New shopping center Powell Rd next to Brownwood Towne Ct

[neilbcox]

There is a huge area being cleared on Powell Road across the street to Brownwood Towne Village. I believe that it is a large shopping center. Does anyone know what is going into this center...Maybe we will get a nice center close by instead of having to drive to Hwy 441!

[SALYBOW]

Amen to that. It is a long drive to 441 for a packages of nails.

[Indydealmaker]

Amen to that. It is a long drive to 441 for a packages of nails.

Have you ever been to Sparr Building & Farm Supply just southwest of Brownwood? They have a bit of everything and they seem to be good people.

[Peachie]

Have you ever been to Sparr Building & Farm Supply just southwest of Brownwood? They have a bit of everything and they seem to be good people.

And there is a nice Ace Hardware in Wildwood and Ace Hardware off of 466 in Southern Trace...

[e-flyer]

There is a huge area being cleared on Powell Road across the street to Brownwood Towne Village. I believe that it is a large shopping center. Does anyone know what is going into this center...Maybe we will get a nice center close by instead of having to drive to Hwy 441!

We can only hope! See link below for another thread on the same topic.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/big-doins-just-west-brownwood-98350/

[mulligan]

Once again, for the folks in the back row, there is a new villa neighborhood going in on the northern portion of that property. As of this date, there are NO plans/permits for commercial property.

[graciegirl]

once again, for the folks in the back row, there is a new villa neighborhood going in on the northern portion of that property. As of this date, there are no plans/permits for commercial property.




THANK YOU
mulligan.

[mulligan]

Merry Christmas, Gracie.

[skip0358]

If you read the Daily Sun there is a legal section where The Villages posts ALL these legal adds. If there's a change to the current plans that requires a County Meeting they are posted by law. The Villages news also does an online posting. If there is a shopping area on the Villages Property I would guess it will be like the one that was just added by the new Sweet Bay. Now further West on Rt.44 between the Brownwood Property and the Trailer Park including part of the Trailer Park there are for sale signs up. Also between 301 and 75 on the N/S of 44 there is a sign and land clearing for a Flea Market coming.

[Indydealmaker]

And there is a nice Ace Hardware in Wildwood or Ace Hardware off of 466 in Southern Trace...
The Wildwood Ace Hardware has a guy named "Joe" who is a Master Gardener". He is very knowledgeable.

[campy]

It is called Grand Traverse Plaza. It will consist of retail space with Publix being the anchor store.

[Warren Kiefer]

There is a huge area being cleared on Powell Road across the street to Brownwood Towne Village. I believe that it is a large shopping center. Does anyone know what is going into this center...Maybe we will get a nice center close by instead of having to drive to Hwy 441!

why do you say believe ??? I am hoping you meant a mall type shopping.

[John_W]

It is called Grand Traverse Plaza. It will consist of retail space with Publix being the anchor store.

I did a google search for "Grand Traverse Plaza", highway 44 wildwood, fl and found one link, however I can't open it since I don't have 'Word' and the document is posted in Word. This is the google highlight

Emmett Sapp Builders Inc 4430 NE 83 Rd Wildwood FL 34785 (352) 748-1949 FAX .... *Shine & Company Inc 25613 W US HWY 27 High Springs FL 32643 (386) ...... PUBLIX # 1487 AT GRAND TRAVERSE PLAZA – POWELL RD & SR 44.

Maybe someone who has Word can do a search using "Grand Traverse Plaza", highway 44 wildwood, fl

[Flyinglady]

THANK YOU
mulligan.

So good to see you back on totv - sorry to highjack this thread

[Papa]

It is called Grand Traverse Plaza. It will consist of retail space with Publix being the anchor store.

Here is the link to the full set of plans...

http://www.scherercfl.com/bids/data/Grand%20Traverse%20Plaza%20Full%20Set%20Plans.pdf

Enjoy

[zonerboy]

Very interesting.
I wonder if there will be golf cart access to that side of Powell Road.

