Bridgewater - the 10th Lakewood Ranch "village"

Lakewood Ranch expanded again this past year. Lakewood Ranch, the largest green-certified master planned community in the United States has added its 10th community. Each such community in Lakewood Ranch is referred to as a "village" and this latest addition is named Bridgewater at Lakewood Ranch. Bridgewater is a gated "village" south of State Road 64 and east of Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. After ground-breaking in 2013, homes are now for sale in this newest village.

Lennar Homes is building about 290 new estate and manor homes in 10 different floor plans with 2 and 3-car garages in this new "all maintenance-free" community.

Manor homes range from 1,677 to 2,529 square feet with 4 to 6 bedrooms and 2 to 4 1/2 baths priced from the low $300's.

The estate homes, being built or larger lots, range from 2,361 to 3,814 square feet with 3 to 5 bedrooms and 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 baths with prices starting in the high $300's and reaching up into the high $500's.

All Lennar-built homes is Bridgewater come with the company's signature “Everything’s Included” set of features including granite kitchen countertops, wood cabinets and stainless steel appliances, crown moldings throughout the home, brick paver driveways and large decks, as well as Spanish tile roofs. Lennar also offers what they call "NextGen” models aimed at multi-generational families. These homes include a "home within a home," essentially an senior living space with its own bedroom, bath and kitchenette.

Bridgewater is to include a fitness center, spa and swimming pools. Residents of Bridgewater enjoy a resort-style lifestyle in a community with top-rated schools amidst natural areas and lakes while at the same time being conveniently close to both p-rivate and public golf courses, the beaches on Anna Maria Island , parks, miles of trails, shopping, the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center and all the cultural amenities both here in Lakewood Ranch and in Downtown Sarasota.