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community is ready with its final 135 homesites. From the winding entrance drive, past hammocks of 100-year-old oaks and towering pines, past sandhill cranes standing sentinel over acres of natural beauty, the allure of The Concession is immediate. The Old Florida landscape is evocative of North Carolina, but improved by the warm Florida winters. You get the sense that this type of community will never be duplicated again. Its expansive 1,200 acres are home to only 236 homesites. Many of those remaining homesites are one acre in size—perfect for creating real backyards and ensuring coveted privacy. The Concession’s rebirth is ringing true with
Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Even closer to home, are all the conveniences of neighboring 17,500-acre Lakewood Ranch, which
homebuyers. More often than not, new owners are
provides easy access to a movie theater, restaurants,
saying they have finally found a lasting home and that
quaint shops, A-rated schools, business parks, church-
this is the last place they will build. In the past three
es, and a top-rated hospital and medical center.
months, just barely after opening the second phase,
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport,
they have already sold 25 homesites.
which serves more than one million pas-
Long embraced as a vacation getaway by the world’s
sengers a year, is just 15 miles away. It is
rich and famous, nearby Sarasota adds a zesty pulse
true, as they say here, that The Concession
to the club’s lifestyle. The cultural scene boasts world-
is remotely connected to everything.
class opera, ballet, museums, and art galleries. The
Created from a great moment in golf’s
waters of the Gulf Coast provide plenty of opportunity
history, The Concession finds itself at
for boating, fishing, and kayaking, and relaxing at one
another great moment: in the ideal time
of the world’s Top 10 beaches—Siesta Key. One of the
and place for discerning homebuyers
grandest amenities is the residents’ luxurious 53-foot
and golfers searching for the home of
club yacht available for travel and private parties in
their dreams.
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TOP: The 349-yard 12th is a great risk-reward par four. ABOVE: The residents’ 53-foot motor yacht, “The Concession”
The Concession 7700 Lindrick Lane Bradenton, Fla. 34202 941.388.0501 TheConcessionRealEstate.com PAR: 72 YARDAGE: 7,474 YEAR FOUNDED: 2006 ARCHITECTS:
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