In the Villages, they are not driving ranges, they are learning centers.
The teaching and equipment sales generates the revenue for that piece of real estate.
Bonus, that they can put a driving range next to the learning centers. And at a spot like Sarasota, it’s a lake. No homes.
In Eastport, the learning center takes the place of another amenity that would go in that space.
And there is not enough volume of lessons to sustain more teaching pros (i.e. learning centers) YEAR ROUND.
You can get some good teaching pros that split time between FLA and someplace north, but that is getting harder (pros are married, kids, etc).
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