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County negotiates temporary lease after commissary tenants say sudden sale left businesses facing eviction
Summary
After business owners at a multi‑tenant commercial commissary told the board they had been given little notice of a county purchase and possible eviction, county economic development staff negotiated a short‑term license to keep the businesses on site while a build‑out is completed at an alternative location.
Hernando County staff told the commission Oct. 28 they had worked overnight to avert an immediate displacement of multiple small businesses sharing a Spring Hill commissary after the county’s planned acquisition of the property accelerated and the owner demanded tenants vacate.
Business owner Kevin Herbert told the board he and other tenants were given very little time and that he had lost several weeks of revenue while trying to learn who the buyer was and whether he could stay. Herbert said he had hired contractors and faced significant moving and build‑out costs if…
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