Neal Communities

Neal Communities
TypePrivate
IndustryLand development and home building
Founded1970
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Southwest Florida
Key peoplePat Neal
Websitenealcommunities.com

Neal Communities is a privately held land development and home building company based in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and founded in 1970.

History

2010 saw Neal Communities expand into Venice with its latest community, Grand Palm.

Neal Communities started development for communities in the Fort Myers/Naples area in 2013.

Special COVID-19 vaccination access

In early 2021 multiple communities built by Neal Communities were selected as the location of special pop-up vaccination clinics. Residents of nearby communities say they were not invited to these special clinics despite only living a few minutes from the communities where the pop-up clinic was being held. A spokesperson for Neal Communities stated "the company was not involved in the Lakewood Ranch vaccination site and said the company would have no further comment." Residents in the Neal Communities' Grand Palm subdivision which is in southern Sarasota County received invitations to Kings Gate (located in Charlotte County), which is a gated neighborhood where Neal Communities was also building homes. Boca Royale was a location of one of these pop-up vaccination sites. In addition to members of the community receiving an invitation to the pop-up vaccination site, emails show members of the country club associated with the community also received invitations to the clinic.

References

  1. ↑ Hielscher, John. "Neal Communities posts record home sales in August". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  2. ↑ WHITE, DALE. "Pat Neal launches 2,000-home Grand Palm". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. ↑ Salman, Josh (February 1, 2012). "Neal Communities expanding south". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Flores, Rosa (2 March 2021). "Florida's DeSantis faces criticism over Covid-19 vaccination clinics in upscale communities". Cnn.com. CNN. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  5. ↑ Henning, Allyson (26 February 2021). "Residents in Venice subdivision got exclusive access to state-run vaccine clinic across county line". New Channel 8. wfla.com. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  6. ↑ Sidorowicz, Josh (24 February 2021). "Report: Questions arise about special vaccine access in upscale Sarasota community". wtsp.com. 10 Tampa Bay. Retrieved 16 May 2022.