The project in Wilmore, Ky., just outside of Lexington, will be anchored by a Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, clubhouse and a lifestyle, wellness and activities center. The developers are citing Lexington’s high ranking on a list of desirable early-retirement areas as reasons to “believe the pieces are all together and the timing is right to launch a project of this caliber forward.”

The Taylor Made horse farm has no relation to the golf club equipment maker, but when the opportunity arose to buy a neighboring golf club, a plan was hatched to create a new income stream by using it to help spur interest in thoroughbred horse racing.

The project, which will be named Legacy Point and feature a 450-acre golf course, comes 10 years after another development company planned a Nicklaus golf course in the same county, which ultimately fell through due to prolonged litigation.