Calesa Township is a master-planned community by Colen Built Development on the southwest side of Ocala, near the State Road 200 corridor, on land along Southwest 80th Avenue and Southwest 38th Street. It was unveiled in 2020, with construction on the first neighborhood beginning in early 2021, and at full buildout it is planned for roughly 5,000 homes across 19 neighborhoods over a 15 to 20 year horizon (Ocala Gazette, 2020).
Colen Built is the sister company to On Top of the World, Ocala's large active-adult developer, but Calesa is a departure from that brand: it is open to residents of all ages and is marketed around healthy living, with a network of trails and tunnels connecting pocket parks and neighborhoods. The community offers one and two-story single-family detached homes across several series and price points, with newer neighborhoods such as Sorrel Glen added as the buildout continues (Chronicle/Marion Citizen, 2024).
Two on-site assets define the community. The Ina A. Colen Academy, a tuition-free K-8 public charter school named after Ken Colen's mother, opened in 2022 and has earned an A school grade from the Florida Department of Education (Ina A. Colen Academy, 2025). The Florida Aquatics Swimming and Training center, known as FAST, is a competition aquatics complex that became an included amenity for Calesa residents in early 2024 (mycalesa.com, 2024).
The pitch is a planned, amenity-rich new-construction community with an on-site school and aquatics center. The work for a buyer is reading the specific neighborhood and floor plan against the builder's current release, and verifying the HOA dues, any CDD or community assessment, the FAST membership terms, and the homesite premium before you commit.
