Posted: September 13, 2007: 2:42 pm
Tanners Pub located at 325 West Central Avenue will close on Monday, September 24 to completely renovate existing space as well as allow structural reinforcement necessary for the future leasing of second level in the building. The popular bar and restaurant will reopen in late October.
Debbie and John Tennick are taking the opportunity to make significant changes in floor plans. The Tennicks opened their first restaurant downtown in 1995 (Thyme Square Bistro in the Time Square building) moving to their present location and expanded space in 2002. They attribute their success in part to the beautifully renovated downtown area and credit the City, Main Street and Chamber for the vision that helped revitalize downtown and attract private investment.
The Tennicks thank all who have supported them as their business evolved and promise an all NEW Tanners Restaurant and Lounge at their Grand Re-Opening. Watch this space for further details. Wish them luck here, leave a comment.
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Posted: June 20, 2007: 3:29 pm

Look for demolition to begin soon on the former Kash n’ Karry area just east of the Wal-Mart store in Winter Haven Village on Cypress Gardens Boulevard. This is the Wal-Mart center just east of Chrysler Dodge Jeep of Winter Haven.
The area will provide the additional space necessary for transforming the present store into a Wal-Mart Super Center — the second on Cypress Gardens Boulevard. The expansion was actually discussed as early as 2005 and pegged at more than 207,000 square feet … and increase of 93,000 square feet.
Super-sized? … Always!
Watch for more details as the expansion nears completion.
The project joins Southeast Plaza, Cypress Station, Towne Center at Cypress Gardens, new Hyundai and Honda dealerships, and three new bank branches (Citizens, Colonial, and Old Cypress Community) as Cypress Gardens Boulevard burns white hot with commercial expansion.

This is an artists rendering of the Wal-Mart expansion estimated to open in August 2008
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Posted: March 22, 2007: 11:57 am
Victory Real Estate Investments has just released the first plans and drawings for a totally renovated Southeast Plaza Shopping Center (see drawings below). Plans call for Publix to relocate to an expanded 39,600 sf location at the east end of the complex. The store will continue to operate in its present location until the new site is completed. The former supermarket space will then be renovated for a new anchor tenant and is planned to be available by Summer of 2008. Beall’s will remain in its present location and the facade will be renovated for the entire center. The SE Plaza Publix was the chain’s 100th location when it opened in the early 1960s.
Potential tenants can contact Victory Real Estate Investments at 800-435-7834. This information was made available through the East Polk Committee of 100.


It’s the end of an era for the Continental “Rocking Chair” Theatre.
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