Miami Developer Plans Age-Restricted Subdivision

GROVELAND, FL-Seeing a niche in an already crowded South Lake County development arena, sources close to the deal tell GlobeSt.com that Miami-based Lennar Corp. plans to create Destiny, an aptly-named subdivision that would have 100,000 sf of commercial and a golf course to complement up to 2,000 single-family and multifamily homes available only to occupants 55 years of age and older.

The Lennar project would be part of three other planned subdivisions totaling 8,200 new homes in the Clermont area–Lennar’s 4,000-home Heritage Hills in Minneola, FL and Tampa developer John Reaves’ 2,200-home Sugarloaf Mountain enterprise.

Lennar hasn’t formally submitted a development plan to Groveland or Lake County officials. But anti-development activists familiar with the project tell GlobeSt.com the venture is expected to run into early opposition from civil rights supporters because of the age restriction. Lennar officials couldn’t be reached at GlobeSt.com’s publication deadline.