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Old 03-05-2025, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC View Post
Does not really matter who owns that land at that point, people needed places to shop and had to drive a long way for a long time. As the villages move south same thing will happen.
No, at the point that development at Trailwinds started, people were already shopping at Winn-Dixie and eating at Square1, Darrel’s, and Roberto’s. They were buying gas at Marathon and picking up prescriptions at Walgreens. That development added variety (as well as more apartments) but people didn’t have to drive a long way for a long time.

EDIT: It has been mentioned several times that the Villages applied to develop that area but were rejected by the city of Wildwood. The Trailwinds commercial (and residential) development is still being built out today partly because the Villages Developer was denied the opportunity to build it earlier.

There is little to no commercial development in the southern area AT THIS TIME. That will change as businesses see the customers and begin to move in.
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