At 1,400 planned homes, Azario is the largest Esplanade in the Sarasota-Bradenton cluster, and its golf-optional membership structure is the single fact that sets it apart. Three claims worth pressure-testing before you buy.
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Azario's 18-hole golf course is available as an optional membership add-on, not a mandatory dues line baked into every homeowner's HOA. Non-golfers pay the standard HOA and get everything else — full spa, Bahama bar, culinary kitchen, resort pools, pickleball, bocce — without subsidizing a course they never use. Golfers pay an additional monthly membership on top. Compared to a mandatory-golf structure at River Strand or Tara, or the bundled-into-HOA model at Esplanade at Lakewood Ranch, this is the most buyer-friendly golf arrangement in the Sarasota market — you pay for what you actually use.
Beyond the community gates, Lakewood Ranch itself is the most complete master plan in Manatee and Sarasota counties — its own Main Street district, Waterside Place, movie theaters, restaurants, grocery stores, and Lakewood Ranch Medical Center all within the broader plan. For buyers who want to live inside a self-contained town rather than a standalone gated community, that scale is a genuine differentiator that has nothing to do with the golf-optional question and everything to do with day-to-day life outside the front gate.
Get the current CDD figure and HOA fee for your specific phase and lot type — both can vary meaningfully across a 1,400-home build-out. Ask for the construction phase map so you know whether your section is finished or still active. And if golf matters to you, get the exact membership fee schedule in writing, since "optional" membership pricing at new communities is sometimes introductory and subject to increase once build-out completes and demand for tee times rises.
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