G yaaarrrr! Shiver me timbers! There’s a mutiny on the horizon. Mateys are swabbing the decks along South Magnolia Avenue, getting ready to pour some spirits and fly the ol Jolly Roger in downtown Ocala.
That’s right, Mutiny Ocala will be a bar where “pirates, punks, and scallywags are welcome, according to the establishment s Facebook page. Mutiny Ocala, 46 S. Magnolia Ave., near the Marion Theatre, is slated to open as early as April.
Mutiny Ocala leads off this week s business roundup, which includes news about plans for a new industrial park near Ocala International Airport, the newly opened Starbucks in the Cedar Shores Plaza on Maricamp Road just west of Southeast 36th Avenue, as well as updates on the progress of other businesses previous reported in the Star-Banner.
SW Marion growth: More Fore Ranch homes on the horizon
Long before the construction of Interstate 75 bisected Marion County about five decades ago, Circle Fore Ranch along State Road 200 was a working cattle ranch on 500 acres.
The land, located just west of I-75, continued as a working ranch until the early 2000s, when plans were unveiled by the Fore family to replace cattle with homes – lots of them.
That’s how the Fore Ranch community began nearly two decades ago. Today, there are hundreds of single-family homes, townhomes and condominiums on about 350 to 400 acres. And the development is poised to grow even more in the near future.