) or Well Point (south of MG) based on what I’m seeing for construction progress. While WP appears farther along than SB, the area around WP, specifically along McNeil Drive still has lots of work needed and they my want to keep the traffic off the road as long as possible for safety concerns.

There is also the progress on the downtown area of Middleton to be considered, as it progresses there is the need for a local customer base to support the businesses that will occupy the district. While the family community of Middleton is growing at a good rate, it is not enough at this point to achieve a sustainable customer base for the pending businesses. The age restricted communities grow at a higher rate with a higher level of disposable income making them a better target market in the near term.

Middleton and Eastport will be competing against each other for customers. Having an established customer base in Middleton will ease some of the initial downside that will come when businesses start to open in Eastport.

There are a lot of strategic factors that go into which area they start building in next. Looking at what I’ve mentioned here and several other factors, my prediction is that SB will be next (around March/April), then WP after with the opening of McNeil Drive. After that it will be a march to the center (Eastport) over the next 2 years. These are my best educated guess predictions, unfortunately I don’t have inside knowledge of what the developer’s timeline or strategy is, I can only go by observation and historical actions at this point.