The Lennar project would be part of three other planned subdivisions totaling 8,200 new homes in the Clermont area--Lennar's 4,000-home Heritage Hills in Minneola, FL and Tampa developer John Reaves' 2,200-home Sugarloaf Mountain enterprise.
Lennar hasn't formally submitted a development plan to Groveland or Lake County officials. But anti-development activists familiar with the project tell GlobeSt.com the venture is expected to run into early opposition from civil rights supporters because of the age restriction. Lennar officials couldn't be reached at GlobeSt.com's publication deadline.
Destiny would be developed north of the Florida Turnpike and west of State Road 19, about 25 miles west of Downtown Orlando. Brokers tell GlobeSt.com Lennar is banking on a future interchange that might be built by the Florida Department of Transportation between the State Road 19 interchange and the State Road 50 interchange in Clermont, a distance of 13 miles. Interchanges generally cost about $20 million each, state construction estimators tell GlobeSt.com.
Groveland expects to broaden its revenue base by selling utilities to the project.
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