Lanterns
Lennar Legends plans with smart-home features included — newer lennar construction homesites within The Palisades, characterized by craftsman-influenced two-story plans with front porches.
The character of Lanterns
Lanterns delivers Lennar's Legends product line — spacious single-family homes with Everything's Included® features, voice-activated home automation, and WiFi Certified® design that accounts for wireless coverage at the framing stage rather than after drywall.
That last point matters more than the marketing suggests. A house planned around network coverage from the start avoids the most expensive category of post-close remediation: pulling structured cable through finished walls.
Pricing sits in the $550,000 to $675,000 band, making Lanterns one of the strongest value propositions inside The Palisades for buyers who want new construction rather than a renovation project.
Architecture
Craftsman-influenced two-story plans with front porches. Exterior materials, massing, and site work in this enclave are subject to the community’s architectural review process, which is why the streetscape reads as a coherent whole rather than a collection of unrelated houses.
Common Questions
Lanterns, answered
Who builds in Lanterns?
Lennar, using its Legends product line with Everything's Included® features.
Do Lanterns homes include smart-home technology?
Yes. The plans include voice-activated home automation and WiFi Certified® design, meaning wireless coverage was engineered into the house rather than added later.
What do Lanterns homes cost?
Typical pricing runs from about $550,000 to $675,000.
Further Reading
Continue your orientation
Overview
All Palisades neighborhoods
Compare the waterfront, golf, gated interior, and club-adjacent enclaves side by side.
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Interactive community map
See where this enclave sits relative to the shoreline, the course, and the club.
ReadReference
Neighborhood glossary
Deepwater frontage, full pond, ARC review, CC&Rs — defined plainly.
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Sources & References
Facts on this page are drawn from the primary sources below. Details change; verify anything material against the original source before relying on it.
- 01Mecklenburg County, NCPOLARIS property records and GIS ↗
Parcel boundaries, acreage, jurisdiction, and recorded ownership data.
- 02Mecklenburg County Register of DeedsRecorded plats, covenants, and restrictions ↗
Source of record for CC&Rs, easements, and plat maps binding a specific address.
- 03Duke EnergyCatawba–Wateree Shoreline Management Program ↗
Governs dock, pier, dredging, and vegetation permitting on Lake Wylie shoreline.
- 04City of CharlotteUnified Development Ordinance and zoning ↗
Zoning districts, setbacks, and extraterritorial jurisdiction rules in southwest Charlotte.
Orientation, Not Sales
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We arrange unhurried, private orientation visits of the community — the shoreline, the course corridors, the club, and each neighborhood's approach.