Canadian developer Mattamy Homes and Sarasota-based Vanguard Land Ventures have received the go-ahead from Sarasota County commissioners to start work on the shuttered Sunrise Golf Club. Located on the outskirts of Palmer Ranch in south Sarasota County, the plans call for up to 425 home sites on the course and surrounding parcels in three unnamed neighborhoods. The developer will provide 44 acres of open space, 4 percent more than the 30% required by the county. Mattamy acquired the site earlier this year through a $14.3 million investment.
“It’s just a terrific location there in Sarasota,” says Ed Suchora, president of the Mattamy Homes Tampa-Sarasota division. “Anything you can find west of the Interstate, on the true Sarasota side, just seems to be more desirable than anything.”
