A new car condo business is headed to Lakewood Ranch.

Sometimes four-car garages just don’t cut it. Especially for families like John Greybell. He wasn’t sure how many cars his wife owned, but she quickly piped up when he asked her about a very expensive 1928 Ford A that “runs like a Swiss watch.”

The racing family of four moved from Illinois to the country club east of Lakewood Ranch roughly two years ago, and thanks to Luxe’s ​​Dream Garage, their car collection, including an old Ford, will soon be joined.

Just east of Waterside in Lakewood Ranch, Luxe I, a customizable private car condo building, followed this weekend’s local Cars and Coffee meetup at the Mall at University Town Center, where hundreds of eye-catching cars and their pride broke. Drivers meet regularly.

Luxe Dream Garage Car Condo owners can store RVs and boats there as well. Perhaps most importantly, condo owners can connect with neighbors who share the same car obsession.

For Greybell, it’s personal. “It is very important to us. “My daughter is 15 and loves to drive manual cars and it’s a big part of our relationship,” he said.

“It’s not just a place to take your car out, we’re also looking forward to meeting other car people,” he added.

A two-story, 3,000-square-foot clubhouse makes that easy for small gatherings and private events. In addition to 65 car spaces and a roof for a car lift, the common area includes a prep kitchen and a covered 45-foot wash area for RVs or multiple cars at once. There is also an RV dump station on site for emptying gray and black water tanks. Prices range from the low $300,000s to the $500,000s when car condos are combined.

Does your knee-jerk reaction make you think the car’s condom space is crowded with speed-obsessed men? Well, think again. After selling the first building, John Astore, Lux Dream Garage’s director of sales and marketing, said, “[Our clients] They are mostly couples and families. There is a range of customers from 30 years to 85 years of age. Some want a man cave, others want her.

“The couple’s biggest problem is figuring out whether to tear down the wall and connect the two car condos,” he joked. went out. But you can cut the door between them. After all, we can do all the custom.

All car brands will be represented, Astore said, from Lamborghinis to family heirlooms to one-of-a-kind cars — though Astore won’t say which ones to protect customer privacy.

Standard floor plans in both buildings range from 1,000 square feet to 1,280 square feet and deluxe floor plans range from 1,200 to 1,536 square feet. Both include optional extras such as a mezzanine, shower, TV and audio system, wet bar and 9,000-lb. Car lift.

The 65-unit Luxe II will have a DIY garage where car owners can work on engines and detail climate-controlled amenities, work on projects with friends or work with on-call mechanics.

Luxe II includes a pool table, racing and golf simulator, TV lounge and a skate ball area. Outdoor amenities include two competitive bocce courts, ping pong, corn toss, human-sized chess, putting green and a fire pit and barbecue area. Common spaces are also available for public rent to a limited extent for fundraisers and meetings.

As ideas around services and amenities solidify, Astore said the company is considering adding car transportation to its menu because “people are importing cars from everywhere.” Soon 16 cars will arrive from England and the rest from South Africa.

Luxe Dream Garage is located at 5451 Communications Parkway, Sarasota. Look out for Luxe II near Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.