[wsachs]

Originally Posted by Lottoguy

Looks like you can kiss goodbye the Rialto Theater at Spanish Springs. The Villages will soon announce a big change for this area. Video is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxLM0s-tfvY

No reference to any proof of what is being said. All rumor for now.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Parking …parking …parking …parking

parking

Old broken record.

[Villages Kahuna]

Not enough parking for The Sharon as it is. The Developer spent a ton building it and family members manage it. Kiss the nightly entertainment goodbye. Noisy for renters and requires way too much parking for renters and commercial businesses. As I said above, re-purposing the whole town square into a well-designed gated parking lot for renters would be a great idea. Or half-and-half for renters and the health club.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

parking parking parking .

Again.

[jimkerr]

Originally Posted by JSR22

The YouTube video was filmed by Goldwingnut, Don Wiley. He has a been a very reliable source of TV info. I will be surprised if it is not true.

No it wasn’t. Don doesn’t spread rumors. He only talks about facts he knows is true based on his research.

[BostonRich]

Turning the MVP/Genesis health club into apartments makes a lot of sense. It was supposed to be a hotel to begin with, right? It can have parking and the main entrance at the rear away from the square. The windows can be made soundproof like the homes near airports but openable for the nights you want to hear the music. Stores on the first level is also a good idea and maybe a few new food places with tables out front. That would be a pleasant environment and shielded from the afternoon sun too.

The Rialto however is a real loss for the square. I always felt that there was a great opportunity here to incorporate a better upscale snack bar with access from both sides so people in the square could run over and grab a quick bite. There is ample room out front to set up an outdoor cafe for snacking while listening to the music too. How about a movie/restaurant where you could eat and watch a movie? Had these back north.

Anyway, yes to the apartments at MVP. No to the Rialto removal. A health club does not have to be located right in the square. This immediate area should be retained for things that all residents can use and enjoy.

[BostonRich]

Dup

[Lottoguy]

There are many movies that MUST be seen in a theater. Films like Saving Private Ryan, Titanic, Avatar and the Marvel movies look terrible on a television. The big screen and sound is awesome in a theater.

[Lottoguy]

Nightly entertainment is much appreciated by the restaurants and shops in Spanish Springs. Your forgetting about them.

[Lottoguy]

Did you ever think that giving a reference could cost somebody their job?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

You said , executive courses were overcrowded.

Yup, I did, and I also said the La Hacienda sports pool is overcrowded as well. And I wasn’t just saying it, I know it for a fact because I live in the area and attempt to use both amenities when able to squeeze in a spot. Perhaps I needed to be more specific, they were very overcrowded last January, February, March, and April (until after Easter). This time of the year the Executive courses in the area are much less crowded and mid-day t times can be had. I don’t play pickle ball, but according to another poster that amenity is already overstressed as well. Granting additional amenity rights to new residential units in a mature area with already overstressed amenities is not at all in the best interest of existing residents.

[Dburesh]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

If it's true, I think it's a great idea. They have a dedicated parking lot in the back that can be gated off for residents only, they have a rear entrance into the building and a circular driveway back there, they could easily add some amenities (like a billiard room and community meeting room, card room, craft room etc) on the front of the second floor, which would mean noise reduction for everyone else in the building. The new gym in the theatre building is also a great idea, I've said so before.

If true, I'd applaud it. And once that's done, THEN they could maybe add some apartments to the Katie Belle building, but they'd need to section off reserved parking for residents in the back lot. Maybe off to the side in the back lot between Farmshed and the back of the bowling alley. With a reserved code-access covered carport for golf carts.

Very sad about Katie Bells...they need to start it up again in their original location @ the Spanish Springs Square! I've lived here for 7 years & visited prior to that for 16 years & we didn't leave without going to Katie Bells...what a great place to meet up with everyone & dance. The entertainment was fabulous too & the restaurant upstairs was great! It's ashame that they took this establishment away...Spanish Springs is dwindling to nothing & it's NOT fair to the owners of the home in that area!

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Dburesh

Very sad about Katie Bells...they need to start it up again in their original location @ the Spanish Springs Square! I've lived here for 7 years & visited prior to that for 16 years & we didn't leave without going to Katie Bells...what a great place to meet up with everyone & dance. The entertainment was fabulous too & the restaurant upstairs was great! It's ashame that they took this establishment away...Spanish Springs is dwindling to nothing & it's NOT fair to the owners of the home in that area!

Katie Belles closed because it was losing money. People would come for the music, buy their 2-drink minimum, and occupy the table space for several hours. This forced other potential customers who might have paid for food to seek their dinner elsewhere.

in addition, this concept of dinner and dancing appealed to an older generation. That generation, while not yet fully extinct, has been mostly replaced by younger generations (multiple) that aren't interested in dinner and dancing in the same venue.

There are lots of things Belle's COULD be, but "dinner and dancing venue" is not one of them, and has already been proven a failed exercise.

[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

How will moving the health club over to a different building breath new life into the square during the day? Inquiring minds want to know?

I am guessing that the new residents of the apartments will be "breathing in the new life" by spending money at the businesses at the Square

[asianthree]

We have 2 friends that are looking forward to the apartments in SS. Sadly with only 7 apartments to start, they hope to beat the waitlist. They enjoy the low key area, and both travel, so apartments are perfect. Both coming from city living, one over a restaurant, and the other over shopping.

As they said, big difference in SS compared to where they lived. 3am traffic noise, and multiple people walking around, will probably be non existent. Music will be the least of their issues, and can listen live without going downstairs, if they want. Their plan store golf cart when not in town, they both have 1 car. So 4 people will be very happy, even though many on this site are not

If the waitlist is long, you will see more apartments in SS. Developer isn’t going to convert if nobody’s signed a lease.