[Rsenholzi]

280 apartments in a 4 story building

[npwalters]

Originally Posted by Rsenholzi

280 apartments in a 4 story building

Yes, plus a resort style pool, a restaurant, sports courts, walking paths, and parking for cars and carts - on 8 acres. The lawyer hired to represent the developer assures it it will be wonderful and everyone in TV can enjoy all the amazing amenities.

Gonna be a crowed pool.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by npwalters

Yes, plus a resort style pool, a restaurant, sports courts, walking paths, and parking for cars and carts - on 8 acres. The lawyer hired to represent the developer assures it it will be wonderful and everyone in TV can enjoy all the amazing amenities.

Gonna be a crowed pool.

He is a lawyer so of course we can believe him when he says how wonderful it will all be.

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

He is a lawyer so of course we can believe him when he says how wonderful it will all be.

Where is that sarcasm emoji when we need it???

[kathy1516]

Do we know if these apartments are age restricted or will they be for families or any one of any age?

[LuvtheVillages]

Originally Posted by kathy1516

Do we know if these apartments are age restricted or will they be for families or any one of any age?

They will be age restricted.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Where is that sarcasm emoji when we need it???

You think I was being sarcastic?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by Villagesgal

Talk is just talk. Get people together to pay for and hire a legal team. It's been tried before and failed every time. People love to sound off but won't stand behind what they say when they have to open their wallets. Good luck trying.

Been here 19 years, heard it all before, changes made that people were screaming no to when suggested all ended up just fine, even traffic problems relieved with stop lights. So either put out for attorneys or sit back and watch the changes take place. Of course, you can always move away too. Me, I'm staying, it's still better than anywhere else I'm aware of.

Originally Posted by dewilson58

100 to 150 people making opposing comments out of 150,000 ........ not a strong showing.


Traffic problems................welcome to Florida. The Villages does not have "Florida traffic" issues.


Rental properties.............welcome to Florida.

Yes!

[FishnFool]

I’m hoping someone on here might be able to help me understand something I noticed. I looked at the Exhibit A map on the Revised Master Plan for North of 466. I see where they added the “Multi-Family Residential” for the definition of Mixed Use, but it is also uses that text in the definition of Residential: “Residential may include: Single-Family Residential, Multi-Family Residential”.

Is that a modified definition or has it always been the case and had already included the "Multi-Family Residential" portion? I didn't see anything in the text call out a change of the definition for all the "Residential" areas only to the "Mixed Use" definition? Is that deliberate or an oversight? Either way if approved as written, using one of the new calculations provided in Exhibit 3: Revised Land Use Conversion table, especially of the ".571 single-family units converts to 1 multi-family units" could make things interesting, not quite a duplex but close!

Looks like most folks are focused on the immediate impact of the HH area but doesn't this open the door for request of rezoning to Multi-Family in the future of any of the residential properties on the map?

I sooo hope I'm wrong...

[Dond1959]

I was in Orlando today, had to sit through 3 cycles of traffic lights to make a left turn. Now that place has traffic problems. Here, traffic is a breeze.

I thought the 280 was the total for all areas north of 466 not just HH?

[Whatever]

Does Florida have a SEQRA Law that would require any developer to provide a State Environmental Quality Review of the proposed development? This would require that the developer report on traffic flow, water resources, and pretty much the environmental impact on the community. I believe that in any project must include this requirement to, at the very least, understand what the impact of the development of any property would have in the community.
Said act is currently the law in NY

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Whatever

Does Florida have a SEQRA Law

Google is your friend.

[Nucky]

All we ever read about is Deed Restrictions for this that and the other thing. Where in the paperwork that anyone signed anywhere at any time inside The Villages when purchasing Land or a Home did it exclude Apartment, Condos, Town Houses, or anything other than what is in the PRECIOUS Deed Restrictions? Our Deed Restriction was absolutely given to us after we finished the closing process. The paperwork was given to us upstairs from the Citizens First Bank on Main St in SS after they had our money. Fortunately, this Project is in the Neck Of The Woods We live in and I approve and wish them luck in their new venture.

Gotta go. Dinner reservations at the Morrises house at 5.30 PM. Social Distancing of course.

To those that this hurts I feel sorry for your troubles. I just really don't get why it is such a catastrophe.

[Northwoods]

Originally Posted by John41

How many times do you have to be hit in head to see the next one coming??? As soon as major maintenance is required on a clubhouse it will be demolished for apartments. Maybe a few clubhouses will be maintained for ad brochures. In the 14 years we have lived here we have seen a lot of dirty tricks on the part on the developer, and he didn’t usually win because residents didn’t just roll over and hope for the best.

I must have been hit on the head because I don't remember them demolishing Lopez Legacy Country Club and building apartments. In fact, I remember major maintenance happening at Lopez. It took months.. the Suleiman's pretty much gutted the place. But now there is a beautiful new country club that has excellent food.

Fire trap potential. If the proposed high rise apartments are wood framed and not built of steel and concrete, then there is a potential for a devastating fire. Even if there are sprinklers they could be installed by non English speaking workers who can’t read plans correctly. Can we depend on the building department in Sumter county? I hope so for the poor residents who live there. Lots of smokers in The Villages and smoking in bed is a major cause of fires.