Sun king

Few communities in Florida have earned the kind of positive national recognition as Seaside.

The Florida Panhandle town, designed by Andres Duany and built from scratch near Destin, earned Time magazine's development of the decade award in 1990 and the Urban Land Institute's highest honor.

Now, Palm Beach Gardens-based developer Kitson & Partners has tapped Seaside's former CEO, Rick Severance, to build a new town from the scrubland on the Charlotte and Lee county line called Babcock Ranch.