By the way, sorry to dash the hopes of some, but I think the days of the big multipurpose shopping malls (like Millennium Mall, etc.) are long gone Too much internet shopping going on.
just my opinion.

[gomoho]

Here is the link to the full set of plans...

http://www.scherercfl.com/bids/data/Grand%20Traverse%20Plaza%20Full%20Set%20Plans.pdf

Enjoy

Praise the Lord and pass the hat!!! Can anyone read these plans to determine if any other stores have committed.

[Chopper]

Tunnels already exist under Powell Road. Access to Grand Traverse Plaza will not be a problem. The homes that will be built just south of 44A are called Village of Collier at Alden Bungalows.

[skip0358]

Read the plans Publix in the middle. A restaurant is marked on one end ( no name ) the rest of the stores are marked tenant. Looks similar to Colony.

[Villager Dude]

Praise the Lord and pass the hat!!! Can anyone read these plans to determine if any other stores have committed.

Other than Publix I see noting else other than some space set aside for a restaurant . I am sure there will be many food establishments in that center.

Don't think you will see a Costco or anything big like that.

[bxmt54]

One can probably assume one of the restaurants will be Beef O'Brady's, wouldn't you think?

[LndLocked]

One can probably assume one of the restaurants will be Beef O'Brady's, wouldn't you think?

and a Subway

[missypie]

Beef o Brady and subway...how new and exciting

[shcisamax]

I guess it will be one big deja vu.

[Indydealmaker]

I did a google search for "Grand Traverse Plaza", highway 44 wildwood, fl and found one link, however I can't open it since I don't have 'Word' and the document is posted in Word. This is the google highlight

Emmett Sapp Builders Inc 4430 NE 83 Rd Wildwood FL 34785 (352) 748-1949 FAX .... *Shine & Company Inc 25613 W US HWY 27 High Springs FL 32643 (386) ...... PUBLIX # 1487 AT GRAND TRAVERSE PLAZA – POWELL RD & SR 44.

Maybe someone who has Word can do a search using "Grand Traverse Plaza", highway 44 wildwood, fl
John, You can download a free Word "Viewer".
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4

[KathieI]

Here is the link to the full set of plans...

http://www.scherercfl.com/bids/data/Grand%20Traverse%20Plaza%20Full%20Set%20Plans.pdf

Enjoy

Hey, you guys are so fantastic... How the heck do you find these things... I'm so glad that I have you all here to share this info with me. I'd be like a babe in the woods , lol , I loved this blueprint, had no clue what I was looking at, but it was fantastic. Thank you so much to all you guys that are so computer literate - I thank you lots. Just had to complement all of you.

[NJblue]

The curious thing is that the plans appear to be for a much smaller commercial presence than what the amount of land there would otherwise allow. I know there are some villas being built in the same general area, but it would seem as though there is still a lot of land to be developed.

[asianthree]

I just like to wait and see..that way I am never disappointed

[skip0358]

The curious thing is that the plans appear to be for a much smaller commercial presence than what the amount of land there would otherwise allow. I know there are some villas being built in the same general area, but it would seem as though there is still a lot of land to be developed.

There a quite a few Villas going into that section. I believe the Villa section goes down to the 2nd traffic circle s/o 44A. then the rest would be the shopping center. If you look at the Pinellas Plaza and The Colony Plaza they're on a good size piece of property.

[TNLAKEPANDA]

Our realtor told us that a Mall with several large anchor stores will be going in near Brownwood out on Hwy 44. He did not have a date or more details. I am sure that 44 will get built up just like 27/441 is now.

[Bogie Shooter]

Our realtor told us that a Mall with several large anchor stores will be going in near Brownwood out on Hwy 44. He did not have a date or more details. I am sure that 44 will get built up just like 27/441 is now.

This is a very old rumor.

