Glad! maybe Walmart traffic will decrease :MOJE_whot:

According to the Daily Sun the proposed Costco is 162,000 sq ft. The Clermont store according to Google is slightly smaller.

getting to 466 from I-75 is no easy task....interesting location.

TV owns the land.

Thanks

What do you mean by “predatory?” Do they pay better wages and offer better benefits?

Yes, Jimmy like I said…..

Is that anything like "Earth Fare"

I read somewhere that a Cosco is planned in that new area being developed around the new I-75 exit/entrance going in there.

According to Google slightly larger than the Clermont Costco.

When TV's partnership with another big developer to purchase and develop the area around the new interchange for I-75 was announced, I read that Cosco is planning to build a store there.

In the industrial park?

Was in the Clermont Costco recently and observed at the checkout line that all the baskets were completely full, piled high.
When we go into the Sams here in the TV area you do not see that as much. We Villagers do not shop like we did when we were raising families. I have to think that the volume of sales at the Sams on 441 must be much lower than the national average.
My point is why would Costco build inside The Villages? I agree that a Costco location off highway 75 would make much more sense for corporate profits.

IMHO it is because, especially compared to families raising children, we have significantly more disposable income with which to spend on the many "luxuries" and services Costco offers: Travel, HVAC, jewelry, electronics, etc.

That is not exactly the same. Don't forget that there is an exit 1 1/2 miles away to the Turnpike just east from Costco on R50.