Lakewood Ranch residents face challenges of Live Local Act

Lakewood Ranch residents face challenges of Live Local Act

Over the past two years, Manatee County commissioners have routinely denied requests for development along Lorraine Road, but a plan for 224 rental townhomes doesn’t need the board's approval.Hillpointe, LLC has a plan in motion to develop Point Grande Lorraine on about 20 acres on the east side of Lorraine Road and to the west of Esplanade at Azario Lakewood Ranch. Hillpointe, a multifamily developer in Winter Park, is using Florida’s Live Loca…