Quote:
Originally Posted by mrfixit
.... also happened to "Briny Breezes, Fl 33435" in Palm Beach County.......
Jean Francois Roy offered $510 Million for the 488 lots in 2006....
..........................................that was also an all or nothing deal.
Places for sale...NOW between $ 130,000 and $192,000 for 1 BR trailers.
NOW...can anybody explain to me exactly how the Historic side became part of
"The Villages"..........
ALL residential property IN The Villages are located in CDD's numbered 1 thru 11.
Nothing on the Historic side is in any of the residential CDD's in The Villages.
|
The Villages was started in the historic district.
Harold Schwartz, a Michigan businessman, began selling land tracts via mail order in The Villages area in the 1960s. He and his business partner Al Tarrson were put out of business by a 1968 Federal law that banned mail order sales of real estate.
Stuck with considerable portions of Florida land, in the early 1970s Schwartz and Tarrson began development of a mobile home park, Orange Blossom Gardens, in the northwestern corner of Lake County. By the early 1980s, the community had sold only 400 units. Trying to improve the business, Schwartz decided to buy out Tarrson's interest and bring his son, H. Gary Morse, on board in 1983.
Morse noted that the successful retirement communities (such as Del Webb's Sun City developments) offered numerous well-maintained amenities to the residents. They also had diverse and nearby commercial development. Morse began to significantly upgrade the development. Their sales improved in the mid-1980s. Schwartz began to buy large tracts of land in nearby Sumter and Marion counties for future expansion. In 1992 Morse officially changed the overall development name to The Villages. The development is still controlled in all major aspects by descendants of Schwartz and Morse.
There are people in my neighborhood that knew Harold Schwartz. They all say that he was a wonderful guy whose only goal in life was to give people an affordable Florida retirement. He was often seen walking around the neighborhood and would often invite residents that he didn't know into his home for lemonade. His house is still there on the corner of Tarrson and Aloha.
So the question really should be, how did everything southwest of 27/441 become part of The Villages.
BTW, I believe that we are included in the VCCDD