744-home development planned for west Gainesville

GAINESVILLE - Plans were formally announced Wednesday for a nearly 750-home, active-adult residential development in Gainesville.

Seasons at Lake Lanier will be a 744-home, gated community offering homes ranging from the $200,000s to over $400,000, and nearly 80,000 square feet of community commercial space, according to Dan Grosswald, Atlanta region president for Levitt and Sons.

Levitt and Sons plans to purchase the land for Seasons at Lake Lanier from Sanford Orkin, who has owned the property, at Brown's Bridge Rd. and McEver Rd., for more than 30 years. The land is on a point of the lake, offering two separate shorelines and lake-views from the new development. As planned, the community will have minimal impact on area streams and will preserve more than half the site