Lake City, Florida
Client: Private Developer
Acreage: 1,222
Completed: 2006

Field Sport Concepts, Ltd. and its parent company, McKee Carson, teamed with affiliate Equestrian Services, LLC to plan and design The Oaks, a 1222-acre site in the Lake City area of Columbia County, Florida. Our goal was to maintain the agrarian character and quality of place of the surrounding landscape and set a precedent for future development in the region. Preserving the vernacular landscape, we have expanded upon critical features and systems such as wetlands, ponds, vegetation and hydrological elements. Residential components are clustered, minimizing infrastructure and protecting open space. Additional amenities include a twenty-four stall barn, competition-quality riding arenas, a cross country course, a covered round pen, more than fifteen miles of looped riding trails, and multiple park like open spaces.

Affiliated with Olympic champions Karen and David O'Connor, Equestrian Services has announced that the project will also become the world's first branded equestrian facility. Modeled after successful branded golf facilities, the O'Connor Signature brand will designate a premier facility that meets the O'Connor Signature standard in terms of planning, design, programming, beauty, quality of construction, and certified professional training, instruction, and management.