Sawgrass Village faces challenge from Jacksonville Town Center

PONTE VEDRA BEACH — Now that the plan to rebuild the Publix supermarket and CVS drugstore in Sawgrass Village has been approved, at least one business owner plans to aggressively advertise to let people know he’s still in business.
Village Jeweler owner Richard Felder said he’s anticipating a loss in business for several months during the reconstruction of the two main stores. People tend to stay away from surrounding businesses where there’s construction taking place, he said.
“We’re going to promote a little more advertising to let people know we are going to be open and still doing business as usual,” Felder said.

In recent months, Ben Carter Properties, also manager of the St. Johns Town Center off Butler Boulevard, have completed other changes like remove the cosmetic chimneys from the tops of the buildings. They have also cleaned the awnings above the shops and resurfaced the parking lots and are redoing the landscaping.

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-05-07/story/sawgrass-village-faces-challenge-during-reconstruction#ixzz1LrG158pD

Read more at Jacksonville.com: http://jacksonville.com/business/2011-05-07/story/sawgrass-village-faces-challenge-during-reconstruction