Neighborhoods

  Less than a half-mile east of Interstate 75 on the north side of Proctor Road, Country Creek lives up to its name. One of… Read more »

  Good things are happening in northern Venice and eastern Nokomis. Jacaranda Boulevard now connects directly to parts south, and the completion of Honore Road… Read more »

The Cape Haze peninsula south of Englewood has been a popular place for thousands of years. Native Americans, including the Calusa and Timucua tribes, took… Read more »

One of Sarasota’s lesser-known equestrian communities lies 9 miles east of Interstate 75 and to the north of Fruitville Road. The Ranches at Bern Creek,… Read more »

There is a burst of new development on Golden Gate Point, the upscale waterfront neighborhood of luxury condos next to the John Ringling Bridge. CLICK… Read more »

One of the area’s best-kept secrets, The Uplands is an unusual neighborhood for a number of reasons. Its name derives from the fact that, at… Read more »

Located in Parrish, eight miles east of Interstate 75, Twin Rivers is a thriving, upscale community. Its name refers to Gamble Creek to the north… Read more »

Mattamy Homes’ first community in North Port will be known as Renaissance at West Villages. Mattamy, a large, Canada-based home building company, is part of… Read more »

The development of Arbor Reserve, which started in 2012, was a team effort by two national builders, Ryland Homes (now CalAtlantic Homes) and Taylor Morrison…. Read more »

Located east of Interstate 75, Laurel Meadows was created with families in mind. The idea was to offer well-priced homes in an area surrounded by… Read more »

Located about four miles east of Interstate 75 on State Road 64, Mill Creek is a thriving countryside neighborhood in East Manatee County. Named after… Read more »

Faith Pennybaker, a Realtor with Keller Williams, agrees: “It’s a beautiful, private place.” Her four-bedroom, 2,926-square-foot listing at 6921 Scrub Jay Drive has a tranquil… Read more »

Densely forested, it looks as if someone put a small residential enclave smack in the middle of Myakka State Park… Read more »

  When McClellan Park opened in 1916, just a year after the city officially incorporated, it was known and advertised as “Sarasota’s Garden Spot.” Its… Read more »

The renaissance of Sarasota National, an upscale golf-course community in Venice, is a welcome sign of the vitality in South County. The 2,400-acre development, half… Read more »

  Fronted by a large sandbar on the west side, it has private beaches and docks, lush flora, including dense mangroves and Australian pines, and… Read more »

  Although many of them were beautiful homes, not all the residents were fans. Janet Minker still remembers arriving in Lido Shores in 2009 and… Read more »

The area south of Englewood and Rotonda known as Cape Haze, or Placida, encompasses barrier islands and an elongated inland triangle west of Coral Creek…. Read more »

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY Grand Oaks, a recently developed, gated community in Venice, is just about sold out. Only two lots are left in… Read more »

Whisper Bend, also known as Water Oak, lies just to the south of Tara Elementary School and Tara Golf & Country Club off Linger Lodge… Read more »