GATED 55+ · LENNAR · INTIMATE
Artisan Lakes is the smallest of the 55+ communities inside Nocatee: a gated, Lennar-built enclave of roughly 196 homes with its own clubhouse, pool, and pickleball courts, and a scale that makes neighbors know each other quickly. Its amenity facility is available to Artisan Lakes residents only, not the Nocatee-wide amenities.
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55+ buyers who want gated, low-maintenance, single-level living without the scale of a large active-adult resort. It draws empty nesters who want walkable streets and a small set of familiar faces, and buyers who appreciate that the community was built recently, roughly 2016 to 2020, by one builder with consistent quality. If the word intimate sounds better to you than the word happening, this is the 55+ address in Nocatee.
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Short streets, quick waves at the clubhouse, a morning lap in the zero-entry pool, and pickleball or bocce with the same neighbors who become friends. Everything Nocatee offers, the Town Center, the parks, the water, the wider amenity network, is a short golf cart or car ride away, but the daily center of gravity stays small and close to home.
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That smaller means less. Artisan Lakes has everything the bigger communities advertise, its own clubhouse, fitness space, pool, and courts, in a package that is easier to keep up with. What buyers should really weigh is resale depth: with roughly 196 homes, sold listings in the community are fewer, and the market moves with the 55+ buyer pool, so pricing and presentation matter more than they do in the larger villages.
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Lennar-built, single-level villas and attached homes, mostly two and three bedrooms, designed for low maintenance and easy living. Construction spans roughly 2016 to 2020, so the inventory is resale, and most homes carry the modern fixtures that came with the build rather than needing updates.
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The scale and the gate. You get the full 55+ amenity set, the security and quiet of a gated entrance, and a community where you know your neighbors by name within a few months. For buyers who want the Nocatee address and the 55+ lifestyle without a resort-size crowd, no other community in the master plan matches it.
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Del Webb Nocatee and Del Webb Ponte Vedra are the resort scale: roughly 800 and 1,900 homes respectively, grand clubhouses, and calendars full of events. Artisan Lakes is the boutique version: one builder, about 196 homes, and a clubhouse sized for the neighborhood. Compare the dues, the amenity access, and the resale history of the exact floor plan, because 55+ in Nocatee covers three very different communities.
Mollie's photos · Artisan Lakes
Mollie's own photos from the neighborhood. Artisan Lakes is a gated 55+ community with its own amenity facility, available to Artisan Lakes residents only, not the Nocatee-wide amenities.
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