The only road to Lowes now is a 180 yard stretch that passes by a water retention pond. The rest of the way you travel though the medical facility and the assisted living facility parking lots.

Wow! Hard to fathom the foresight of The Villages if they purchased the 20 acres and a good number of the older homes surrounding it. Brilliant Business people at work there!

A few of the posts on this thread left me believing there are a couple people with a big elephant hidden under a tablecloth in their living room...

Yes.
Just wondering who owns that road/trail.
Was that area also sold to the assisted living, or does Brown still own that?
Looks like a future spot for more commercial development.
Just hoping that trail is kept open, and maybe paved one day...

I'm fairly certain the the assisted living facility owns it. It was built when the assisted living facility was being built.

Here's something interesting. I have no idea if there's any kind of connection, but it's not to far of a stretch to think this is what's going on.

https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...-homes-119934/

zillow or trulia, you can choose which one you would like.....

then you can check Lake county tax appraiser and find out who bought it, from whom and how much they paid...... all public information.....no guessing involved...

Mr Brown’s property adjacent to the Historical District in Sumter County & Lake County.

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps3960fad4.jpg

How many cottages?
 

If the developer did buy this property with the intention of putting in a section of cottages, how many cottages could be put on 20 acres?

The rectangle in the upper part of your photo that is in Lake County is about 20 acres.

If you look just below the bottom of that rectangle you can count about 22 manufactured homes. It appears to me that he might be able to fit two streets in there. So that would be 44 homes per street for a total of 88. I would think that courtyard villas might work better in there, but what do I know.

But...and this is a big but..... Brown's residence sits in the left hand third of that piece of property. Would the developer tear down a million dollar house in order to put up 88 homes?

Actually, after doing a little measuring on Google Earth. It looks to me that they could fit three streets of patio villas in there. That would be about 132 homes if he tears down the Brown residence.

Do we even know for sure if it is the developer that bought this property?

it hasn't been filed in the Lake county tax appraiser as of yesterday. Sometimes takes a few weeks to catch up to the sales. Give it time, we will soon know....:thumbup: I'll be watching.....

So...you think..that the Morses bought the Brown property?

Everyone,,,,we are talking about a yet unconfirmed thing here.

graciegirl - One pot has been taken off the stove so TOTV needs another pot to stir! ;)

Without any access other than dirt roads into this area, is it likely that anyone else but the developer bought a landlocked piece of property? Would those 20 acres not need access from the highway too be viable for some purpose other than a new villages neighborhood?

It amazes me how some threads take on a life of their own.
Does anyone really know what the Morse family plans to do here if anything ?

Whatever they do, I'm sure it will be wonderful.

It’s not so much as revitalizing the historical side, as there is no more affordable housing. There are more people that want seasonal homes at a reasonable price, than the inflated prices in the new areas. The historical side offers everything The Villages has. So why wouldn’t they buy the old, and make them new. Its all about sales.