DeLand-based developer Mitch Menaker has a plan: He wants to move 16 shipping containers and an almost century-old train car into a 9,000-square-foot lot in downtown Sanford for a dining and shopping complex.
It’s the first installation of the concept, Menaker and partner Stephen Morelli, owner of Berryville Yogurt, plan to develop similar open-air complexes across the U.S. According to a news release on the project, the company plans to restore the train on site. It’s also in the market for a food and beverage entrepreneur to lease the dining car from Menaker’s group.