[Lovey2]

[QUOTE=mulligan;797422]Once again, for the folks in the back row, there is a new villa neighborhood going in on the northern portion of that property. As of this date, there are NO plans/permits for commercial property.[/QU

[tucson]

This is a very old rumor.

Well if this is a rumor, than the business owner (that told me that there's a huge mall/shpg ctr. going in across the street from there was spreading a false rumor 5yrs ago.

[Bogie Shooter]

Well if this is a rumor, than the business owner (that told me that there's a huge mall/shpg ctr. going in across the street from there was spreading a false rumor 5yrs ago.

Guess some peopl's definition of huge can vary.

[pbeinetti]

Seems like overload on the Western side of The Villages -- Pinellas and Grand Traverse. If Grand Traverse had Home Depot, etc. that would make sense, another grocery does not IMO. Eastern side of TV is desperate for another grocery. Colony is a zoo now, and will be made much worse with Fruitland Park Villages. Anyone hear anything about building a grocery on the Eastern side?

[e-flyer]

. Anyone hear anything about building a grocery on the Eastern side?

Nope

[e-flyer]

Well if this is a rumor, than the business owner (that told me that there's a huge mall/shpg ctr. going in across the street from there was spreading a false rumor 5yrs ago.

Lots of plans change in 5 yrs. Until it happens, it's just a rumor.

[NJblue]

Well if this is a rumor, than the business owner (that told me that there's a huge mall/shpg ctr. going in across the street from there was spreading a false rumor 5yrs ago.

I believe that was the plan/concept 5 years ago. If you went to the developer's commercial web site there was a proposed Anterim Dells mall slotted for that space. If you go to that web site now, all references to Anterim Dells are gone.

Plans do change over time. I think that one thing the developer is learning as time goes on is that there is much less demand for commercial space than what he had originally hoped. The Buffalo Ridge commercial area is huge but has not seen any new development there in years. The Mission Hills area was originally supposed to be commercial space and it appears that demand never materialized and instead it was rezoned residential. I think people holding out hope for a Macy/Dillards type mall will be disappointed.

[Bogie Shooter]

I believe that was the plan/concept 5 years ago. If you went to the developer's commercial web site there was a proposed Anterim Dells mall slotted for that space. If you go to that web site now, all references to Anterim Dells are gone.

Plans do change over time. I think that one thing the developer is learning as time goes on is that there is much less demand for commercial space than what he had originally hoped. The Buffalo Ridge commercial area is huge but has not seen any new development there in years. The Mission Hills area was originally supposed to be commercial space and it appears that demand never materialized and instead it was rezoned residential. I think people holding out hope for a Macy/Dillards type mall will be disappointed.

Your are so right. Are those big stores opening any stores anywhere?

[renielarson]

I believe that was the plan/concept 5 years ago. If you went to the developer's commercial web site there was a proposed Anterim Dells mall slotted for that space. If you go to that web site now, all references to Anterim Dells are gone.

Plans do change over time. I think that one thing the developer is learning as time goes on is that there is much less demand for commercial space than what he had originally hoped. The Buffalo Ridge commercial area is huge but has not seen any new development there in years. The Mission Hills area was originally supposed to be commercial space and it appears that demand never materialized and instead it was rezoned residential. I think people holding out hope for a Macy/Dillards type mall will be disappointed.

But all references to Antrim Dells are not all gone. Case in point is The Villages Commercial Property site with a 2014 copyright. The site says Antrim Dells is a 500,000 sq. ft. power center. A power center is defined by Wikipedia as "...an unenclosed shopping center with 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) to 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) of gross leasable area[1] that usually contains three or more big box retailers and various smaller retailers (usually located in strip plazas) with a common parking area shared among the retailers. It is likely to have more money spent on features and architecture than a traditional big box shopping center."

I tried to post the url to The Villages Commercial Property site but it wouldn't take, sorry.

Now that I've seen the plans for Grand Traverse Plaza I'm really confused because I don't see enough room for 3 or more big box retailers in the plans.

