Situated in the heart of Southwest Pensacola, on a coastal ridge just a few hundred feet north of Old Gulf Beach Highway and the Gulf of Mexico, Leeward is a quaint single-family residential neighborhood comprised of custom homes built in the traditional Florida style. Nestled against the Perdido Pitcher Plant Prairie Preserve, Leeward incorporates many elements of Traditional Neighborhood Design and many aspects of modern subdivision design, together creating a purposeful, private and serene environment.
The neighborhood design principles include the use of interconnected, pedestrian-friendly streets with sidewalks and underground utilities and of internal parks and recreation areas including a pool and sand volleyball court, and promote the preservation of existing natural vegetation and the use of complementary xeriscaping principles (see www.sjrwmd.com/waterwiselandscapes/index.html), all combining to foster a sense of community.
Specific Planning and Architectural Design Guidelines for the neighborhood set forth basic architectural design principles. These principles help foster a diversity of housing types and styles with unifying common elements, homes with smaller footprints, with one-and-a-half (1½) and two (2) stories, with large front porches and garages to the side and rear, and with natural landscaping augmented to create attractive, pedestrian-friendly streetscapes. The beautiful, traditional architecture with unique color schemes and detailed exterior finishes blend with the natural vegetation, creating a vibrant and contrasting ambiance while promoting an air of tranquility and repose, a place we can call home.