"The Landings" neighborhood in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, unlike many cities, has an official programs for recognizing official neighborhoods.Under the Neighborhood Organization Recognition Program, over 60 distinct neighborhoods have received official recognition from the city, and The Landings is one of the neighborhoods of Fort Lauderdale, located in the northeast section of the city. The boundaries of The Landings are: By the south Commercial Boulevard, by the east the Intercoastal waterway, by the west US1 or Federal Highway, and by the north the intersection of Bayview Drive and Federal Highway. The Landings is a community of homes just north of Coral Ridge/Commercial Blvd. A well-maintained waterfront community, homes begin in the high 500s to just over a million. Prices would be much higher except for the fact that water access is limited by a fixed bridge, which deter owners of sailboats and large yachts from considering this community. The properties located east of Bayview Drive are waterfront properties with ocean acces and no fixed bridges, while the properties that are west of Bayview Drive and on the water have also ocean acces but on fixed bridges.
HISTORY OF THE LANDINGS
The history here covers the early development and building and sale of homes in The Landings. In 1960, when an Intracoastal Bridge on Commercial Boulevard was in the offing, Haft-Gaines made their move । They planned to develop "The Landings" in three stages: The First Section from 52nd Street to 56th Court; the Second Section from 56th Court to 59th Street; the Third Section was the area which later became Bay Colony। The first group of model homes was completed and opened to the public in the spring of 1962। They were located adjacent to the intersection of 55th Street and Bay-view Drive। People came to look, to be impressed and to contract for homes patterned on these models। The paving of the First Section streets was completed and the construction of homes for the early purchasers was underway in the summer of 1962.The volume of sales encouraged Haft-Gaines to complete work and offer locations in the Second Section earlier than their original time schedule. They were selling homes in both the First and Second Sections when the City of Fort Lauderdale annexed "The Landings" and adjacent areas. The Fort Lauderdale Building Code permitted the building of more spacious homes with less space from the buildings to the lot lines. Bayview Drive paving was completed and a group of more spacious and more luxurious model homes was built adjacent to the earlier model homes. Prospective home buyers were being offered a greater variety of homes from which to choose.
Nowadays, The Landings is one of the most upscale neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale as well as south Florida. Currently homes prices varies from $500,000 to $6.000.000
For more information contact:
ANGEL CALZADILLA
Coral Shores Realty
1119 East Sunrise Boulevard
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. 33304
CELL (954) 632-3593
angelfloridarealtor@gmail.com 
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