Talk of The Villages Florida - The Villages Construction Update #127 Do things grow faster in the south? 5/28/2023

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Originally Posted by Altavia (Post 2222126)

Evolution is good, the owners and staff are very innovative.

From Don's video, Looks like it going from the Edna's truck back, no impact to the parking lot?

Additional space on pavers in front for seating?

Here's the original pic I used for better detail and the complete plans that I have. Lots of unknowns still, - number of employees is listed as "unknown". There is a 500 gal grease trap.

Also, only 1625 sqft building, after a freezer/refrigerator and kitchen area are taken out of the total sqft it doesn't leave a lot for tables. As far as outside seating, the paved area is only 53x40 (just over 2000 sqft) and will still be the entry area to the bar and outside seating areas so not a lot of room for tables.

Perhaps the best guess at this point is a walkup counter food sales area.

We'll see what the summer brings.

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Originally Posted by wayneman (Post 2222016)

... Rumor has it ...

Therein lies the problem, just rumors, we don't know the facts. As I said, there is an information vacuum, rumors and speculations are just that, the facts are few and far between at this point.

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Originally Posted by Kenswing (Post 2221816)

Hey Don, thanks for another informative video.

I noticed that the developer didn’t say much about the new medical campus down south, and other than the medical center in the Eastport area you haven’t said much either. Has this project been cancelled or at least back burnered?

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Originally Posted by wayneman (Post 2222016)

At a recent uf town hall nothing was mentioned about a new hosp. Rumor has it they were denied a certificate of need. They were late to the table because HCA got a CON for their hosp in the beaumont area behind there free standing er. The only chatter was a expansion of the uf health free standing er on 44 in brownwood. It was originally built to be expanded. This is a very hard area to attract quality physicians. Both UF hospitals in the area struggle to provide quality care because of this.

The rumor regarding a denied certificate of need (CON) is false. Several years ago Florida ceased requiring a CON. A CON is no longer required to build a hospital.

Two UF Health Central Florida executives have each said a different meetings that the hospital to be built on the medical campus near CR470 is "on hold." Reasons given: 1) cost to build keeps increasing; 2) difficult to recruit physicians.

I'm a volunteer at The Villages Hospital. From a meeting I attended, I learned that at this time the focus for UF Health Central Florida is to build "hybrid emergency rooms" in Marion, Lake and Sumter counties. These buildings will offer two services under one roof: urgent care and emergency care. The patient is triaged and informed if they have choices. One will open in Eustis during Q1 2024. Land has just been purchased in Clermont for another. There was no mention of expanding the size of the Brownwood ER.

Great video as always, Don. About 7/11… we were getting gas for our cart last week at the little remote place in Marsh Bend run by the Villages golf cart store, and the guy working there told us 7/11 is opening in 3 weeks. He also said after it opens they’re moving the remote station down further south near the newest villages (Newell, Lake Denham, Dabney, etc). We’ll see!

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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut (Post 2222174)

Thanks Don, it will be interesting to see how this materializes.

Clear there is no proposed impact to existing parking.

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Originally Posted by Nana2Teddy (Post 2222215)

Gas in N/LD/D will be a great thing, most likely at the golf maintenance area just south of Jubilee & Mickey Lee.
As far as 7-11, I went by there on Friday and still no progress on filling the shelves in convenience store. The place looks complete. 3 weeks seems optimistic. Goodness knows, the gas station is really needed in that area.