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- Formation of Gale, Wentworth & Dillon (GWD), the Residential Real Estate Division of Gale & Wentworth.
- GWD starts master plan development of The Hills in Bedminster, NJ
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- GWD starts master plan development of Cherry Valley in Princeton, NJ.
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- GWD partners with Blackstone Real Estate Advisors to purchase Ibis Golf & Country Club in West Palm Beach, FL.
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- Syd Kitson buys out partner, transforming GWD into Gale & Kitson.
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- Syd Kitson forms Kitson & Partners.
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- K&P partners with Morgan Stanley to purchase Ibis Golf & Country Club in West Palm Beach, FL.
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- Evergreen Real Estate Advisors makes long-term entity-level investment in K&P.
- K&P purchases Babcock Ranch, in North Fort Myers, FL and then sells 73,000 of the 91,000 acres to the State of Florida; agrees to manage the State’s land for permanent preservation.
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- K&P acquires 11 retail shopping centers across Florida, totaling more than 1.6 million square feet.
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- K&P reaches landmark solar energy agreement with Florida Power & Light to build a 75 megawatt solar array at Babcock Ranch.
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- K&P forms Advisory Board consisting of Lawrence Burns, Jeb Bush, Peter Rummell, and William Smith.
- K&P acquires Bay Pines, a 60-acre mixed-use development project in Tampa, FL.
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- K&P acquires Talis Park, formerly known as Tuscany Reserve, in Naples, FL — a 460-acre luxury country club community with a Greg Norman-Pete Dye designed golf course.
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- K&P contracts for the acquisition of Mitchell Ranch, planned for nearly one million square feet of retail space and 800 housing units.
- K&P makes strategic decision to exit the golf management business and sells its Clubs Division to Billy Casper Golf.
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- October – Solar Facility Groundbreaking. Florida Power & Light substation and solar facility groundbreaking.
- November- K&P groundbreaking at Babcock Ranch. Beginning of site work.
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- Babcock Ranch Grand Reveal, Earth Day April 22, 2016.
- Babcock Ranch breaks ground for Founders Square town center, June 28, 2016.
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- Founder’s Square and Model Homes open to the public March 2017
- First annual Founder’s Fest held March 11-12, 2017
- Babcock Neighborhood School K-6 opens August 2017
- Partnership with TransDev announced for automous vehicle network
- Lennar and Pulte launch home sales November 2017
- Square Scoops opens November 2017
- First holiday tree lighting event December 2017
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- First residents move in, Slater’s Provisions & Goods celebrates Grand Opening January 2018
- TransDev launches first autonomous shuttle February 2018
- Florida Power & Light launches largest combined solar generation/battery storage operation in the US at Babcock Ranch March 2018
- Health & Wellness Center completed, Hometown Grand Opening celebration March 2018
- First residents move into Trails edge Neighborhood June 30, 2018
- Opening Celebration, Babcock Neighborhood School August 7, 2018
- Opening of Lee Physician Group Clinic December 6, 2018
- Jack Peeples Park Opening December 8, 2018
- Redevelopment of Plaza Del Mar Shopping center is completed with Publix as new grocery anchor tenant August 2018
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- Bloom Academy Early Learning Center opens at Babcock Ranch January 2019
- Lee Physician’s Group primary care clinic opens at Babcock Ranch January 2019
- K&P recapitalizes eight retail shopping centers with Apollo Global Real Estate March 2019
- Kitson & Partners announces plans for an 83,000 sf retail shopping center at Babcock Ranch April 2019
- Gov. Ron DeSantis approves $8 million funding for Emergency Shelter to be built at Babcock Ranch June 2019
- Sheriff’s station opens at Babcock Ranch August 2019
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- Syd Kitson elected to chair the Florida Board of Governors January 2020
- 4.2 miles of Dr. Bill Hammond Trails open at Babcock Ranch January 2020
- Grand opening of Lennar’s Babcock National 18-hole golf course at Babcock Ranch March 2020
- K&P announces Publix as the anchor tenant for Crescent B Commons at Babcock Ranch March 2020
- Babcock Ranch earns the Florida Green Building Coalition’s “Florida Green” commercial building certification for buildings in Founder’s Square April 2020
- Groundbreaking for Cypress Lodge and Innovation Tower at Babcock Ranch June 2020
- Babcock Ranch is recognized as ranking in the Top 50 among the country’s top-selling Master Planned Communities through the first half of 2020 July 2020
- Babcock Ranch announces seven new home neighborhoods August 2020
- Groundbreaking for Crescent B Commons Shopping Center, a 83,000 sf retail shopping center at Babcock Ranch August 2020
- Finn Farms opens at Babcock Ranch (100,000 sf high-tech greenhouse) December 2020
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- Babcock Ranch is recognized as ranking 34th among the country’s 2020 top-selling Master Planned Communities February 2021
- Babcock Ranch Foundation opens office location at Babcock Ranch February 2021
- Cypress Lodge and Innovation Tower open at Babcock Ranch April 2021
- Babcock Ranch wins the prestigious 2021 “Game Changer” Edison Award in the category of Sustainability April 2021