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cammeraa~l~project going"into
that center=and also serve -the
Hipes said the center ~s 1 per-
Winter Springs residents of the community," he cent occupied.
'~rCoiish~tichon is to begin m slid. "Wal-Mart was looking at a
thrge, ;months -'on a?~?54,000- !'Berger would not disclose property on Weldon Boulevard
square=foofietail center; , • the cost of the project. Alan in Lake Mary, where the Publix
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is located, if we couldn
Villagio, is to be built on 9 acres .Shirley ' Mackerley, ;~ of the room'' at Seminole Centre,"
°hlo ` ~Stafe'Road 434;1ess than
~ McGabbaCo: inWmterSprings Iiipes said. "Publix was amena-
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a mile east of State Road 419,
ownthe 9-acre tract:
ble to leaving Seminole Centre
,.,The center. will be styled to
look like an Italianwillage, said
ShOpping center faire lift because it has a successful store
[on Weldon Boulevard] near-
' Jeff.Berger, consultantfor the Extensive renovation of by."
Petretti 'Group developers in Seminole Centre on U.S. High- Meanwhile, Kimco is plan-
Wmter Park There will be a way 17-92 in Sanford could be Wing to develop an estimated
center fountainwith a semicir- completed in,May. 9,000•square-foot pad in front
culgchuildingsurroundingit. Kevin Hipes, director of real of Seminole Centre. Hipes said
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Les Brotman, chief executive The Donato's parcel fronts ~ r? .
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officer of Brotman Restaurants State Road 436 at U.S. Highway ,
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Nine associates'~~,at' ER!*, ''
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Brotman was a president of 17-92.
Donato's is owned by McDo-
' Breese, Craft, `Hensley~and As,
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sociates Real?Estate~
development for Red I:obster
Inn of America and owner of a sCorp.
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firm that has-loffice~f m~,Alta;
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a full-service.bar, a section for a celebration planned for Monte Spring's, Wuiter~Pai~C
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and Mount Dora
smoking cigars, a compemen-
billiards play for
tary half-hour March 20.
The new branch is at 8305 r
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sociates were'Nonored witb,the y ;
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customers waiting for tables, RedBugLakeRoad. council's ,~ op leadership
They are Janice Petty
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and 35 televisions..
There are mare than 90 em- IndUStriai fd~lllty renOVatBd .
way; I.ee Ungaro, manager of
ployees, half of them part-tim- Taylor Corp,, a commerciab ,the Altamonte!Springs office
ers, he said. printer and direct mail busi- Susan Eiseman, and John
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pearance of two stones in some
said the "complicated" project
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pressed interest.
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Winners of the President s
sections, but the entire center
wiltbe one story: /z years and in-
took about 2
volved moving some businesses NeW eatery In LOngw00d The Donato's Pizza restau- ,
building off Lake Emma Road
M Award were Kathleen Gallagli-
manager of the Winter Park ,
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'Berger 'said he hopes the
center will be fully occupied and closing a Publix Super
Market. The work makes room Markhams Sports Bar' and
Grill opened recently on rant chain is Estill opening an
eatery at the Casselberry Ex- ary.
in Lake
The facility will undergo ren- ,
office; Jaime Ward, Jane``Ault;
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and openforbusiness byfall, for anexpansion of a Wal-Mart
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Wal-Mart purchased 19 n
State Road 434 in Longwood,
a location that has been vacant erna
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Casselberry community Bevel-
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Harkins Development Corp.
was selected for
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Jeff Reber",
vice presioent, satd the. ERA
been expressed by a bank, res-
hardware
dry cleaner
taurant acres of the 40-acre site;did its
own remodeling and is paying foracouple of years.
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for landscaping and parking
the last occupant
building permits.
Taylor Corp. has ahead= _
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m "I'm confident and cautious- The restaurant successfully quarters in Minnesota but plans
hair salon.
Berger said the center would ents.
improve
Ross department store and
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eral months a to expand its existing' Central
Florida business at the Lake Compiled bXSentbiel correspondentloe
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not compete -with the larger
'Town Centeron S.R.434. smaller businesses
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plan anall-day, every day dedi- g
it's just a matter of time before Mary loca6onwith office, ware-
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1989, the good news its grease trap
was in great shape.
Too bad there was nobody left to
celebrate.
Put a roof on it
I forget whether lightning does or
does not strike twice in the same
place. Hail sure does.
