Scientific method

Most developers engaged in new office park or campus construction focus almost exclusively on landing as many tenants as possible before turning their attention to connected amenities like restaurants or recreational activities.

But not Schroeder-Manatee Ranch and its Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty affiliate.

Instead, the master developer of Lakewood Ranch intends to build amenities first in an effort to attract corporate and research-oriented tenants to its planned 265-acre life sciences campus.