Streets lined with lush landscaping wind through what was once open ranchland, now transformed into a luxury community. At the entrance, royal palms rise in perfect formation, flanking an ornate Spanish Mediterranean guard house. Manicured lawns stretch across acres of greenery, where hundreds of trees cast shade over quiet sidewalks and upscale homes.  This is Gran Paradiso, a neighborhood within the master-planned community of south Sarasota County’s Wellen Park — formerly known as West Villages — that models a postcard version of Florida.     Read the article…………………………….