[NJblue]

But all references to Antrim Dells are not all gone. Case in point is The Villages Commercial Property site with a 2014 copyright. I've posted the link below:

The Villages Commercial Property Sales & Leasing (http://www.thevillagescommercialproperty.com/properties.asp)

It says Antrim Dells is a 500,000 sq. ft. power center. A power center is defined here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_center_(retail)

Now that I've seen the plans for Grand Traverse Plaza I'm really confused.

Your link did not work (just brought me back to TOTV). However, when I googled the commercial site and went to it directly, under the tab "locations" which used to have Anterim Dells listed, it now is missing.

[renielarson]

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[renielarson]

That is so strange because I can use the link to access the page but when I cut and paste the url, it doesn't work. That's technology for you! :shrug:

[Bizdoc]

And there is a nice Ace Hardware in Wildwood and Ace Hardware off of 466 in Southern Trace...

And one on 301 in Wildwood near the Post Office.

[champion6]

But all references to Antrim Dells are not all gone. Case in point is The Villages Commercial Property site with a 2014 copyright. <snip>

I tried to post the url to The Villages Commercial Property site but it wouldn't take, sorry.

Now that I've seen the plans for Grand Traverse Plaza I'm really confused because I don't see enough room for 3 or more big box retailers in the plans.I was able to display the page from the quote box in NJblue's response.

1) The 2014 copyright is placed at the bottom of every page automatically. The date automatically increments by one on Jan. 1 each year.

2) The page you tried to post has been replaced by a new page that no longer refers to Antrim Dells. I would post a link to it, but just as you experienced, we wouldn't be able to use the link.

3) The plans have been changed for the area which was originally named Antrim Dells Mall (the large area west of Powell Road between 44A and 44). The south half will be Grand Traverse Plaza and the north half will be courtyard villas which Chopper said will be called Village of Collier at Alden Bungalows.

4) Because of #3, the name Antrim Dells will be used by TV, but for a completely different property. Antrim Dells is the name given to the courtyard villas that are being built east of Brownwood - east of Buena Vista and north of 44.

[GilchristCruisers]

Try this link for more information on those development plans.

Brownwood may be getting some company - Daily Commercial: News (http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/article_66a977e9-e231-5bbd-ab29-feca522320d5.html)

[renielarson]

I was able to display the page from the quote box in NJblue's response.

1) The 2014 copyright is placed at the bottom of every page automatically. The date automatically increments by one on Jan. 1 each year.

2) The page you tried to post has been replaced by a new page that no longer refers to Antrim Dells. I would post a link to it, but just as you experienced, we wouldn't be able to use the link.

3) The plans have been changed for the area which was originally named Antrim Dells Mall (the large area west of Powell Road between 44A and 44). The south half will be Grand Traverse Plaza and the north half will be courtyard villas which Chopper said will be called Village of Collier at Alden Bungalows.

4) Because of #3, the name Antrim Dells will be used by TV, but for a completely different property. Antrim Dells is the name given to the courtyard villas that are being built east of Brownwood - east of Buena Vista and north of 44.

Champion6, I can always count on you to help me out! Thanks for the clarification. (Loved Flat Stanley's travels on FB). :clap2:

[champion6]

Try this link for more information on those development plans.
Brownwood may be getting some company - Daily Commercial: News (http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/article_66a977e9-e231-5bbd-ab29-feca522320d5.html)Yes, this article from Aug. 8, 2013 says, "A public hearing is planned in The Villages on Wednesday for a request by the developer to add nearly 100 additional acres to Villages Community Development District 10 in Wildwood.
"About half of the land is at the southeast corner of the intersection of Buena Vista Boulevard and County Road 44A, extending south to State Road 44. The other half is on the southwest corner of the intersection of County Road 44A and Powell Road, just west of Brownwood Paddock Square."

What this means is that the two parcels were originally planned to be commercial, and would not be in a CDD. TV decided instead to develop them as residential. Therefore, they have been added to CDD 10. A public hearing was a required step in the process to add them to CDD 10.

