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The Billionaire Who Remade Retirement Living On A Massive Scale
Gary Morse, a visionary property developer, transformed a Florida mobile home park into the nation’s largest retirement community. The billionaire died Wednesday at the age of 77. Under Morse’s direction, The Villages, northwest of Orlando, redefined retirement living. It’s a community that is remarkable most of all for its size — home to nearly 100,000 residents living in dozens of communities, spread over an area the size of Manhattan. Bill Gottschalk, president of the homeowners association, sums it up in two words: “the lifestyle.” What drew him to The Villages, he says, was the golf, the recreation and the active town centers. “The entertainment at the town squares was just outstanding.”…Read More
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