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The Villages was the top-selling master-planned community in the United States in 2017 and one of only four communities to sell more than 1,000 homes. [19] The Villages also claimed the title of the best-selling master-planned community of the decade, with 24,440 new home sales from 2010 through 2019. [20]
In 1983, Morse moved to Florida to take over his father's business selling vacant lots to mobile home owners. Morse instead decided to build homes, restaurants, pools, and golf courses, and by 1986, Morse was selling more than 500 homes per year. In 2011, the Holding Company of the Villages Ltd. generated at least $550 million in revenue.
Statue of Harold Schwartz, founder of The Villages at Spanish Springs Town Square, Lady Lake, Florida. Harold Schwartz (March 13, 1910 – December 22, 2003) was an American businessman and real estate developer who along with his son, H. Gary Morse, founded the active adult retirement community The Villages, Florida.
Sumter County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 census, the population is 129,752. It has the oldest median age (68.3 years) of any US county [2] and the highest percentage of residents aged 65 and older—at 55.6% in 2014–2018 (in 2009–2013). [3]
The history of Florida can be traced to when the first Paleo-Indians began to inhabit the peninsula as early as 14,000 years ago. [1] They left behind artifacts and archeological evidence. Florida's written history begins with the arrival of Europeans; the Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León in 1513 made the first textual records.
The Villages' designer series homes (1,440 to 2,550 square feet) cost around $1,370 monthly, whereas a standard 3-bedroom home in Florida (approximately 1,480 feet) starts from $2,800.
Some Kind of Heaven is a 2020 American documentary film about The Villages, Florida, the world's largest retirement community.Marking the directorial feature debut of Lance Oppenheim, the film is a stylized portrait of four residents living within The Villages, struggling to find happiness and meaning in life's final chapters.
Wildwood is located at the juncture of Interstate 75, Florida's Turnpike, State Road 44, and U.S. Route 301. For many years Wildwood was the northern control city on Turnpike road signs however this was replaced with Ocala, Florida beginning in 2007. Because of its centralized location and easy access to both coasts, it is often referred to as ...