Downtown South (Sunrail/Amtrak, SODO, Orlando Health, Lymmo, Orange/Michigan Avenues)

[popsiclebrandon]

Their sausages and bacon and all that they made in house were excellent. The smoked turkey was really good too, used it for sandwiches a lot.

Overall I liked it but I never felt I could do all my shopping there for some reason. It didn't help that one time recently at the Colonial one there were 18 people in line with 0 non-self check outs open. And their system gets prices wrong a lot so it was a mess.

[Jernigan]

Pineloch townhomes just east of Lucky's Corner.

[spenser1058]

Will Lucky’s Corner need a new name?

[Jernigan]

2 hours ago, spenser1058 said:

Will Lucky’s Corner need a new name?

I can’t imagine them keeping it.  The logo itself is Lucky’s style.   Even if they changed that, it’s a weird omen to keep around.

The project was originally named Southside Shoppes.

[JFW657]

I loved the name Lucky's Corner.

Whatever they rename it, I hope they keep the "Corner" part.

Southside Corner, maybe? 

[codypet]

Winn Winn Corner 

[HankStrong]

Gooding's Corner

[elefants]

Aldi's to buy some stores.

It doesn't specify which are being purchased, but maybe Aldi's Corner is coming.

[JFW657]

Aldi's Corner!!!! 

[spenser1058]

1 minute ago, JFW657 said:

Aldi's Corner!!!! 

I figured you’d like that but it might put the kibash on one over in the Hourglass.

[JFW657]

3 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

I figured you’d like that but it might put the kibash on one over in the Hourglass.

I doubt they'd put one over here anyway.

That old empty Walgreen's isn't in a retail-heavy enough location according to the requirements they list on their website.

Besides, I'm hoping for a Dollar Tree in that spot.

I'm still waiting for both companies to call me regarding my preferences.

[popsiclebrandon]

Aldi taking over the SODO and Colonial store would be amazing.

 

EDIT

Looks like only 1 in Orlando plus Clermont and I think its the UCF one.

Edited January 27, 2020 by popsiclebrandon
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[bqknight]

1 hour ago, popsiclebrandon said:

Aldi taking over the SODO and Colonial store would be amazing.

 

EDIT

Looks like only 1 in Orlando plus Clermont and I think its the UCF one.

I want a Trader Joe’s. I think there’s enough demand for one there. 

[JFW657]

19 minutes ago, bqknight said:

I want a Trader Joe’s. I think there’s enough demand for one there. 

Then they could call it Trader's Corner. 

[elefants]

30 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

Then they could call it Trader's Corner. 

I'm fine with JFW's corner to avoid  any more changes.

[spenser1058]

13 minutes ago, elefants said:

I'm fine with JFW's corner to avoid  any more changes.

oooo, @elefants is getting feisty - I like that!

[codypet]

Looks like Publix is taking over the Sodo location

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2020/01/27/confirmed-aldi-to-buy-6-luckys-market-locations-in.html?ana=e_orl_bn_breakingnews

Edited January 28, 2020 by codypet

[jgardnerucf]

1 hour ago, codypet said:

Sodo location

Greenwise

[codypet]

1 hour ago, jgardnerucf said:

Greenwise

They said that about Dr Phillips and we got two across from each other.   We'll see. 

[HankStrong]

That would've been prime ALDI territory, but it is not to be.

[codypet]

Someone on this forum said Aldi wasn't interested in the Bealls location so maybe they just don't want to be head to head with Walmart.   That said, I'll gladly take Aldi over at Colonial Landing.  Sprouts I'll take in the Orchard Supply.

[bqknight]

7 hours ago, codypet said:

They said that about Dr Phillips and we got two across from each other.   We'll see. 

I'd find it hard to think they'd put just another Publix over there. The SoDo Publix is busy but not overflowing. A GreenWise could make sense - especially given the trajectory SoDo development has been headed (young professionals, health and wellness conscious, etc). 

[codypet]

2 hours ago, bqknight said:

I'd find it hard to think they'd put just another Publix over there. The SoDo Publix is busy but not overflowing. A GreenWise could make sense - especially given the trajectory SoDo development has been headed (young professionals, health and wellness conscious, etc). 

Look at Dr. Phillips and Winter Park as places that it would make sense to build a GreenWise, but just got 2nd Publixes right across from each other.   In fact the 2nd Dr. Phillips was planned to be a Greenwise, but it ended up as just a Publix.  I'm not saying you're wrong, but Publix has shown that they'll put two regular stores next to each other or across the street instead of building a GreenWise.  I know Publix has been slow to roll out new GreenWise so I wouldn't be getting my hopes up too much.

Edited January 28, 2020 by codypet

[JFW657]

I'm not abandoning hope for Aldi's Corner. 

[Jernigan]

Any chance the J in JFW stands for Joe?

They named the plaza clearly to sweeten the deal to secure their anchor tenant which worked.  Now that Lucky’s is gone, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Joe his name on it as he did the car wash across the street.