Fading Greens

At Babcock Ranch, the vast residential development proposed on the Charlotte-Lee County line, golf won't be an amenity for residents in the first phase.

Instead, health, wellness and education are higher on the priority list, says Tom Danahy, president of development company Kitson Babcock.

When residential development returns to the Gulf Coast, developers and builders say their customers aren't going to put as much of a premium on golf-course lots as they once did.