Solar-powered town ranked a top master-planned community

The Babcock Ranch chief operations officer says the community has seen more than $140 million in home contracts.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 11:46 a.m. August 15, 2019
Babcock Ranch was ranked Southwest Florida’s top master-planned community, according to MetroStudy data.
Babcock Ranch was ranked Southwest Florida’s top master-planned community, according to MetroStudy data.
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BABCOCK RANCH – The Southwest Florida town that bills itself as one of the country’s first to be powered by solar was ranked as the region’s top master-planned community.

 

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