The first shovels of construction activity at World Golf Village were turned in 1994. First came the privately funded $9,500,000 I-95 Interchange, followed by the initial 4 lane widening of International Golf Parkway. In 1996, the site infrastructure for the Northwest Quadrant and Southeast Quadrant was commenced. Shortly thereafter, World Golf Village in its initial dress, opened to the public on May 18, 1998.

In the past 10 years of activity, World Golf Village has evolved into an award-winning, highly desirable and comfortable collection of distinct neighborhoods which are complimented by many services, amenities, shops, dining and entertainment opportunities. Nevertheless, the full promise of the World Golf Village development is yet to come.

In the past 18 months there have been numerous new additions to World Golf Village and its greater surrounds. These additions together with the newest projects currently poised to launch will create a unique diversity which will shape and mature life, work and leisure at the Village.

World Golf Village is a Community and collection of Neighborhoods recognized by its preserved, naturally forested, Conservation Lands and knit together with a shady canopy of planted trees. In fact, it is the treescape design, both existing and planted, that characterizes the environment of World Golf Village. Questionnaires and surveys have been conducted throughout the years to help define the qualities of World Golf Village that most appeal to potential buyers and residents. The aspect that is revealed at the top of everyone’s’ list usually references the natural and built environment of the place. World Golf Village is truly a Place for Trees.

In that regard, trees are really trees at World Golf Village. The tree palette for the WGV Communities is one that showcases the naturally occurring Southern Live Oak and favors “real” trees over exotic and introduced palm trees. The perimeter framework for the Neighborhoods is the background of preserved forests. The internal environment of the Neighborhoods is defined by the extensive use of treescaping. Ornamental variety in the landscape comes through the design groupings of the planted trees, the seasonal and flowering characteristics of the trees and the lower level groundscaping. A limited and judicious use of palms adds punctuation. Unlike many other Florida developments, here at World Golf Village, trees rule – palms don’t.

World Golf Village is a community with a variety of rich, interesting and entertaining stories that tell a tale of building a great place. One of the more unusual aspects of the community is that even the street names tell a story.

There is a neighborhood in the King & Bear Community called WildWood. Almost the entire perimeter boundary of WildWood is framed by a massive, forested Conservation Area. During the site preparation for the WildWood neighborhood, the edge of the Conservation Area was revealed to have a collar of beautiful Loblolly Bay trees interspersed with native Oak, Pine and Maple. The forested edge had a wild, undisturbed and seemingly “undiscovered” appeal. The forested boundary’s character influenced the design, layout, construction and theme of the neighborhood, hence, WildWood.

In May, we launched our new website and we’re excited about the features now available. The overarching theme was simplifying the experience for our web users, and we did that by making it easier to find out about our neighborhoods and finding the perfect house.

The new features include:
* “Simplified Property Search”:/search
* “Improved Master Plan”:/master_plan
* “Enhanced Neighborhood Pages”:/neighborhoods/
* “Neighborhood Finder”:/neighborhoods/finder

Everything else on the site has been improved as well.

We hope you like the changes we made. “Please drop us a line”:/contact and tell us what you think.