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Originally Posted by KEVIN & JOSIE
Thanks so much for such great aerial video. Is Southern Oaks a Villages project?
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Southern Oaks is the original name of the planned development located between of the Turnpike, CR468, SR44, and the Sumter/Lake county line (the large orange block on the right hand side of the first attachment picture below and the outlined area of the third attachment). It stood stagnant for a decade until The Villages announced they were purchasing the property and developing it. The announcement came on the heals of the announcement of The Villages partnering to develop the Wildwood Springs development and renaming it The Village of Fenney (purple block on the left side of the first picture).
Southern Oaks has since expanded several times to encompass land on both side of the Turnpike for about a 5 mile stretch.
The name of Southern Oaks will probably fade into history as new "villages" are announced. Phase 1 which abuts Fenney is the Village of Desoto.
The second picture is a preliminary development plan of what some of this area may look like. (This was provided to the Wildwood commission in August of 2017.)
As usual, and rightfully so, only enough information has been released for the developer to move plans forward, but there is obviously a very well developed long term plan in place.