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Old 01-20-2012, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by buggyone View Post
Mulligan says the developer has his hands in the till of Villages properties.

The Developer's company is the landlord for the leased properties. It is standard business practice for a business landlord to take in a certain percent of receipts.

I was talking to the owner of City Fire restaurant and he said the Developer is the 2nd best landlord he has had in 40+ years of business and lots of different landlords. That sounds like a pretty good recommendation to me.
Absolutely correct buggy; it's much like the "mall fees" that the stores pay the developer of shopping malls because of it's prime business location
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