Construction begins on 4-acre lagoon at 3,000-home north Manatee community

Developers broke ground Friday on a 4-acre lagoon in Parrish that will establish the first “lagoon community” in Manatee County. 

Seaire is being created by Metro Development Group, a Tampa-based land development company with a portfolio worth more than $4 billion that has made lagoons its signature feature. In addition to starting construction on the lagoon, developers, at the Nov. 15 ceremonial groundbreaking, shared plans to add commercial offerings adjacent to the community, off Moccasin Wallow Road.

“This is our first foray into Manatee County,” Lisa Gibbings, vice president of marketing and communications for Metro Development Group says. "Our lagoons have redefined what it means to live in a master-planned community across Florida."