Furthermore, "The area west of Brownwood is where The Villages has plans for Antrim Dells, a 500,000 square-foot commercial development and shopping mall. It is currently in the development stage, according to The Villages’ website."

The author of the article simply pulled information from the obsolete web page that brightspot01 originally mentioned in this thread.

[jhrc4]

Prediction on what will go in there besides Publix

1) Beef o Brady's
2) Subway
3) Hairstylists nails etc.
5) Pac and Ship
6) Bealls outlet
and very nearby...this you can take to the bank wait for it..

Storage Facility, Consignment Shop, Mattress Discount, McDonalds .

[mulligan]

There goes my hopes for a used auto parts recycling yard !!

[Russ_Boston]

I love how some posters are so misinformed (see the posts in December that claim to KNOW that no commercial space was permitted in that area). Just shows, again, how you really have to know who on this site has info and who is just guessing or complaining. Kind of funny actually.

[justjim]

Everybody is curious about a shopping mall. I can tell you this for sure----my wife and a lot of ladies in TV will not be satisfied until there is a Macy's in The Villages. Being politically correct, I will put some guys in there too.

Time will tell.

[campy]

The Villages 2014 street map shows exactly where Grand Traverse Plaza and Village of Collier at Alden Bungalows is going to be built off of Powell, between 44 and 44A.

[TrudyM]

Everybody is curious about a shopping mall. I can tell you this for sure----my wife and a lot of ladies in TV will not be satisfied until there is a Macy's in The Villages. Being politically correct, I will put some guys in there too.

Time will tell.

Don't have to be politically correct after two months I asked my husband well what do you think. His answer well I would miss the shopping I mean the Macys is all the way in Ocala and when you get there it is a second level Macys mostly their own label. I never shop (retired retail I associate the mall with 70hr weeks), hubby checks out the mall by us twice or more a week.

As I have said before I was a number cruncher for Macy's.:posting: I think for a location to work for them, A mall would have to be adjacent to I 75 and the overall demo of the area would have to go up quite a bit I would think. Especially if the one in Ocala isn't making it's numbers which a friend says it isn't.

[Bogie Shooter]

I love how some posters are so misinformed (see the posts in December that claim to KNOW that no commercial space was permitted in that area). Just shows, again, how you really have to know who on this site has info and who is just guessing or complaining. Kind of funny actually.

Russ you are so right.
Haven't we learned over the years that all them guesses are really rumors? When the shovel hits the dirt and the sign goes up then we know for sure.
BTW did you hear someone was building a roller derby track next to the tire store in Colony? :D

[chuck90199]

The roller derby track is not a rumor. I heard from my neighbor's son's girlfriend's uncle in Georgia that his cousin works for the company that builds roller derby tracks all over the country. Being The Villages, it will be an outdoor track.

BTW – This is the same company that's planning to build the pro-wrestling arena in front of Sweetbay in Pinnelas Plaza.

[keithwand]

I have heard it from credible sources that roller derby is a go. There will also be Shih Tzu racing rather than greyhounds.

[Bogie Shooter]

:a20::a20:I have heard it from credible sources that roller derby is a go. There will also be Shih Tzu racing rather than greyhounds.

[travelguy]

no mall....really there will not be a regional enclosed mall. the end. please. no more mall speculation.

[luvmagic2]

no mall? and I was so looking forward to a Spencers Gifts.

[GaryW]

Unit 969 Alden will built beside the Publix area @ Brownwood. Powell road going south,, go past 44a.. the first area on the right will be Unit 969, the Publix, will be next road Brownwood Blvd to the right...

[Bogie Shooter]

Unit 969 Alden will built beside the Publix area @ Brownwood. Powell road going south,, go past 44a.. the first area on the right will be Unit 969, the Publix, will be next road Brownwood Blvd to the right...

Source?

