Builder to bring 1,200-home community to Lakewood Ranch

The pool in Taylor Morrison's Esplanade at Azario development in Sarasota's Lakewood Ranch community.
The pool in Taylor Morrison's Esplanade at Azario development in Sarasota's Lakewood Ranch community.
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One of the nation’s largest homebuilders closed on a land acquisition deal Tuesday in Lakewood Ranch with plans to transform it into a resort-style community.

 

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