Eagle Creek’s “crown jewel” is its four-and a-half star golf course, which boasts a two-story clubhouse with a pro shop, lounge and restaurant. Within Eagle Creek, Jones Homes USA offers an impressive mix of housing options including townhomes, villas and single-family homes. In addition to the golf course, community amenities include a family recreation clubhouse with a fitness center and a gathering room, a resortstyle pool and a children’s pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, a covered playground and multipurpose ball field.
while enjoying Florida’s natural landscape. There are more than 7,000 homes planned for Orange County alone, along with 9 million square feet of commercial space and 490 hotel rooms. Del Webb (delwebb.com), one of the nation’s leading developers of active-adult communities, is already there with Del Webb Sunbridge, an active-adult community offering lowmaintenance single-family homes and villas. The first neighborhood in Sunbridge, the Del Webb development will eventually have 1,350 homes and a 27,000-squarefoot clubhouse that will feature a fitness center, a movement studio, an arts and crafts area, a kitchen, a ballroom and a multipurpose space. There’ll also be a health and wellness center, a resort-style pool, tennis and pickleball courts, an event lawn and amphitheater for shows and other entertainment. A fulltime, on-site activities director will keep you as busy as you wish to be. And Westland Park (sunbridgefl.com), the second neighborhood in Sunbridge, is set to open by year’s end with multiple builders, similar to Laureate Park. “Westland Park will be more like Laureate Park, and prices will be a little less than in Laureate Park,” says Rob Adams, vice president of Tavistock Development Group. Here are other active communities in the Lake Nona region. All offer many of the same advantages as living in Lake Nona proper, including easy access to Orlando International Airport and major employment and entertainment centers.
Eagle Creek’s “crown jewel” is its four-and a-half star golf course, which boasts a two-story clubhouse with a pro shop, lounge and restaurant. Within Eagle Creek, Jones Homes USA (joneshomesusa.com) offers an impressive mix of housing options including townhomes, villas and single-family homes. In addition to the golf course, community amenities include a family recreation clubhouse with a fitness center and a gathering room, a resort-style pool and a children’s pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, a covered playground and multipurpose ball field. If you’ve got kids, you’ll particularly appreciate the fact that there’s an elementary school located in the community. Glenwood, by D.R. Horton Homes (drhorton.com), offers the best of two worlds. It’s just a short distance to historic downtown St. Cloud, with its brick-paved streets lined with cafes, boutiques and even a two-screen cinema. Nearby Lakeshore Park offers a beachfront playground, a boat ramp with a marina, a children’s splash pad, picnic pavilions and al fresco dining. Hanover Lakes, by locally owned Hanover Family Builders (hanoverfamilybuilders.com), is a boater’s paradise along the shores of Osceola County’s Alligator Lake. The community, which offers access to the Alligator Chain of Lakes, also offers a resort-style pool with a splash pad, a nature park with a dock and pavilion, and homesites with private backyard docks. Hanover Family Builders offers 20 floorplans at Hanover Lakes, many with customized options. Rivercrest on Narcoossee, by KB Home (kbhome.com), features 11 one- and two-story single-family floorplans, all with twoS P E C I A L R E P O R T : L A K E N O N A MC19