Back at the ranch

Kitson & Partners is wasting no time since it unveiled plans for Babcock Ranch April 22.

Heavy equipment is moving tons of dirt on the first phase of what will be a town of 19,500 homes and enough commercial space to fill 52 football fields on the Charlotte and Lee County line.

Developer Syd Kitson celebrated the groundbreaking of the town square on a sweltering June morning recently, promising buildings and the first homes in the first quarter of 2017. The developer received the permits June 28.