"Traffic" as in foot traffic: people walking through SS and shopping at the stores. The automobile traffic that flies by on 441 is not the traffic they are referring to.

Sawgrass is not a square really can't be compared to SS. I much prefer Spanish Springs to the food court at Sawgrass. We haven't gone to Sawgrass since our first visit. My absolute favorite square, however, will always be Lake Sumter Landing.

Sounds like Eastport will not have the amount of restaurants and retail that SS, Brownwood and LSL have. Eastport is still considered a "square"?

Funny, I just realized that before I read this post. I added an edit to my previous post. Maybe you didn't see it.

No, I didn't see your edit at 10:14 before I created my post at 7:34.

Spanish Springs Town Square on tap for $1.2 million upgrade

by Staff Report
March 9, 2025

The are obviously reading TOTV, they saw this thread and decided to invest in SS.

:1rotfl::1rotfl:

If they weren’t focusing on more, more, bigger and bigger, they should start taking down those manufactured homes and building new homes there and then it would take off. People who want to buy brand new would have a choice of north vs south.

Just Evict Everyone
 

Sure, just evict everyone, bulldozer, and build again? It’s over in the area, it is what it is. Some of the older houses are being replaced through attrition though.

I have never seen a time when there was zero parking. Even when parking is spilling over to the pool area parking lot. I am there at least three times a week.

The Villages developer was doing that some years back and built several (many?) homes for resale after taking away very old manufactured ones. A TV agent told me about it. They stopped at some point and he didn't know why. Perhaps, they only intended to create the momentum for that while sticking to their primary business of new builds.

Silver Lake, in particular, has some quite old and worn-out manufactured homes. I don't live there but, one time when driving thru, decided to notice how many new homes there were. I defined it as: homes that seemed to be 10 years old or less. In driving about 8 streets and only looking for that...I was surprised how many there were. Quite a lot. The same evolution is occurring in the two other sections of the Historic District as well.

Did the TV agent tell you how the Villages acquired the very old manufactured homes they took down and rebuilt for resale? That might be the key to why they stopped.

He didn't. I assume they bought listed properties or knew they were going to be listed and bought before they were.

There are land lots sometimes for sale on Properties of The Villages and sometimes quite old mfg homes that show-up for sale, quite cheaply. The seller likely realizing it's a tear down.

Where is the eye roll emoji……