Merchants going into Magnolia plaza?
 

Aside from Publix and Villages Golf Cars, does anyone know what else (restaurants) is going into Magnolia plaza? I searched around, but couldn’t find a reliable source.

Thank you

Here's a thread from March. No telling if it's still current though.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...light=magnolia

Is that where the new costco is going?

Hahahahahahaha

Don't encourage him. That's about the 30th time he's used that joke.. :1rotfl:

actually 23 but others are way ahead of me.

You mean today or all-time?

:bigbow:

I heard that Hooters is under consideration....:a040:

No, the White Castle.

We are in the middle of the worst pandemic of our lifetime. Essential stuff like groceries (and golf carts) are still in high demand, but a large percentage of the population will avoid non-essential things like dinning out until they feel safe. During these times, many restaurants are closing and very few are starting up at a new location. Most businesses would be wise to wait for a more predictable and stable environment before putting capital at risk.

" The first restaurant to be located at Magnolia Plaza will be Willie Jewell’s Old School Bar-B-Q. The first Willie Jewell’s was founded in 2009 in Charleston, S.C. But the restaurant’s roots date back to 1949 when it was originally founded as Bono’s in Jacksonville. Willie Jewell’s boasts a 70-year tradition of slow-cooked pit barbecue.

Other retailers coming to Magnolia Plaza include The Villages Golf Cars, Salon Jaylee and Safe Ship package and shipping. There will also be a Citizens First Bank branch."

You have to remember the kids are in charge now. They built all those homes with no stores or restaurants. Oh,they do have a restaurant in Fenney lol. They promised to have restaurants in that area five years ago. They’re still working on it. Good luck on getting anyone there to serve the community. Expensive

Donut King

If they would have built a grocery 5 years ago, they might have seen 10 customers a day. Grocery opens when clientele reaches a certain population. They are not in business to throw away food. We do shop at each new grocery that opens for the first few months, cause nobody is there. Even during high season.
Up north it’s 40 minutes to a grocery, so 10 minutes here is not a big deal.
You must have lived in a great location previously to be a few minutes from any shopping, and expect the same in a new area.

Each resident has waited for the dust to settle from the building of their new neighborhood, people to move in, and a grocery to shop at. It’s been going on since we started coming here in 07.

If you look in construction update in the Local News section of the newspaper, you can get a good idea of the businesses going into Magnolia.

The COSTCO is slated for the Polo grounds

Yipeee! That’s really close to me. How did I get so lucky?

There will be Ava Nails owned by Lunar Nails at Pinellas.

No, Lake County residents want the new COSTCO go in on Morse Blvd. instead of high-rise multi-family apartments at Hacienda. Lake County is considering it. :a040:
Spread the word...

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Costco 466
 

The Morris property on 466 has for sale signs on it.
That’s where the new Costco is going!

What is so great about living next to a grocery store? Noisy, dirty, lots of traffic. I’d rather live here where it is quiet and drive to the store when I need to go.

it's good for me because i do the errand running & shopping. :icon_wink: i wouldn't mind some kind of gas station there, either

Morris, like the cat?:clap2:

You heard wrong.... a new restaurant called Scooters is going up. The Servers are called Scooter Girls.

:1rotfl:

Who are these Morris's?

Does this mean I can go there on my horse?

morse!!

There is no Costco coming to the villages! I just read the list of Costco’s being built in 2021 and 2022.. Not one is coming to Florida and in fact many are going to Canada.

Thank you ! First person here who took the train to reality. To lease from the Morse’s it’s 30% higher and they extract a piece of the sales or income as well!

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Five years ago Fenney was just a vision with no promises, now it is the most populous village in The Villages. It amazes me how the Fenney bashing continues driven I assume by ignorance. For your information there are more than a dozen restaurants within 5 miles of Fenney and many of the south of 44 villages.

Hmmm the key words AnyoneThere
 

I’ve been here from the start which was 2017 another post how we are deprived out here, nobody promised me anything perhaps it was because this is my 5th village home.There are all kinds of prices for homes out here and EXPENSIVE compared to what , please let us know . At 81 I’m quite capable of getting in my car and driving 10 minutes to stores and restaurants and still going to 466 and farther north for restaurants 4 or 5 times a week and coming back to my so called EXPENSIVE home to enjoy all the beautiful water , nature trails and the loop ending up at EDNA’S on the GREEN , you see no matter how many restaurants or stored they open here I’ll never trap myself in a 10 minute bubble from my home like many do

Hope you can drive for many more years.

My concern is when driving is not advisable, and none of us are getting any younger, kind of far to go food shopping.

I cant find Magnolia plaza

As noted in the paper today Publix is now hiring trainees for the Magnolia location that is scheduled to open during the first quarter of 2021. I don't think 4 or 5 months will age us to the point that we cannot go food shopping and at least 4 villages are already golf car accessible to the Lake Deaton Plaza. You don't have to worry about us, all is good down here.

When I can’t drive anymore
 

I’ll move intonthe lofts or one of the other apartment developments that the family has seen there will be a market for, who are healthy enough to live without assistance but no longer wish to drive

Plenty of options outside the bubble. We're closer to Leesburg via 470 than Spanish Springs. Disney Springs is less than an hour away.

I saw a nail salon and shipping store

Who are "Morris"?

"the kids" don't determing what goes into the shopping areas....they merely have the land and offer the availability. Most businesses do not open in new areas until population is sufficient to support them....except Publix... The bank and golf cart store are owned by "the kids" so that is why they are being built first. In past the country clubs had food service, so they acted as the first resturants, but with the lesser interest in championship golf, the country clubs are going to be fewer and slower south of 44.