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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Spanish Springs would be a perfect location for a mini "marketplace" style cluster of shops. Similar to the tiny "mall" in Mt. Dora, you could enter a winding hall from the back or front, like a covered alley. Glass doors and windows on the walls lining the hall display the shop names and wares for sale. Pretty sure Sumter Square has something like this already. Or they used to. Larger spaces could be shared by complementing companies. Baked goods combined with small kitchen gadgets and dining room clothware. A couture scarf and head-covering boutique and a hand-made jewelry display. How about a shop calling itself Lipstick and Loafers, offering small-batch lipsticks, glosses, and stains, and women's mules and other slip-in shoes for women?

And a "smalls" antique shop that features smaller items like WWII Swiss Army knives, Gaobei porcelain tea sets, stuffed bears from the time when Teddy Roosevelt was President, and so on.

I would love to have that opportunity in SS or LSL. Think fresh bread, pastries, generational old world recipes. I just don’t think the developer would jump on the market, probably due to insurance and the need to collect 30 rent checks.