Thursday, March 1, 2012

Lennar Earns Ranking as Central Florida’s #1 Homebuilder with Closed Sales of 1,572 New Homes in 2011

TAMPA, Fla. --- Lennar’s Central Florida Division, which currently builds new homes in 31 communities in Hillsborough, Polk, Pasco, Orange, Osceola, Lake, Seminole and Brevard counties, ranked as Central Florida’s #1 Home Builder in 2011, closing sales of 1,572 new homes in the Tampa Bay and Orlando markets.

Lennar closed on sales of 898 new homes in 2011 and Ranked #1 in the Tampa Bay region, which includes 18 communities in Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties, according to Marvin Rose of Rose Residential Reports. Lennar more than doubled the new home sales of its closest competitor the Tampa Bay area last year, Rose said.

Charles Wayne of Charles Wayne Consulting Inc. said the homebuilder closed on sales of 674 new homes in 2011 in 13 communities and Ranked #1 in the Orlando region, which includes Lake, Southeast Polk, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Brevard counties.

Lennar builds town homes, villas, single-family homes, estate homes including homes in active adult communities priced from under $100,000 to more than $300,000.

ABD Development starts construction of two new model homes at Toscana in Palm Coast

PALM COAST, Fla. – ABD Development Company has started construction of two luxury model homes at Toscana, the luxury community ABD Development Company is building off I-95 and Old Kings Road in Palm Coast.

David Kohn, president of ABD Development Company, said the award winning Courtyard and Manchester model homes will open in late summer.

The model homes offer 2,600 square feet of living space and 2,700 square feet and is priced from the high $300s.

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Crossman & Company Opens Atlanta Office

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Crossman & Company, the Orlando based real estate firm that ranks as one of the largest retail property management and leasing companies in the Southeast has opened an Atlanta office.

John Crossman, CCIM president of Crossman & Company, said senior vice president John Zielinski, CCIM, has been appointed to head the firm’s Atlanta office, located at 6400 Powers Ferry Rd. N.W.

Zielinski, former real estate manager for the Atlanta division of Publix Super Markets, Inc. directs all leasing and management services for Crossman & Company in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina.

Zielinski earned his under graduate degree from Bowling Green State University and his MBA from the University of South Florida. He is a licensed real estate broker, earned the CCIM professional designation and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

“We serve a large number of clients and client properties in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina and Atlanta is the natural choice for our expansion office,” Crossman said.

ABD Development Has Three Luxury Homes Underway at Heritage Green in Providence

PROVIDENCE, Fla. – ABD Development Company has three new luxury model homes under construction at Heritage Green in Providence, the luxury golf course community ABD is developing South of Orlando off US 17-92, near Disney.

David Kohn, president of ABD Development Company, said one of the model homes under construction — the award winning Wyndham model home, which features four bedrooms in 2,700 square feet of living space – has already been sold.

Kohn said the Courtyard, Portofino and Wyndham homes range from 2,600 square feet to 3,600 square feet and are priced starting from the mid $300s.

All three homes, which feature four bedrooms, will open by early to late summer.

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Lennar Opens New Model Villa Homes Priced from the Low $100s at Autumnwood Grove in Lakeland

LAKELAND, Fla. --- Lennar’s Central Florida Division has opened two new villa model homes priced from the low $100s at Autumnwood Grove on Bartow Road (U.S. 98) one mile south of Polk Parkway in Lakeland.

Mark Metheny, president of Lennar’s Central Florida Division, said new two and three bedroom villa homes at Autumnwood Grove range in size from 1,400 square feet of living space to 1,517 square feet with one-car garages.

The model villa homes are the St. Vincent and St. Marten.

Lennar builds townhomes and villa homes at Autumnwood Grove priced from the $80s