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Highlands Ridge Development - Historical Timeline

In September 1988, John Juve and 2 partners purchased the Preserve (South Course) land from Highland County L & T Company. Juve and partners became Highlands Ridge Associates Inc. and started the development in April of 1990. Once Marina Cove was underway, the Hidden Creek area was plotted for manufactured homes. Although the zoning and area was prepared for manufactured homes, potential buyers showed great demand for stick built homes. The zoning was then changed to stick built homes, along with the establishment of a separate Hidden Creek HOA.

In July 2000, they merged Hidden Creek and Scottish Links HOA into one Highlands Ridge HOA, keeping Marina Cove HOA as a separate entity. In August 2000, Highlands Ridge Associates sold to Sebring Land Limited Partnership (George Apostolicas). Also in August of 2000, Sebring Land Limited Partnership started to acquire additional property from various owners: Charles Kidd, Albert Toussaint and Nancy Altvater. This property became known as the North Course.

In July 2001, Sebring Land LP sold Marina Cove to the Mink family, which is Mink Marina Cove LLC.

A 2005 rendering of the Highlands Ridge community site plan can be viewed here.

In 2009 the Sebring Land Limited Partnership sold the water works to the City of Sebring. Also in 2009, Highlands Ridge Golf and Sebring Land LP sold the common areas to the Mink Family (Highlands Ridge Holdings). In 2013 the Mink family acquired the golf courses.

In 2016, J & P Golf Properties (Joe and Pam Pace) purchased both golf courses and two restaurants from Highlands Ridge Holdings LLC.

In 2023, Iron Mountain Ski Development (Mark Bodnar) purchased both golf courses and two restaurants from J & P Golf Properties.

About the Highlands Ridge Community

Highlands Ridge is a unique community with different entities contributing to a wonderful lifestyle.

Highlands Ridge Holdings (HRH), the onsite property management company, owns all the common areas. This includes the pools, shuffleboard and bocce courts, tennis courts, pickleball courts, Founders Hall and activity rooms. HRH owns and are responsible for all the roadways in the community. The site-built homes pay a monthly maintenance fee to HRH for all the facilities, as well as lawn mowing. For more information, visit HRH website.

Marina Cove is a manufactured home community and has their own separate HOA.

The Highlands Ridge Homeowners Association (HR HOA) represents the site-built homes and maintains the Covenants that make up The Villages of Highlands Ridge. HR HOA works in concert with HRH but does not have any governance over that entity.

The Villages of Highlands Ridge consists of these neighborhoods: *

• Hidden Creek
• Arbor Green
• Carter Creek
• Scottish Links
• Golfside Villas
• Oak Run
• North Course

* If you reside in any of these neighborhoods and would like HR HOA to update your access to the secure content on the HOA website (including the Resident Directory), download this form and return as stated. Profile Update

HR HOA interfaces with two other entities that are part of Highlands Ridge:

Mark Gose, (18 Greens LLC) is a local builder, and owns all the undeveloped residential lots. These available lots are in Arbor Green, Golfside Villas, Oak Run and the North Course. For more information, visit www.highlandsridgehomes.com.

The golf courses and associated buildings are privately owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bodnar (Iron Mountain Ski Development LLC).

Home Sales

The following is not all inclusive and is provided for informational purposes only.

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