Babcock Ranch, an 18,000-acre ... executive director of the Florida Green Building Coalition. Babcock has the potential to sway developers toward preservation as they look inland to accommodate ...

Babcock Ranch calls itself “America’s first solar-powered town.” Its nearby solar array — made up of 700,000 individual panels — generates more electricity than the 2,000-home ...

But the lights stayed on in Babcock Ranch. “It certainly exceeded our expectations of a major hurricane,” Grande, 58, told CNN. A damaged building is seen in Babcock Ranch after Hurricane Ian.

Florida's Babcock Ranch was built to survive a storm. Hurricane Ian was the town's first test. Incredibly, the community weathered the storm – emerging almost unscathed.

At Babcock Ranch, the roads are designed to flood during a hurricane. The town’s engineer explains how this and other hidden ...

BABCOCK RANCH, FLORIDA—Like a lot of Floridians, Syd Kitson loves the sun. But his passion is mainly for the energy it feeds to his new development, Babcock Ranch, which bills itself as the ...

BABCOCK RANCH, Fla. – The neighborhood of the future passed a major test on September 28 with the arrival of Hurricane Ian.Developers purchased the open land in 2006 and hired teams of engineers ...

Babcock Ranch homes offer two to six bedrooms, 1,120 to more than 4,000 square feet of living space, and distinctive architecture that nods to Southwest Florida’s historic vernaculars in one ...

Babcock Ranch is a community made up of nearly 20,000 homes with a population of roughly 50,000 and a whole lot ... Nestled between Punta Gorda and Fort Myers in southwest Florida is Babcock Ranch.

Babcock Ranch will be a model that can be duplicated across the country. That's what we're hoping to produce. Infrastructure construction is expected to begin this year, with home building slated ...

White-tailed deer bob about freely on the 90,000-acre Babcock Ranch in eastern Charlotte County. They know that deer hunting is prohibited, and it's safe for them to be seen. The ranch has been in … ...