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Becker Road on the southern edge of
the county are major shopping centers
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that will rise between now and
2012.
“I have waited a long, long time for
this,” Tyrrell said. “I hear there’s a
regional mall coming and it will be
on Becker right in my neighborhood.
Right now I have to drive to Martin
County for everything. But the gas
prices are so high, and I think it’s also
important to keep our money local. I
am really happy about this.”
Tyrrell is right about the regional
mall. Core Communities, developer
of Tradition at Gatlin Boulevard and
I-95, sold 220 acres on the north side
of Becker Road to Taubman Centers
Inc., the developer of the Mall at
Wellington Green. In 2012, Tyrrell
will be a hop, skip and a jump from
1.4 million square feet of retail shops,
400,000 square feet of office space,
250 hotel rooms and 900 residential
units. Across the street from the
regional mall, Core is self-developing
a 400,000 square foot shopping center
called Becker Commons.
Carolyn Hendricks, who lives in
An aerial view of the town square in Tradition shows streets paved with pink brick, and a bustling
neighborhood commercial area anchored by a Publix.
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