New SweetBay store opening!
 

The banner says it will open on Wednesday, October 2nd. SweetBay seems like a nice store and will be a welcome addition to this side of the city. I know there will be a Walgreens on the corner. Anybody know what other stores will be in this location?

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Parker, what location?

Off of 466A near Powell Road in Pinellas Plaza.

Pretty much a carbon copy of Colony Plaza, but hopefully will ease the congestion there.

not gonna ease the congestion unless there's another Publix

How exciting, a carbon copy........

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Having a unified look to a community, in my opinion, is a good thing. The fact that many of the homes in the Villages look similar to one another gives a pleasing look to our neighborhoods. I come from New England where I can show you many towns that grew with no zoning or a unified theme. They never look as good as the organized towns that required smaller signs and attractive store fronts. Towns like Woodstock in Vermont, Camden in Maine, and Hanover in New Hampshire come to mind as being great looking towns. My wife and I are very pleased with the Villages architecture and we comment often on how attractive all the stores are. The landscaping is excellent too. Pinellas Plaza is going to be beautiful when it is finished. Take a Sunday drive and see all the progress that is being made.

Absolutely...........It's all good.

Most of us also appreciate how The Villages look, but have a problem with the stores being repeated over and over again. Sometimes it is nice to have options without having to go to Ocala or Orlando. Just a thought.

dew like options.......dew like having some repeats so I don't have to drive to the other square. It's a fine line to balance. But Net, Net, Net....give us a few more options.

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Maybe someone will do a comparison of the stores in Colony as compared to the stores that are being built in Pinellas. I don't think they are a carbon copy of one another.

They will be the same, hence my comment.

Quite a few the same even the Drug store.

So they both have a Publix market, a workout gym, a Subway, etc.? Then they would be carbon copies of one another, I see your point.

Too little for too many
 

My husband and I were just talking about the amount and variety of stores here. While we all appreciate that they are building more stores, I feel like everything is so controlled. On one hand it's a good thing but on the shopping end it's not. I feel like I'm being dictated to where I have to shop and that's probably my least favorite thing about TV. We all need variety but how many Beef Ole Brady's, Bells, and frozen yogurt places can we have? We need more breakfast places, JC Penny, another Walmart closer, Olive Garden.....we have to go out to 466 for these places. I can keep on hoping. By the way, we love it here!!!

They are listed in the Construction Update in today's paper.

wink, wink, let's all go celebrate Sweetbay, shall we?

Publix is hard to beat, that's for sure. But SweetBay is quite nice and competition is a very good thing. So thumbs up to the Grand Opening. I hope they have great success.

A container of milk is the same whether it be from Publix or Sweetbay. Not that big a deal.

Olive Garden
 

I was told there well be a Olive Garden there YEA!!!! Now we need a Walmart

They both have everything I need but I prefer Sweetbay over Publix. I'm sure they will do well and be a welcome addition to the area.

as a matter of fact
 

actually, I was talking to one of the staff at the Publix at Colony asking why Publix didn't go in where Sweetbay was going. In my old area Publix dominated by having lots of stores, some very close to each other. He said there are plans to build one across the street from the new Sweetbay.

If they build a Publix across the street from the new Sweetbay, I don't see that it will be golf cart accessible.

NO, please not another Walmart.

I work at the publix at colony. Will check out that rumor tomorrow. Wouldn't be totally surprised, plenty of vehicle traffic on 466a without golf carts. The person who owns that land has been holding out and will not sell to the developer.

He's sitting on a gold mine!

The residents of Wildwood must be thrilled with the opening of this new strip mall. They probably have not had this many new stores opening all at once in their history.

Well, there will be one less person & car at Colony Publix--me and mine! That store is too small to handle its trade, and the parking lot scares heck out of me. People coming from all directions. You don't know where to look first when backing out of a parking space. I'm so afraid i'll hit someone i've taken to parking at the bottom of the lot where there are fewer people to run over. i look forward to Sweet Bay opening.

I think it will relieve congestion at Colony Publix. All the residents are brand new to TV surrounding the new Pinellas Plaza and the new SweetBay. From the start, they will get used to going to SweetBay because it's so close to home, it's a much shorter ride by golf cart, and there's nothing grossly lacking from SweetBay in the first place.

Also, the thousands of residents in the new neighborhoods surrounding Pinellas and Sweetbay will use it if they keep it open later than 9pm as the one at LSL does, and as Walgreens does. Lots of people don't go to bed at 9pm!!!!!!

Please remember.....the developer does not "control" what stores will go into new shopping centers. He just builds the buildings and rents out space. He cannot just order up a Trader Joe's or a Whole Foods Market and tell them where to locate. Same story with restaurants.
What control there is happens because of "the market" or "demographics" as seen by a particular store's development analysts.
Don't blame Mr Morse. Contact the marketing department of the particular store you are interested in.

The Villages.com website has a list of everything new coming to all locations in TV.

Sweet Bay
 

Is the new store golf cart accessible yet?

Wishing......we could use another Micky D's at Pinellas Plaza, the one at Colony is a gold mine! And please a gas station on that end of 466a to give Colony Shell competition so the price comes down to 466 and 441/27 pricing.

Variety is good and I hope Sweetbay has much success.

My only pet peeve is that Publix has a LOCK on Boars Head products. For me they are the only cold cuts that I like. So, will shop at Sweetbay for a lot of items but will still have to go to Publix.

Not a big deal - I can handle it. LOL

The road is now open
 

You can now take your golf cart to the County complex and library. They have taken down the barriers and "No Trespassing" signs.

Colony Shell was $3.29 yesterday.

Sweetbay Opening.