[champion6]

Unit 969 Alden will built beside the Publix area @ Brownwood. Powell road going south, go past 44a. the first area on the right will be Unit 969, the Publix will be next road Brownwood Blvd to the right.
Source?There a several threads on TOTV with details about each of these projects. Each has supporting documents.

[keithwand]

no mall....really there will not be a regional enclosed mall. the end. please. no more mall speculation.

So where is the mall?

[webe1003]

I heard we may have a mall one day in the Brownwood area. Would be nice to avoid going to 441 all the time. Folks at Ace Hardware in Wildwood are very pleasant to deal with.

[Shimpy]

no mall? and I was so looking forward to a Spencers Gifts.

Not to mention the food court.

[Shimpy]

[QUOTE=jhrc4;827421]Prediction on what will go in there besides Publix

1) Beef o Brady's
2) Subway
3) Hairstylists nails etc.
5) Pac and Ship
6) Bealls outlet
and very nearby...this you can take to the bank wait for it..

Storage Facility, Consignment Shop, Mattress Discount, McDonalds . [/QUOTE[/B]
You are soooooo right. You forgot to mention a few dress stores and of course another Italian restaurant. We probably have more Italian restaurants here than in Rome.

[skip0358]

I for one hope we don't get a BIG BOX MALL. Ocala is close enough, Leesburg Mall is having big problems loosing tenants, There is more then enough traffic here now. add a mall to that just nuts. O'Cala is what a half hour away. I'll bet someone from the North end could be at O'cala by car before they're at the maybe mall by golf cart

[GaryW]

Source?
Unit 969 ALden

I am looking at the 911 map of it, and we are starting the walls for the unit Monday.

My other source is G-100 Classified, can not let that one out!!

[GaryW]

One thing I can for sure, After working in TV for so long, things change day to day. The hospital going in at Brownwood for one. That changed daily until if finally got closed up. The east side of Brownwood on Torch Drive is Unit 966. Antrim Dells. about 175 homes. They will start construction Today on the home sites, The west side of Brownwood is Unit 969 ALden. ALong with Grand Traverse with Publix. Will be similar to Southern Trace Plaza with Publix.
Have not heard talk of a big mall in a long time. Was orignally suppose to be at Buffalo Ridge across from the School area before Red Lobster and Freshmarket were built,, then it changed to Antrim Dells when that was first in Planning Phase.

I tell you so much changes daily. I do know there is alot planned for the area south of 44 where Morse comes out at CR-468. See what happens. Nope will not say any thing in particular. Like I said so much changes.


Square One Burger is started for Pinellas Plaza. That should be a nice place looking at the menu..

[3dogfriend]

Nice stores but they don't carry dresses to my taste.

[Indydealmaker]

Nice stores but they don't carry dresses to my taste.

If you are going to reply to a particular post, do not click on Post Reply. Instead click on "Quote Post" at the bottom right of the post to which you wish to reply. This avoids lots of confusion as to what you are talking about.

[dzine]

Yes, there is going to be a gas station next to the Community Bank at Pinellas Plaza. There was an article somewhere stating it would be owned by a local resident in The Villages who has been in that business for a long while.
Hoping the prices are more competitive than the Villages Shell stations.

[Villages Kahuna]

There's more than just cleared land. If you drive by and look, some of the planned parking lot has been already been paved and curbed, even though the building hasn't begun. This is the new Publix-anchored shopping center. It's not huge, by a long shot, not anywhere near as big as Colony Center. In fact, I have heard that the Publix will be a size smaller than the one at Colony. The plans for the store and center were posted online and linked here a few weeks ago.

[PTY Sparky]

According to the builder of our home, the area that is being cleared is going to be commercial. If indeed it is, it will be a very welcome addition to this part of The Villages.

[Shimpy]

In fact, I have heard that the Publix will be a size smaller than the one at Colony.

