Wiregrass Ranch Commercial Development Update: Chase Coming, Publix Moving

The Dowd Companies, which is developing two retail centers in Wiregrass Ranch (including one indicated by a star in the map above), posted this map of planned development to their website.
The Dowd Companies, which is developing two retail centers in Wiregrass Ranch (including one indicated by a star in the map above), posted this map of planned developments to their website.

It’s been nearly a year since the new Walmart opened along S.R. 54 in the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI) in Wesley Chapel, and it’s no secret that more development would follow.

Since Walmart opened last August, Chili’s opened its doors out front in February, a new Advanced Auto Parts store has sprouted, along with a new Bank of America branch that’s scheduled to open sometime in July. However, the latest news about that section of Wiregrass Ranch is much bigger.Continue reading

Super Buffet Demo-ed, Chili's To Take It's Place

Crews tear down the building that once housed Super Buffett on S.R. 54 in front of the new Walmart Supercenter in Wesley Chapel.
Crews tear down the building that once housed Super Buffet on S.R. 54 in front of the new Walmart Supercenter in Wesley Chapel.

By Matt Wiley

A pile of metal, brick and concrete is about all that remains of the vacant Super Buffett restaurant on S.R. 54 in front of the new Walmart Supercenter, as crews work to clear the site to erect a popular, national-chain restaurant in its place.Continue reading