Lennar

What It Is

Lennar is one of the largest homebuilders in the United States, measured by homes delivered each year. The company was founded in Miami in the 1950s and grew over the following decades from a local developer into a national operation building across many states, with a particularly strong footprint in Florida and the Sun Belt. It remains headquartered in the Miami area near Doral. Lennar builds master-planned communities, individual homes, and related housing products, and has long been a fixture of the region's corporate landscape.

Why It Matters

Lennar is a homegrown Miami company that became a national giant without leaving home, a reminder that the region produces and exports more than tourism and trade. As one of the country's biggest builders, it has shaped how growth actually happens across Florida — the subdivisions, the price points, the pace of new housing. That role sits at the heart of Miami's economy, where real estate and construction are not just industries but the literal terrain on which waves of newcomers from across the Americas settle. Lennar builds the housing stock that absorbs Miami's continuous arrivals.

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