784caroline
06-11-2008, 01:14 PM
If you'd like to explain to your friends and family how big The Villages is, this recent "BUSINESS WIRE" article might help: The Villages article . . . quite an amazing place!
The Villages is a Retail Safe Haven Recession Proof Retirement Income Supports Largest Growing Community in the U.S.
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THE VILLAGES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In spite of the national home building
crisis, The Villages sold over 2,400 homes last year and gained 5,000 new
residents. This brought the total population to almost 70,000, which is larger
than Daytona Beach.
'This year is running even stronger than last year,' said Gary Morse, CEO of
The Villages. 'We are averaging 7 ½ homes a day, 7 days a week! This will
make The Villages about the size of Melbourne by the end of this year.'
The Villages is a self contained Active Retirement Community with 80
restaurants, 4 hotels, 2 movie theaters, 2 town centers, 8 shopping centers, 2.5
million sq ft of retail and commercial space, a daily newspaper, TV news
network, radio station, hospital, 225 physicians, 15 pharmacies, 9 softball fields,
187 softball teams with 2,800 players, 42 neighborhood swimming pools at 42
recreation centers and 441 holes of golf in 9 country clubs and 24 executive
courses.
Now that the building crisis has spread to commercial real estate, retailers
and restaurateurs are moving to The Villages because of continuing growth of
affluent retirees. The average Villages' household has a recession proof
income of $81,480.
Golf carts are a prime mode of transportation in The Villages. There are
35,873 homes in The Villages, (growing at a rate of 7 ½ per day) and 37,769
golf carts. Some homes have more than one cart.
They are fun to drive and with gasoline approaching $4, it's nice to know
you are traveling for about 6 cents a mile. With 85 miles of golf cart trails,
everything in The Villages from the hospital to Target to theaters and
restaurants are as accessible by golf cart as they are by automobiles.
The Villages is the largest single-site mixed-use real estate development in
the U.S. and currently home to major retail and restaurant tenants
including: Publix, Fresh Market, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Barnes & Noble, Belk, Bealls,
Bonefish Grill, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Sweet Bay, TGI Friday's, Chico's,
Ruby Tuesday's, Target, Outback, Carrabas, Bass, Izod, JoS. A. Bank and Red
Lobster.
The Villages is a Retail Safe Haven Recession Proof Retirement Income Supports Largest Growing Community in the U.S.
************************************************** *************
THE VILLAGES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In spite of the national home building
crisis, The Villages sold over 2,400 homes last year and gained 5,000 new
residents. This brought the total population to almost 70,000, which is larger
than Daytona Beach.
'This year is running even stronger than last year,' said Gary Morse, CEO of
The Villages. 'We are averaging 7 ½ homes a day, 7 days a week! This will
make The Villages about the size of Melbourne by the end of this year.'
The Villages is a self contained Active Retirement Community with 80
restaurants, 4 hotels, 2 movie theaters, 2 town centers, 8 shopping centers, 2.5
million sq ft of retail and commercial space, a daily newspaper, TV news
network, radio station, hospital, 225 physicians, 15 pharmacies, 9 softball fields,
187 softball teams with 2,800 players, 42 neighborhood swimming pools at 42
recreation centers and 441 holes of golf in 9 country clubs and 24 executive
courses.
Now that the building crisis has spread to commercial real estate, retailers
and restaurateurs are moving to The Villages because of continuing growth of
affluent retirees. The average Villages' household has a recession proof
income of $81,480.
Golf carts are a prime mode of transportation in The Villages. There are
35,873 homes in The Villages, (growing at a rate of 7 ½ per day) and 37,769
golf carts. Some homes have more than one cart.
They are fun to drive and with gasoline approaching $4, it's nice to know
you are traveling for about 6 cents a mile. With 85 miles of golf cart trails,
everything in The Villages from the hospital to Target to theaters and
restaurants are as accessible by golf cart as they are by automobiles.
The Villages is the largest single-site mixed-use real estate development in
the U.S. and currently home to major retail and restaurant tenants
including: Publix, Fresh Market, Wal-Mart, McDonald's, Barnes & Noble, Belk, Bealls,
Bonefish Grill, Panera Bread, Starbucks, Sweet Bay, TGI Friday's, Chico's,
Ruby Tuesday's, Target, Outback, Carrabas, Bass, Izod, JoS. A. Bank and Red
Lobster.