Parrish, Fla. – (Aug. 4, 2025) – North River Ranch, the flagship, master planned community developed by Neal Land & Neighborhoods, has won Gold for Best Master Planned Community in the 2025 Bradenton’s Best Awards for the fourth consecutive year. Bradenton’s Best engages the local community to celebrate the best of the Bradenton area. North River Ranch is the premier community in Manatee County, featuring next-level amenities, an active lifestyle, and a selection of new construction home styles to suit multigenerational buyers.
North River Ranch, located in Parrish, Florida, is a sought-after destination for homebuyers seeking a blend of modern amenities, scenic landscapes, and a strong sense of community. With five active home builders across several neighborhoods, the community offers a wide selection of high-tech, energy-efficient single-family homes, villas, and townhomes, priced from the $300s to over $800,000. In addition to exceptional homes and its unique lifestyle programming, residents enjoy access to schools, shopping, dining, and medical services, all within walking and biking distance.
“North River Ranch is where residents can flourish, connect, and enjoy an unparalleled quality of life,” said John A. Neal, president of Neal Land & Neighborhoods. “Parrish is evolving, and this repeated recognition emphasizes our offering and underscores that it is unlike any other in the market. We’re honored to earn this recognition.”
The community’s latest neighborhoods, Longmeadow and Crescent Creek, offer a selection of ready-to-build and quick-move-in single-family, villas and townhomes from award-winning builders, including Homes by WestBay, Pulte Homes, David Weekley Homes, and Cardel Homes. Neal Communities is selling new homes and villas in the Wildleaf neighborhood.
The neighborhoods will be interconnected by 20+ miles (at completion) of nature trails and paved walkways. North River Ranch provides easy access to the community’s first shopping plaza, Market Walk at North River Ranch, as well as A-rated schools and HCA Florida North River Ranch Emergency and future supporting medical services. Additionally, the abundant indoor and outdoor amenities, including Camp Creek, the amenity campus featuring a central clubhouse, pickleball courts, a bike pump park, a resort-style pool with double slides, and more, are all conveniently walkable and bikeable from home.
For more information, visit www.NorthRiverRanch.com.
About North River Ranch
North River Ranch is the flagship master-planned community for Neal Land & Neighborhoods, strategically positioned and carefully planned to evolve to meet the needs of tomorrow’s families and active adults. Located in Parrish, Fla., the amenity-rich development is a fresh approach to development in Southwest Florida, unlike anything in the market today. North River Ranch is an award-winning community with approvals for 6,000 residences across several neighborhoods featuring abundant recreation and amenities, judicious land planning and management, commercial development, a hospital, and nearby schools. Current home builders include Pulte Homes, David Weekley Homes, Neal Communities, Homes by WestBay, and Cardel Homes Florida. North River Ranch was recognized with Bradenton’s Best Gold Award for Best Master Planned Community and New Home Community 2022-2025.
About Neal Land & Neighborhoods
Neal Land & Neighborhoods is a Manatee and Sarasota, Florida-based master land planning and community development organization led by John A. Neal. The award-winning company incorporates thoughtful master planning and public infrastructure solutions to create the next level of elite community planning in Southwest Florida. By working with carefully selected new home builders, Neal Land & Neighborhoods aims to establish thriving, sustainable, livable, and ecologically sensitive communities throughout Manatee, Sarasota, and Hillsborough counties. Neal Land & Neighborhoods currently owns or controls several thousand acres of land entitled for more than 9,000 future residential homes and the supporting mixed-use commercial and retail. The developer’s current projects include the master-planned communities of North River Ranch and Vistera of Venice. For additional information, visit www.nealland.com.
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