Existing business will also loose experienced/trained employees/managers to COSTCO.

The Clermont COSTCO is probably a faster/easier drive most times from Middleton and other southern Villages than driving north/south through the Villages.

That is how business works. To make money. There is no shame in that. It is a matter of negotiation. Of course the developers have the upper hand. That doesn't make them wrong or bad or evil or stupid. Money is a very important factor in this world and we all should have a little too much rather than not quite enough.

I agree pike is less than 2 miles for us, to Clermont, plus a pleather of great restaurants. If we are in the area will drop into new Costco, but that doesn’t happen often. But still very happy Costco is coming and very glad we have so little retail in the south.

A great misconception here, they didn't pay a dime of taxes out of their profits, the taxes were taken out before profits. Businesses don't pay taxes, they collect taxes and pass them on to the government, the customer/end user pays the taxes. If you raise taxes on a business they raise their price to cover the increase in costs. To a business taxes are no different of an expense than labor, material, fuel/energy, etc., it's just another part of the cost deliver the product that will be marked up to make their final profit. Any business that doesn't understand this concept and operate in this manner quickly goes out of business.

The big lie in Washington DC is to raise corporate taxes and not raise taxes on the people, total BS, the people will always pay the higher tax bill.

My post wasn’t about attacking the developers as you are posting. But not the first time you jump on a post because you “Think” someone is unhappy with developers.

My post was responding to someone who thought developers gave them a deal.

My comment was about Costco has been in the works for years according to Goldwing.

So maybe a little back and forth, but developers still have the upper hand.

Precisely!