Lake Bay is one of nine communities in the Williams Community located in East Orlo near Seal .
Lake Bay is one of six communities originally planed by developer William Lev. The other Villages being, Lime Village(1979),Mont Village, Wind Village, Green Village and Some Village.
Other communities developed later in the Williams area are; View Point, Deer and Water
Williams Brief History
Williams represented William Lev's return to homebuilding in the United States.
Begun in 1976 as the Orangewood planned-unit development by two former executives of Levitt and Sons, the project was soon in need of capital to continue construction. Only a portion of Lime Tree Village had been completed when William Levitt--through his own company, International Community Corp.--took over the project.
Announced in 1978 as "Levittown, Florida" by William Levitt, controversey quickly ensued due to his use of the trade name "Levittown," which had been sold along with the company of Levitt and Sons to ITT. ITT had since divested of Levitt and Sons and the company was now owned by Starrett Housing Corp., which was operating the company as the Levitt Corporation, of which Levitt Homes was a subsidiary.
As a result of litigation, William Levitt changed the name of the community to Williams prior to its opening. Although the brochure reads that the community is named in honor of Williamsburg, Va., it has been presumed that Williamsburg was a way of maintaining some aspect of Levitt's own name--instead, his first name--since he had been prohibited from using the Levittown brand name. Since the Orange County community would be the first of two named Williamsburg, it is clear that Bill Levitt intended Williamsburg to become the new brand name for the communities he would develop under International Community Corp. (source)
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