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Originally Posted by janmcn
I have a hunch that the big companies, including Publix, want nothing to do with The Villages Inc until the IRS suit is settled. I base my hunch on the fact that Publix has not opened a new store since Easter 2007, nine months before the investigation was announced.
From 2001 to 2007, four grocery stores opened: Alberston's in Spanish Plaines in 2001 or 2002 (which is now a Publix), Publix in Mulberry Grove in 2003, Publix in Southern Trace in 2004, and Publix at Colony in 2007.
When The Villages and the IRS are mentioned in the same sentence, big companies are probably saying we'll sit this one out and see what happens IMO.
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DO you really think that even a negative outcome on the IRS issue will have folks leaving TV? TV is almost 100% complete give or take 2.5 years. I doubt that a negative judgment will make us a ghost town (would you really leave even if it cost everyone a couple of grand). Publix is actively pursing their new site. They are going to make a decision about location in the very near future and I assure you it has to do with population statistics and demographics and not the IRS issue.