I hate to hear that. The one in Colony has narrow isles and hard to get around with a cart. SweetBay has done it right with wide isles. It's hard to believe Publix would plan on a smaller store in an area that will have many customers.

[ROCKETMAN]

There's more than just cleared land. If you drive by and look, some of the planned parking lot has been already been paved and curbed, even though the building hasn't begun. This is the new Publix-anchored shopping center. It's not huge, by a long shot, not anywhere near as big as Colony Center. In fact, I have heard that the Publix will be a size smaller than the one at Colony. The plans for the store and center were posted online and linked here a few weeks ago.

To those who have documents showing a new publix, please inform the district manager of this area for publix that they are building a new store. He has no idea as does the publix manager in colony. Checkouts do not make policy decisions as someone quoted all the checkouts know about the new store.

[BogeyBoy]

To those who have documents showing a new publix, please inform the district manager of this area for publix that they are building a new store. He has no idea as does the publix manager in colony. Checkouts do not make policy decisions as someone quoted all the checkouts know about the new store.

The documents that were posted earlier clearly showed Publix in the artist's drawings of the area. Maybe that is no different than an artist drawing a new building with autos out front and one of them happens to be a Chevy, doesn't mean a Chevy will be there.

However, I think they (Publix) would be foolish not to build/lease there.

[SusanOfWoodbury]

There is a huge area being cleared on Powell Road across the street to Brownwood Towne Village. I believe that it is a large shopping center. Does anyone know what is going into this center...Maybe we will get a nice center close by instead of having to drive to Hwy 441!

No shopping centers for the Villages....

[Bonanza]

I just read every single post on this topic and silently, had a good chuckle.

Can you imagine if Morse read all this stuff? Why -- he would be laughing as hard as if he was at a comedy club!

[Villager Joyce]

A post in another thread today states the Publix sign was being put up today. I intend to take a picture of the sign to post here for those who are so positive a Publix couldn't possibly be build in/near Brownwood. Time will tell.

[cquick]

I hate to hear that. The one in Colony has narrow isles and hard to get around with a cart. SweetBay has done it right with wide isles. It's hard to believe Publix would plan on a smaller store in an area that will have many customers.

I love Publix...I love their store brands, and I love the variety of deli items, and I love that you can buy almost everything you need there.

[VT2TV]

Another report to add to the mix. A friend swears that they saw some drawings about the land NOT owned by Morse family on 466a that starts beside Sand Hill golf course. They said they saw a space for a strip mall, housing, etc., and what they said was "a big box " store. Don't know if that is even true, but maybe that is what some sales people were talking about when they have told potential residents a "MALL" is going to built near Brownwood. I for 1 will believe all this stuff when I see it. I agree with the poster who said if he read this site that Morse would get a big laugh. I have never lived in an area so secretive about what is going to be built. My city would publish in the papers and put up signs about what is coming long before anyone broke ground. What is the harm in letting us know about new stores and restaurants?????

[Birdie Dreamer]

A post in another thread today states the Publix sign was being put up today. I intend to take a picture of the sign to post here for those who are so positive a Publix couldn't possibly be build in/near Brownwood. Time will tell.

Front page of today's Daily Sun should resolve this debate.

[John_W]

Another report to add to the mix. A friend swears that they saw some drawings about the land NOT owned by Morse family on 466a that starts beside Sand Hill golf course. They said they saw a space for a strip mall, housing, etc., and what they said was "a big box " store. Don't know if that is even true, but maybe that is what some sales people were talking about when they have told potential residents a "MALL" is going to built near Brownwood. I for 1 will believe all this stuff when I see it. I agree with the poster who said if he read this site that Morse would get a big laugh. I have never lived in an area so secretive about what is going to be built. My city would publish in the papers and put up signs about what is coming long before anyone broke ground. What is the harm in letting us know about new stores and restaurants?????

You are probably talking about Trailwinds Village. That was discussed a few weeks ago. Here's a link to one of the threads https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/villages-florida-general-discussion-73/trailwinds-village-49559/