The CenturyLink Prism Trailer is Coming to Babcock!
You may have heard that we collaborated with CenturyLink to provide our residents with gigabit internet and now, you’ll get to experience it for yourself at our upcoming Spring Picnic! CenturyLink will be bringing their Prism trailer to our upcoming Spring Picnic so guests and potential residents can see the benefits of Prism and fiber […]
Babcock Ranch wired for the future
Naples 5:00 a.m. ET June 11, 2017 | Naples Daily News The classic styled homes with inviting front porches along broad sidewalks at Babcock Ranch harken back to simpler times. But below the surface, this new town is all about the future — expanding and enhancing on classic hometown characteristics with cutting-edge technology and efficiency […]
Babcock Ranch One of the “Best of the Best” Eco-Friendly Communities by ideal-LIVING Magazine
Wilmington, NC – ideal-LIVING magazine announces the 2nd Annual “The Best of the Best” in towns and residential communities in its Summer 2017 edition. These awards will also be posted at www.ideal-LIVING.com/2017BestoftheBest. “Given the very positive response last year to our first ‘Best of the Best‘ feature,” said ideal-LIVING Editor and Associate Publisher Kelly Godbey, […]
Models by Fox Premier Builders nearing completion at Babcock Ranch
June 14, 2017 – The Florida Weekly Fox Premier Builders’ Camden and Cabin furnished models are expected to be completed by the end of this month in the Lake Timber neighborhood at Babcock Ranch, a new 18,000-acre solar powered town being developed by Kitson & Partners 20 minutes east of Fort Myers off Florida State Road 31 […]
Smart development, eco-tourism make for happy neighbors in Punta Gorda, Florida
Florida’s Gulf Coast is a weirdly dissociated place. True, there’s a cohesiveness to it all, mainly in that the Gulf Coast is more laid-back and less preoccupied with appearances than Florida’s Atlantic Coast. It clings to the vestiges of Old Florida a bit tighter. Yet this cohesiveness begins to crack and the distinct personalities of […]
Lennar sees most home orders in a decade in Q2
Lennar’s strong quarter bucked an industry trend. While the homebuilder saw its deliveries and orders increase, tight inventory has activity across the industry trending downward. The most recent data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Census Bureau revealed housing starts hit lows in May while new home sales dropped 11.4% in April, HousingWire […]
Appreciating Farm to Fork
He was the only possible choice, really. When Babcock Ranch food and beverage director Matt Seiler was in a position to hire an executive chef for the all-new, eco-friendly, sustainable solar city, the stack of resumes consisted of one. Seiler had recognized at once how Chef David Rashty always “forged strong relationships with ranchers and […]
If You Build It…
They will come, suggests the 1989 baseball-oriented movie, “Field of Dreams”, starring Kevin Costner. That’s certainly what real estate firm Kitson & Partners must have thought when they first purchased 18,000 acres of Florida Gulf shore properties, later named Babcock Ranch , and then started to build an ecofriendly, net zero energy, solar-powered town. But it hasn’t been all […]
Babcock Ranch is Resilient by Design
Each June as the hurricane season gets underway, Floridians are reminded that the dream of living close to the coast comes with a certain amount of risk. When storms take aim at Southwest Florida and evacuation orders are issued, residents of Babcock Ranch will find themselves at a distinct advantage. “Storm safety and resiliency has […]
The Sunshine Town
How do you build America’s first completely solar-powered community? You start from scratch. Developers Kitson & Partners designed and constructed Babcock Ranch, a South Florida town that spans 17,000 acres (440 of which are a solar field), in partnership with state and local government. It took them more than a decade. Getting around will be […]