Babcock Ranch reaches key sales milestone

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 4:00 p.m. July 28, 2025
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Babcock Ranch is a 18,000-acre planned community of energy-efficient homes.
Babcock Ranch is a 18,000-acre planned community of energy-efficient homes.
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Babcock Ranch, the all-solar community being built in rural Southwest Florida, hit a milestone last week when it reached 5,000 houses sold.

The house was bought by Mark William and Fay Jean Petersen, the second one they’ve bought in the development. The Lennar-built house is in the Willowgreen community.

The sale came just a little more than a year after Babcock Ranch reached the 4,000-homes-sold mark.

 

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