Stonegate and Solivita are owned by Avatar. The course is operated by the management company Granite Golf. The course was designed by Ron Garl, and is characterized by large greens, a wide variety of tee lengths, and playability. Like many Garl courses, it has large expanses of sand, positioned for beauty and directional definition rather than being penalizing. The development, Solivita, is 3300 acres, with 6500 homesites, all single family or duplex.
Avatar does all the building.
The age restriction is that at least one resident must be age 55 or older. The sales center opened in June. Solivita is a part of 17,000 acres owned by Avatar in the Poinciana area, which straddles the Polk-Osceola county line, with approximately half in each county. The Avatar holdings include the Poinciana business district, and the Poinciana Golf and Racquet Club, the latter which is leased and operated by Meadowbrook Golf Group. Avatar is a successor company to Gulf America Corp., a major Florida land developer and course builder of the 70s.