Developer presents 424‑unit senior-community proposal, renovated 9‑hole golf course for Lakeville Country Club

A group identifying themselves with Thorndike Development and Florida Development presented a master plan on Oct. 14 to a joint meeting of the Town of Lakeville Select Board and Planning Board proposing 424 age‑restricted condominium units, a rebuilt nine‑hole public golf course and a new clubhouse and practice facility on the Lakeville Country Club property off Route 79.

The developers said the plan would combine three‑ and four‑story condominium buildings and 112 duplex townhomes targeted to buyers age 55 and older. "We're proposing that the entire community be seniors," Lloyd Geisinger said during the presentation. The presenters said they would pair the housing with an upgraded public golf operation, a new practice facility and a restaurant-style clubhouse that would be open to the public.

The developers described the package as a master development that would require multiple steps before construction. Matt Lawler, outside counsel, said the team expects to negotiate a master development agreement with the town, pursue zoning amendments (a senior‑housing overlay in a commercial district), and then, once the rezoning and town‑meeting approvals were in place, work with the property owner and the town on the…