What's the main difference between Caymas and Esplanade by the Islands?

Price point and product. Caymas (STOCK Development, with a Pulte enclave) skews to larger single-family and custom homes on a gated lakefront parcel — roughly $800Ks for the Pulte side and $1M into the multi-millions for Stock. Esplanade by the Islands (Taylor Morrison) is more accessible and varied, offering coach homes, villas, and single-family from roughly the $500Ks to $1.1M+. Both are all-ages, both are new construction, and neither is a golf community. Verify current pricing.

Do both Caymas and Esplanade have a CDD?

Caymas does — the Caymas CDD was established in 2023, so homes carry a CDD assessment on the Collier tax bill in addition to HOA dues. Esplanade by the Islands has not carried a traditional CDD, but it does have a layered fee structure: an annual operating assessment, reserves, a landscape fee by lot width, and an $800/year food-and-beverage minimum. Always confirm the specific tax bill and budget for the home you're considering.

Which community's amenities are finished?

Esplanade's core campus is open and running — the award-winning Wellness Center, resort pool, Bahama Bar, and café — though its Culinary Arts Center is still to come (slated around 2027). At Caymas, the racquet courts, dog parks, and kayak launch are open, with the marquee 30,000 sq ft clubhouse slated to open in fall 2026. Verify both timelines in writing if amenities drive your decision.

Which is better for the money?

If you want the widest range of entry points — including lock-and-leave coach homes and villas — and an amenity campus you can use today, Esplanade leads. If you want a larger, newer luxury home on a lakefront parcel with a marquee new clubhouse coming, Caymas is the pick. Run total move-in cost — base price, lot premium, upgrades, CDD (Caymas), and all fees — on a specific home in each.

Do either Caymas or Esplanade have golf?

No — both are resort/amenity communities focused on pools, racquet sports, dining, and fitness, not golf. That keeps fees focused on lifestyle amenities. If golf matters, look at Treviso Bay, Fiddler's Creek, or a bundled-golf community instead.

Caymas vs Esplanade by the Islands: Naples Homes

If you’re shopping new construction in south/east Naples, two names dominate the conversation: Caymas (STOCK Development) and Esplanade by the Islands (Taylor Morrison). Both are gated, all-ages, amenity-rich, and not golf communities — and they sit minutes apart on the same growth corridor. But they’re built for different buyers, at different price points, by builders with different philosophies. Here’s the honest comparison. (Figures as of mid-2026 — verify current pricing and fees per home.)

Side by side

	Caymas	Esplanade by the Islands
Builder	STOCK Luxury/Custom + Pulte enclave	Taylor Morrison
Location	Collier Blvd corridor, S of I-75 (34113)	US-41 E toward Marco (34114)
Home types	Single-family + custom estates	Coach homes, villas, single-family
Entry price	~$800Ks (Pulte) · ~$1M+ (Stock)	~$500Ks–$1.1M+
Scale	~450–500 homes, lakefront	~1,250 homes on ~525 acres
Amenities	Courts/kayak open · 30,000 sq ft clubhouse fall 2026	Wellness Center, pool & Bahama Bar open · Culinary Center ~2027
Golf	No	No
CDD	Yes (est. 2023)	No traditional CDD (+ $800/yr F&B minimum)

(All figures verify per home; new communities change monthly.)

The builder story matters here

Caymas is a Stock community — Naples’ hometown luxury builder, with its Luxury Homes plans from roughly $1M and Stock Custom estates well beyond, plus a 97-homesite Pulte enclave that opens the gate in the $800Ks. The model-home row is one of the best in Naples right now (eight-plus furnished models), and the finish level on the Stock side is a real tier above volume-builder product.

Esplanade is Taylor Morrison’s resort formula at full scale: single-family on three lot widths, twin villas, and coach-home condominiums — the widest product range of any new community on the corridor. That range is the point: a lock-and-leave coach home in the $500Ks and a $1.1M single-family sit inside the same gates and share the same amenity campus.

Amenities: running today vs. arriving tomorrow

This is the cleanest practical difference in mid-2026.

Esplanade’s campus is open: the Wellness Center (winner of CBIA’s 2025 Best Clubhouse), resort pool with the Bahama Bar, café, spa services, fitness, tennis, pickleball, and bocce — plus lifestyle-director programming that’s already humming. The one piece still to come is the Culinary Arts Center (teaching kitchen, restaurant, wine program), slated for roughly 2027.

Caymas is mid-delivery: the racquet complex (eight pickleball, six tennis), dog parks, pro shop, and kayak launch are open, and the marquee 30,000 sq ft lakefront clubhouse — resort pools, indoor/outdoor dining, fitness, movie theater, golf simulator — has been slated for fall 2026. If you buy now, you’re buying the promise plus a construction season or two; if it delivers on schedule, early buyers will have bought before the amenity premium fully priced in.

Costs: two different fee structures

Caymas carries a CDD (established 2023) on the Collier tax bill, layered on HOA dues that vary by homesite and builder. Esplanade skips the CDD but layers its own stack: annual operating assessment (~~$3,500 for single-family), reserves, a landscape fee that varies by lot width (~~$1,400–$1,900), and an $800/year food-and-beverage minimum at the on-site venues — a structure that funds a genuinely operating restaurant scene, but one you should price honestly. For the full breakdown, see the true cost to own at Esplanade and our Caymas community guide.

On any specific pair of homes, run total move-in cost: base price, lot premium, design upgrades, CDD (Caymas), and the first year of all fees. The two communities can converge or diverge by six figures depending on the homes you actually compare.

Location: same corridor, different feels

Both put you on the fast-growing southeast side, 15–25 minutes from both Fifth Avenue South and Marco Island’s beaches. Caymas sits on the Collier Boulevard corridor just south of I-75 — the better commute position, and closer to the Physicians Regional hospital cluster. Esplanade sits farther down US-41 toward Marco — a little quieter, a little farther from the interstate, a few minutes closer to Marco’s sand. Neither is “in town”; both trade that for new construction and amenity scale that in-town money can’t buy.

Who each fits

Choose Caymas for larger, newer luxury homes (or full custom), a lakefront setting, Stock’s finish level, and a marquee clubhouse arriving fall 2026 — with the budget to match.
Choose Esplanade by the Islands for more price points and product types, lock-and-leave options, and an established, running amenity package with a genuine resort-social calendar.

Both are worth weighing against the broader new-construction landscape — and against Seven Shores, Toll Brothers’ entry on the same corridor, which splits the difference on price.

Want a side-by-side on specific homes? Reach out — I specialize in Esplanade, track Caymas closely, and I’ll run real numbers on both, including the fees the sales offices mention last.

Sources: STOCK Development (Caymas) and Taylor Morrison (Esplanade) materials, the Caymas CDD record, Esplanade governing documents and 2026 budget summaries, CBIA award announcements, and our first-party data. Pricing, amenity timelines, and fees change — verify current details per home. Independent comparison by The Nicholas Nolan Team at Realty ONE Group MVP; not affiliated with either developer.

Caymas vs Esplanade by the Islands: Which New Naples Community Fits You?