Lakefront’s 33 Street Names: Phase 1 and the Wine Connection

By Lakefront Okeechobee Report · Independent reporting

Published October 11, 2026

Glades County records checked through Oct 28, 2026. Collection scope; individual sources retain their own dates.

Read through Lakefront’s street list and a pattern emerges: Herzog, Bartenura, Barkan, Binyamina, Rashi, Kedem and Yarden could just as easily appear on a wine shelf. The neighborhood’s names have a strong kosher-wine theme, mixing recognizable producers and labels with a winemaking term and names that also carry Jewish cultural or historical associations.

Lakefront has 33 street names in the county road reference, including planned roads and roads serving the first homes. The guide below compares those names with the recorded subdivision plat and traces their wine connections. Explore their locations on the interactive parcel map. Source: Glades County road reference.

Street network & phase guide

• Phase 1
• Phase 1A (assessment)
• Phase 2
• Phase 3
• Phase 4

Which streets are in Phase 1?#

For a precise answer, this guide uses Lakefront Estates Phase 1, recorded June 3, 2026, instrument 202622001571. Its detailed sheets name 15 of the 33 streets. The table identifies the sheets where those names appear; it does not mean every segment of each road has been built. Source: recorded Phase 1 plat.

There is an important distinction in the documents. The recorded Phase 1 plat includes large tracts reserved for future development. Phase 1A is a smaller assessment area, separately described in the CDD’s engineering documents. A street’s appearance on the Phase 1 plat therefore does not establish that its entire length lies in Phase 1A or that construction is complete. The map shows the larger Lakefront plat outline and the smaller Phase 1A boundary separately. Sources: plat, sheet 1, CDD engineering attachment, PDF pages 14–19.

The 1,300-home plan covers the development across four phases; it is not a Phase 1 home count. The recorded ordinance also includes conceptual plans for Phases 1–4. Those planning areas appear as fine dashed outlines on the interactive map, separately from the plat and Phase 1A. Sources: second amended development agreement, PDF page 3, Ordinance 2024-07, PDF pages 35–38.

The other 18 names in the Lakefront road reference are Carmel Ln, Ephod Cir, Essa Ln, Gilgal Rd, Herzog Pl, Kedem Ave, Kesser Ln, Koenig Ct, Mitzpe Dr, Netofa Pl, Or Haganuz, Ramon Ct, Sara Bee P, Tabor Ln, Tanya Blvd, Tisbi Ln, Tulip Rd and Yarden Ln. These are not identified by those names in the recorded Phase 1 street network reviewed here. Their presence in the road reference does not establish a particular later construction phase, and this guide does not assign them to Phases 2, 3 or 4.

For examples of streets already appearing in individual home records, see the county address letters for Rashi Drive and Herzog Drive, and the October 8 occupancy certificate at 1964 Rashi Drive, now part of the expanded CO review.

The wine connection, name by name#

Many matches are direct: Royal Wine’s producer directory lists Bartenura, Barkan, Binyamina, Ephod, Essa, Herzog, Kedem, Kesser, Koenig, Netofa, Or Haganuz, Rashi, Sforno, Tabor, Tulip and Tura, among others. Its catalog also includes Alfasi and Gamla. The table below distinguishes those recognizable wine names from possible connections where the spelling differs. Sources: Royal Wine producer directory, Royal Wine catalog.

These are documented wine-name parallels, not a published explanation from the developer of why every street was named. No naming resolution or developer statement establishing each individual namesake was found in the records reviewed.

That is 33 street entries, rather than 33 different wineries: Herzog, Ephod and Yarden each appear with two different street suffixes. Sara Bee P, Or Haganuz, Hagefen and Tisbi are the spellings shown in the county road reference.

Why Mevushal stands out#

Mevushal describes a treatment used for kosher wine rather than a particular producer. Royal Wine explains that modern mevushal wines undergo flash pasteurization under rabbinical supervision, changing the handling restrictions that apply to the wine. Including Mevushal Lane alongside recognizable wine labels makes the neighborhood’s wine vocabulary especially noticeable. Source: Royal Wine’s explanation of mevushal.

Some wine names have another layer of meaning. Yarden Wine Imports explains that Yarden is the Hebrew name for the Jordan River. Viña Memorias describes its Memorias del Rambam wine as honoring Maimonides. A name can therefore evoke wine and a place or historical figure at the same time. That overlap is why a brand match alone cannot establish the developer’s exact naming intention. Sources: Yarden, Viña Memorias.

Find the streets on the map#

Open the parcel explorer and choose any of the 33 names under Go to street. The map will bring that road into view and display its label. Lakefront boundary outlines the recorded plat, including future-development tracts; Phase 1A marks the smaller assessment area from the March 14, 2025 sketch included in the CDD records. Planning phases 1–4 adds the approximate areas from the recorded conceptual master plan, including the separate canal-side section of Phase 2. These overlays show planning and recorded boundaries, not completed construction.

The street names help orient you. Individual permit records, listings and recorded closings answer separate questions about particular properties.

This page is not legal, investment, immigration, tax, or real-estate advice.