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John Cannon Homes was honored with 2 “Best Overall” awards for The Newcastle and The Kylie model homes during the 2021 Parade of Homes annual award's event. In addition, John Cannon Homes also garnered 14 Individual and sub-contractor awards.

Both The Newcastle and The Kylie swept their categories while The Korina model, a previous "Best Overall" winner in both 2020 and 2019 was awarded Best Master Suite and Best Floor Plan.

Lakewood Ranch builder John Cannon a master of tree forts to mansions

On a tour of the Korina model in the Lake Club, I was walking with the man himself, Lakewood Ranch builder John Cannon, when we started talking about what got him started in the industry.

So I asked Cannon, a self-proclaimed control freak, about the first home he built on his own.

He thought back to 1990 when the new Misty Creek neighborhood, east of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County, was struggling…

The 2019 Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association showcase begins Saturday with 107 homes

Time to don comfortable walking shoes for wandering through dozens of brand new homes that could be yours. Maybe get some ideas on what’s hot in interior styling. Or just enjoy the latest in green construction, smart homes and floor plans.

The 2019 Manatee-Sarasota Building Industry Association Parade of Homes begins Saturday and continues through March 10. Good luck viewing all…

Thank you LWR/SMR for the mention in the "A conversation with John Clarke":

When the housing market started perking up in 1993, SMR had already lined up its first builders.

“We wanted to get local builders we’d seen. We had some wonderful local builders here that took much more quality control measures than some of the national builders,” Clarke said, citing Lee Wetherington and John Cannon among them. “I think one of the great successes has been the…

John Cannon still enjoys working with clients to build custom homes

John Cannon collects cannons. But not by design. The cannons come from custom-home clients in appreciation for the detailed service ahead of construction, the finished product and the followup.

His Lakewood Ranch office is a bit of a shrine to the cannon.

The co-founder of John Cannon Homes attends client meetings, reviews wish lists, marks up house plans and visits job sites while homes…

Behind the scenes at one of Sar  asota's custom homebuilders 

Born to Build | John Cannon still enjoys working with clients to build custom homes.

John Cannon collects cannons. But not by design. The cannons come from custom-home clients in appreciation for the detailed service ahead of construction, the finished product and the followup. His Lakewood Ranch office is a bit of a shrine to the cannon.

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Venice Mansion sets real estate sales record

Multimillion-dollar homes abound in Sarasota County — hundreds and hundreds, by Zillow’s
count. Mansion prices stretching across eight digits are rare, though.
Records are tough to top, too. This one is notable for its location where sales of high-end
homes were sluggish over nine years.
The highest-priced home sold so far in 2018 in the Venice and mainland Nokomis area fetched
$3.25 million recently. The mansion,…

Increase in attendance creates optimism for future sales

The 2018 edition of the Parade of Homes of Manatee & Sarasota Counties concluded Sunday with builders beaming about the number of home shoppers it attracted.
“We were real happy,” John Cannon said. His luxury custom home building company, John Cannon Homes, racked up an increase in traffic with more than 2,100 visits to his models, with each group or individual tour counted as one visit. “We enjoyed a very successful…