Lakewood Ranch, Manatee County, FL Real Estate and Homes for Sale

Lakewood Ranch is an 8,500 acre planned community, a place to live, work and play, located on the east side of Bradenton, close to I-75. There are seven villages populated by town homes to multi-million dollar mansions. It has been designated as the largest green-certified community in the US, every home here meets the Florida Green Building Coalition's Green Home Standard. Here, you're as likely to run into an osprey, otter or deer as you are your next-door neighbor. Lakewood Ranch is a community with fine and family oriented restaurants, top rated schools (one of the primary reasons families choose to live here), specialty shops and boutiques, business parks, Manatee Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, three different golf courses; an athletic center, swimming pools and 18 lighted tennis courts. There’s over 80 clubs including Polo and Cricket clubs and 21 places of worship. There are more than 150 miles of trails, lakes, parks, and nature preserves; in fact, half of the land at Lakewood Ranch is set aside as open or recreational space. Arts and Culture are important at Lakewood Ranch. Enjoy Music on Main, An Evening Under the Stars, the Sun Coast Wine Festival and Art at the Ranch are favorites and close by are the theaters and cultural events in Sarasota and Tampa. Lakewood Ranch is a great place to live, shop, and work. With Interstate 75 right at the western edge of the community there is easy access to everywhere. Sarasota airport is only a few miles away and Tampa airport is less than an hour. The Gulf beaches with miles of sugar-white sand are about half an hour to the West. To learn more call Real Estate Sue Klement anytime at 941-729-4107 or email her at: suevvk@tampabay.rr.com