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Originally Posted by AMB444
Just curious why building is south only.
I'm sure there are established homes N, W, E.
But TV could offer a good price for the land?
At what point do you think TV developers will run out of land south, and then come back to the north?
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My guess:
Political: Amenable County commissioners.
Physical: Major roadways and towns
The northern limit is Rt 42 and Marion county. There is some growth into Marion but only as far as 42.
The western limit is 301 and Wildwood. While Wildwood has annexed some of the land the Villages is built on, I don't know of a case where the Villages has displaced a large number of existing Wildwood structures.
The eastern limit is 441, Leesburg, and Lake county. The Villages started east of 441 in Lake county but then grew west of 441 in Sumter county. There is still some growth into Lake county but it mostly appears to be the small areas to the south of Lake Denham and north of the Turnpike. It will be interesting to see if growth continues south of the Turnpike in Lake county.
The southern limit appears to be the next highway that needs to be crossed. 466, 466A, 44, Turnpike, and now 470 have been crossed. The next hurdle will be 48. The town of Center Hill sits on 48 but that could become the next Middleton.
50 comes after that and Sumter county begins to narrow. At that point there would be only a little bit of Lake county to cross to get to Disney but the Villages knows how to work with Lake county. Also a little over a year ago the Central Florida Expressway announced work on 516 which would connect from 419 near Disney to 27 near Lake Adain south of Clermont. While 516 wouldn't stretch all the way to potential Villages land in Sumter county, it still gets better than half way there.