Major progress made inside supersize development

Construction at Babcock Ranch, the 18,000-acre community being developed by Kitson & Partners about 20 minutes east of Fort Myers in Charlotte County, is proceeding on various fronts.

Kitson is installing necessary infrastructure and building the initial phase of the community's Downtown District, which will feature the Table and Tap restaurant and is on schedule to open Feb. 1.

At the same time, Stock Development, Homes by Towne, Fox Premier Builders and Florida Lifestyle Homes are building furnished model residences in advance of taking sales orders beginning next month in the Lake Timber neighborhood, the ranch's first.