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Originally Posted by jannd228
If you stop and think about it, the developer is using the "Disney" model, develop the properties, own some of the amenities/restaurants etc. and then turn them over to chain franchises. The Disney company did the same thing, they originally managed all of the restaurants and then as time moved forward they began to "affiliate" or partner with others like Hard Rock Cafe. It is one of the business models used now by many including the YMCA.
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Hi Jan,
I think you are right about what is happening. (for what my opinion is worth)
I am assuming that under such an arrangement, the developer retains a piece of the action. If that is the case, that would seem to offer the most continued success for the Lifestyle.
I think it is best for the future of TV if the developer remains invested and profitable, throughout the entire area. -- while allowing others to profit, of course. Like Buffett -- I like capitalism but I am not a materialist. (I don't mean Jimmy, but I like him, too.)
I am out here on the outside, for now, where I am sad to say that I am seeing so much empty commercial property, everywhere. Empty commercial property gives me the willies.
I try really hard to shop in stores with walls rather than on the internet. My books come from an actual bookstore and when I make myself shop for clothes, it is usually Coldwater Creek where I live and not the catalog or website.
Oh well, what do I know about things economic. This is all just my take on stuff. Heck, it has been alleged around here, many times, that I could even be an English major.
Boomer
edit -- sort of -- EEK! I just realized that I misplaced an adverbial clause -- or some such thing -- up there that makes it sound like I live at Coldwater Creek. For the record, I do not live at Coldwater Creek.