Jeanne Wolfe
Smith & Associates Real Estate
3801 Bay To Bay Boulevard, Tampa, FL
813.997.7654 | iloverelo@gmail.com | www.JeanneWolfe.com
Jeanne Wolfe has a long-standing reputation for outstanding personal service, integrity and matchless knowledge of the Tampa Bay Luxury Market. She is one of Tampa Bay’s top agents year after year. Smith & Associates totally dominates the luxury market and our team is committed to our community. From sponsorship of local arts organizations to participation in charity efforts, Smith & Associates actively participates in fundraising, education and the positive growth of our community.
Featured Listing by Jeanne Wolfe
TAMPA, FLORIDA
One-of-a-Kind Tampa Waterfront Estate
This custom-designed Key West-style pool home is situated on one of the largest waterfront lots in South Tampa. With 200 feet on the water, the majestic open bay and sunset views are exceptional. The dramatic foyer with its soaring 30+-foot cathedral ceiling affords amazing light and boxed wood moldings. All eyes are immediately drawn to the pool and waterfront vistas. Out in the expansive pool area, the home has thousands of square feet of covered lanai space, a large outdoor kitchen with every option imaginable, an enormous zero edge pool and spa, a covered boat dock, and tons of green space.
www.114BalticCir.com
$7,500,000
Jeanne Wolfe originally appeared as an Elite agent in the Unique Homes Spring ’18: Elite edition. See her page here.
Florida is repeatedly challenged, but by embracing its diverse cultures and lifestyles the state has arrived on the threshold of a promising new era.
By Roger Grody
Virtually the entire Florida peninsula was ravaged by Hurricane Irma last September, but the resilient Sunshine State — even Key West, which suffered the devastating storm’s direct assault — has rebounded. Builders may employ new technologies to brace oceanfront properties from future storms, but coastal Florida is far too magical to dampen enthusiasm for new development. Undeterred by Irma is a Floridian renaissance that still has the wind at its back.
Delicious Diversity
Unlike many states that are defined by a uniform lifestyle, Florida is so multidimensional that vastly different lifestyles coexist. The fourth-generation fisherman dropping nets off the Florida Panhandle seems far removed from the hipster fashion designer in South Beach, yet both are proud Floridians united by their passion for the sun and surf.
Some of Florida’s 67 counties are more spiritually akin to rural Alabama, while others feel more like Havana, Managua or Brooklyn. In one town, shrimp-and-grits is the signature dish, in another it may be ropa vieja or pastrami-on-rye. That diversity is one of the elements that makes the Sunshine State so exciting, and so welcoming to newcomers.
The U.S. Census reported that 128 different languages are spoken in South Florida alone. While some old-timers may bemoan that reality, it is the influx of immigrants — not only from the Americas but also Europe and Asia — that has fueled the transformation of Miami from sleepy snowbird retreat to world-class metropolis. Other regions of the state have also drawn newcomers from across the country and around the world.
Golf as Religion
With the Gators, Seminoles and Canes all intently followed, football is huge in Florida, but the sport that seems most worshipped in the Sunshine State is golf. Florida has more courses (approximately 1,250) than any other state, the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, and dozens of touring professionals reside in the state, attracted by its climate, championship courses and lack of state income tax.
Photo courtesy of Vizcaya Museum & Gardens Archives, Robin Hill and Edison Food + Drink Lab
Metro Development Group, a leading Tampa developer of master planned communities, has completed the first-ever Crystal Lagoons’ amenity in the U.S.
After much anticipation and excitement, the long-awaited first Crystal Lagoons’ amenity is full as of today, forever changing the landscape of master planned communities. Metro Development Group commemorated the first-ever Crystal Lagoons’ amenity in the U.S. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Jan. 5.
“Metro Development Group is excited to be the first to bring this amazing amenity to the U.S.,” said Greg Singleton, president of Metro Development Group. “We have celebrated many milestones with Crystal Lagoons over the past two years and we are proud to have earned the distinction of being the first developer to inaugurate a Crystal Lagoons’ amenity in the U.S.”
To mark the occasion, Metro is planning an exciting grand opening celebration in spring 2018 where Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps is scheduled to appear.
Residents will soon enjoy the 7.5-acre crystal-clear lagoon and a variety of aquatic recreational activities, such as swimming, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding. The lagoon at Epperson will have exciting features, including a waterslide, private cabanas, swim-up bar, tidal pool, an entertainment plaza and much more.
Metro Development Group partnered with Crystal Lagoons back in September 2015 to be the first developer to bring these crystal-clear lagoons to the U.S. Epperson is the first of five lagoon projects that Metro is building in Florida. Metro is the first U.S. developer to get approved plans, first to break ground, and now Metro is the first developer to fill a Crystal Lagoons’ amenity in the U.S.
Now that the first of Metro’s five planned lagoons is full, the others won’t be too far behind. Metro Development Group will soon break ground on a second Lagoon at the Metro Places community Southshore Bay, located in Southern Hillsborough County in early 2018. Upon completion, each lagoon uses 50 times less water compared to a park of the same size and 30 times less water than an 18-hole golf course. The lagoon is maintained by Crystal Lagoons’ ultra-sonic technology that uses sensors to monitor the quality of the crystal-clear water. This sustainable technology also uses 100 times less chemicals than a traditional swimming pool and uses up to 50 times less energy than conventional pool filtration systems.
This first full Crystal Lagoons’ amenity in the nation is also part of the first ever Connected City, which has been designated the first “Smart Gigabit Community” in the country to be built from the ground up. Metro Places exclusive technology, ULTRAFi, provides the fastest internet and WiFi speeds in the nation throughout the homes, the community and the lagoon.
Photos courtesy of Metro Development Group