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Originally Posted by BigSteph
I'm really confused with your confusion.
There is only one area below 44 that has been built with apartments since the Villages bought everything. It is adjacent to Coleman prison. It is a set of one-story duplexes and single units.
All the other apartments are in Wildwood above 44 on Powell and 466A.
Wildwood, above 44, has already announced Home Depot, Target, 2 Wawas, Panda Express, Arby's, CVS, and many more retail and dining areas. This is the present build-out of The Villages. 466 will finish its vacant land as well. Then, everything is 44 and below. That is the nature of the southward crawl. For another decade stuff will continue around Wildwood and then it will be SW Leesburg and Sumterville and Centerville where it will all happen over the next 5 - 20 years.
Other than Hobby Lobby and Costco, 466 is slowing. 301 along all the Villages is growing, as it will all the way south to Centerville over the next decade. 441 along the east side of The Villages will also see growth, but that is as much about non-Villagers as it is about us.
The Villages owns almost all the land south of 44 between 301 (proposed) and 48. The neighborhoods are back to back and side to side, and there is little land for other developers to do anything with.
For that matter, even the Hobby Lobby and Costco seem to be on unused developer property.
Wildwood and Fruitland Park and Lady Lake have plenty of non-Villages land to develop up against The Villages. Again, in the South there is hardly any land not owned by the developer. Other an an apartment area planned and owned by the developer in Middleton, there is little chance of rental homes or apartments. Maybe the Coleman area will build out with cheaper homes and apartments. The Villages doesn't own every acre in Sumter.
There are places for retail along 301 near coleman, some land on 470 north of Middleton, along 470 past Dabney, and on 48. Once you get to Dabney, heck you are in the Leesburg area. I can see 27 building out retail. I say all this to suggest that there is plenty of room for things South of 44.
I normally don't rant, but I just think this sour grapes North vs South, East Coast vs West Coast, Ford vs. Chevy crap is silly.
I will bet everything I own that the area below 44 will be the heart of The Villages and the center of commerce in the next decade or two. Years from now, there will be people ragging on the Villagers buying below Centerville saying nothing is coming to that area and they are fools. They will probably be people living South of 44.
Bless your heart.
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Not confused AT ALL. The developer does not own the land where the apartments and townhomes have been built. Several more are in the works. I do not rant about North vrs South. I believe everyone should live where they are most comfortable. But!!! You are dreaming if you believe the new area will be free of apartments and rentals. It happens in every community throughout the USA. The area south of 44 will be no different. City development always includes affordable housing.
Lowes, Home Depot, Publix, CVS and fast food chains are the NORM in new areas. Lowes and Home Depot profit from the large amount of construction. Grocery stores, drug stores and gas stations are a necessity. Fast food chains service the construction workers. No unnecessary commercial will be built until the population has increased significantly. As of now, there are no major roadways that see lots of traffic daily. Major arteries are needed for unnecessary commercial. Until then, these stores will have no interest. I'm just keeping it real.