Ryland Homes is moving into St. Petersburg region with its Palm Series of homes at Bayou Cove off Belcher Rd.

TAMPA, Fla. --- Ryland Homes plans to enter the St. Petersburg home market in a big way acquiring 22 home sites at Bayou Cove located off Belcher Rd. across from the Bayou Club.

Tony Crimi, vice president of sales and marketing for Ryland Homes in the Tampa Bay region, said Ryland will be introducing the Palm Series of single family homes with three and four bedroom designs ranging from 2,200 square feet of living area to 3,500 square feet.

“We’ve gotten a lot of interest already in this community,” Crimi said.

“We’re planning the opening of sales for early 2012 and construction of a new model home – the Siesta with 3,320 square feet of living area – is underway,” he said.

About Ryland Homes
With headquarters in Southern California, Ryland is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders and a leading mortgage-finance company. The company currently operates in 28 markets across the country and has built more than 285,000 homes and financed more than 235,000 mortgages since its founding in 1967. Ryland is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RYL.”