Lakeshore Gardens in Carlsbad's Poinsettia district is a gated, 55-plus manufactured-home community spanning 54 acres on Avenida Encinas. The 384-site property, built in 1971, features ten freshwater lakes, a swimming pool, spa, sauna, billiard room, fitness center, and a clubhouse with a dedicated art gallery that parallels the campus-style amenity model at La Costa Glen in eastern Carlsbad. Managed by Birtcher Anderson and Davis on behalf of Lakeshore Gardens Property LP, the community requires 100-percent multisection homes with peaked-roof construction on paved streets. Residents live roughly 0.4 miles from South Carlsbad State Beach and within walking distance of Avenida Encinas shopping. The property borders the coastal wetlands studied by the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation, whose Discovery Center sits less than two miles north along the Carlsbad Lagoon shoreline. Each home site accommodates full-width manufactured structures averaging 1,200 to 1,800 square feet of single-story living space.