Builder Briefs
Orleans Homebuilders is previewing The Gardens at Lake Jackson in Mascotte, where the company is offering nine one- and two-story floorplans with prices starting in the high $100s. …Officials from Park Square Homes and Mount Dora Mayor Jim Yatsuk recently attended grand opening ceremonies for Summerbrooke, one of the first new neighborhoods to open in downtown Mount Dora in more than a decade. Plans call for 140 single-family homes priced from the high $190s and more than 79 townhomes priced from the high $180s.?
Orange County
Menaker Development/Jetco Construction has been selected as an approved custom builder in Lake Nona Golf and Country Club. …Tavistock Group, a private investment company, has announced the purchase of Reeta Casey & Associates.? Casey and her staff will lead a newly formed luxury residential real estate brokerage company, Stockworth Realty Group, dedicated to marketing homes priced at $1 million and up. … Engineered Homes notched $100 million-plus in annual home sales for the third consecutive year in 2006. The company expects to sell more than 500 homes in 2007. … Park Square Homes sold out all 22 of its newly released townhomes at Ocoee’s Prairie Lake Reserve in one day. The company plans to build 160 townhomes in the community priced from the low $200s. …Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty and Fishkind and Associates have formed an exclusive alliance to provide market research and economic data services to builders, developers, lenders and investors participating in Stirling Sotheby’s Global Real Estate Gallery. The $4 million facility will occupy the 16th floor penthouse suite at The Plaza on Orange Avenue and Church Street in downtown Orlando. …Ashton Woods Homes has opened a new model at The Cove in Windermere. The 2,822 square-foot, two-story, four-bedroom, three-bathroom home is priced from the $370s, and features a two-car, alley-load garage. …Morrison Homes will open new models at The Enclave at Lake Jean in the Winter Park area.? Pre-sales are under way of three-, four- and five-bedroom homes priced from the $320s. … Charles Clayton Construction has been named builder of the Tradewinds High Performance House for the Ages, which will be showcased at the 2008 International Builders Show in Orlando.?… Park Square Homes will build a full-scale model of the first floor of one of its resort townhomes in the showroom of MRI Overseas Property on International Drive.? The fully decorated Sunrise model will showcase a typical resort home complete with the exterior fa?de, kitchen, living room, dining room and master bedroom and bathroom. The model is offered at the resort communities of Encantada and BellaVida in Kissimmee. …Rey Homes has sold out of the first phase of its City Homes at Baldwin Park. The second phase will feature 130 Energy Star-certified townhomes priced from the low $400s.
Osceola County
Orleans Homebuilders is celebrating the grand opening of its sales center at East Lake Park, which features a gated entrance, designer landscape packages, walking trails, conservation areas and a tot-lot. Homes are priced from the $300s. …Park Square Homes has opened the first of four new models at Shingle Creek Reserve at The Oaks in Kissimmee. The Jupiter Springs model is a four-bedroom, ranch-style design with 2,162 square feet of living space. Prices start in the mid-$210s.
Polk County
ABD Development has added Grant Homes to its roster of builders in Providence, a master-planned golf community. Other builders include ABD Development, Inland Homes, Meritage Homes, Toll Brothers, Lennar Homes and Contempo Signature Homes. …Mercedes Homes has started construction of three new models at Park Ridge, a new-gated community off U.S. 27 in Davenport. Homes feature solid-concrete walls and are priced from the high $190s.
Seminole County
M/I Homes has moved into a new, 35,000-square-foot division headquarters at 300 Colonial Center Parkway in Lake Mary. The new facility will encompass the company’s 7,100-square-foot home design center. Shamrock Homes, a division of M/I Homes, will also relocate to the new facility along with the company’s mortgage and title divisions. … Kolter Homes is employing new steel-reinforced concrete floors and block walls on its luxury townhomes at Grande Oaks at Heathrow. Prices start in the high $360s. … Heathrow-based developer Wescar has announced plans to develop Deer Lakes, a $15 million gated community near Markham Woods Road in the Heathrow area. The 40-acre community will feature 31 single-family on one-half-acre to one-acre homesites. Homes will be priced starting at around $1 million. …Mercedes Homes has opened six new model townhomes at Windsor Lakes in Sanford. Prices start in the $170s.