During the great hailstorms of
March 1992, myvintage 1972 VW
bug got pounded after I pulled over
on Interstate 4 at the Kennedy Boule- ..
yard overpass just east of Lee Road.
I remember sitting inside. as golf
ball-size hail hammered the bug. The
front windshield started cracking so
badly that I held a newspaper in front
of my-face in case glass started fly-
ing.
That's right, all of this happened
here, right in the middle of paradise.
Sunday afternoon, the same thing
happened at the same overpass. This
time, though, I was westbound, not
eastbound. The hail was not nearly
so fierce, either, though my heart,
started beating again only recently.
Clearly, they need to put a canopy
over I-4 at that overpass. If it can hap-
pentwice, itcan happen again.
Jim Toner can be read, t.' at407-772-8034 or ,
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'South Pacific.' June Powell (above, right), who is assistant director; hells Eddy Coppens with his ~;~1
costume. Coppens playsBillis in the musical. Chad Lindsay (left) plays Lt Cable opposite Jennifer ~~
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• ~ `" ~`fease negotiations for the retail space are un-
Wnter Springs sees ~oA ~d ~m an sandwich shop, hair
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YA.Washington Mutual branch planned for an
town center activity outparcel also ;s in the design and permitting
phases, It will face S.R 434.
~' WINT1/R SPRINGS -Winter Springs Town 1Vieanwhile, construction is scheduled to begin
Center continues to take shape, with buildings ris- this summer on a two-story office building on-the
uig frgm whatwas avacant field. ~ - - northwest corner of S.R 434 and Tuskawilia, Sud-.
J Raymond Construction Coif expects to coin- deth said. The office building is expected to be
pTete construchon,;Of a;44,000-square-foot Publix completed about the same time as the Publix,
SuperMarket; and 25,000 square feet of"retail. J. Raymond Construction also is building a
space,before Thanksgiving. - 54,000-square-foot Publix at The Villages in Lake
Tliat contract is worth $4.5 million, said Russ County..
Suddeth, senior .vice president of the Longwood _ :~
constructioncompany. , ~ Mother Publ'uc coming
Winter, Springs Town Center is at State Road Expect plenty of activity at The Shoppes of
434aiidTuskawillaRoad. Sweetwater shopping center at Hunt Club Boule-
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Construction of a 28,000-square-foot Publi~jg
schedules' :o begin within the next couple'o>;
weeks, said Jack Grossman, senior vice president'
at T'ram*nell Crow Co. in Orlando. ,. -~
The grocery store should be open in November,
Grossman said. Trammell Crow is handling devel;
opment and marketing of the shopping center.
The store will be built on the site of a former
Winn-Dixie, which was demolished during the.
past week.
Three other businesses - a Chinese restaurant,.
a dry cleaner and a nail salon -recently signed.
leases for space in the shopping center, and Eck-
erd renewed its lease.
There is one vacancy, a space of about 1,750
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~- Notice some exhibits being taken down at the ,
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Expect -word thisyweek from the folks of Alta-.
` . Central Florida Zoo? Don't get too excited. It's not
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major expansion. Marketing , :-the
start of the zoo
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chief Kristen.Moore';;vas'°mum.(last week,' but opment, Rather, it's; just two :old exhibits:. that Long-timers in Longwood probably woul'd~
plans on filewith-.the city~,mention "a 70,000 ~, here no longer being used. Thehowler:monkey :chuckle if they knew what, former Police Chief
square-foot, movie'. megaplex :and= two;, 8,000 ;'and serval had been moved to rii'or~'riattYral ex~' "Greg Manning was up to, Manning, you see, had
square-foot restaurants. "": hibits, and their former homes were vacant: "" numerous run-in's .with the city's elected officiaTs~,
OVIedO dlt JSt ~OWIItOWII OC Strfp t811t81'~
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mentbver to the Seminole County Sheriff s'Qf,
- Oviedo City Council Chairman Tom O'Hanlon
News thatseveral stores at file planned "down s ,_
:' free rHe vowed to move to Alabama and fish aff~r.
has come under fire"for his handling of city issues, town" " in Winter : Springs; will :tie completed , retirement. He is doing a little more than thatfi~
For many,-the lasYstraw was when he tried to get , _• around Thanksgiving is,reason to'be excited. But ' is now a-member of the Town Council in Shoi~t~r
City;Manager Gene Williford,to resign, .That led . :..with Publix' as the main draw,, a handful`of small ` :Ala: _