Park Square Homes has only 15 single family homes remaining at Waters Edge at Lake Nona

ORLANDO, Fla. --- Better get an early start! Park Square Homes has only 15 single family home sites remaining at Waters Edge at Lake Nona, the gated, master planned community located off Narcoossee Road in Southeast Orlando. Anthony Rouhana, marketing coordinator, said Park Square Homes is building single family homes at the community that range from 2,400 square feet of living space to 3,800 square feet, priced from $284,900. Park Square Homes has four furnished models open daily for tours at the community.

ICI Homes Starts Construction of Five-Bedroom Luxury Model Home at Tidewater in Northeast Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Fla. --- ICI Homes has started construction of the five-bedroom Manchester model home at Tidewater located on Clapboard Creek Drive off Cedar Point Road along the I-95 and I-295 beltway in northeast Jacksonville. Don Wilford, Northeast Florida division president at ICI Homes, said the two-story Manchester model offers three-and-a-half baths in its 3,277 square feet of luxury living space, along with an upstairs game room, loft and four additional bedrooms, a downstairs master suite, a formal dining room and a gourmet kitchen and breakfast nook that opens onto an enormous family gathering room with optional fireplace. With its two-car garage, the Manchester is base-priced from $299,900, Wilford said. The model will be completed and ready for touring by the end of February. ICI Homes has 20 distinctive customizable floor plans available at Tidewater and plans to build 66 new homes there priced from the $200s. Tidewater’s amenities include a community swimming pool, fitness center and children’s playground.

TOP SALES AGENT NAMED

Roger Van Auker has been named top sales associate for 2012 at Henin Homes at Riviera Bella in DeBary. Van Auker, entering his 10th year at Riviera Bella, sold homes during the year totaling $7.8 million. Riviera Bella is the luxury community overlooking the St. Johns River in DeBary.

Centex to Host Open House Feb. 9 to Showcase New Model Home at Cypress Falls at The Woodlands in North Port

FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Centex will host an open house Saturday, Feb. 9 to showcase its new three-bedroom Vernon Hill II model home at Cypress Falls at the Woodlands, the active adult community located on Arugula Drive in North Port off Panacea and Toledo Blade Blvds. just south of I-75. Scott Mairn, vice president of sales and marketing for the homebuilder, said admission to the event is free and the public is invited to enjoy live music, food and refreshments from 1 to 4 p.m. Centex representatives will be on hand to guide tours of the professionally-decorated single-story Vernon Hill II model home at Cypress Falls at the Woodlands, a three-bedroom, two-bath home priced from $179,990 with 1,911 square feet of living space and a two-car garage. “The Vernon Hill model is available in three distinctive elevations,” Mairn said. The Vernon II features a large open island kitchen adjoining an enormous open great room and dining room, plus a den and lanai. Centex Homes offers two and three-bedroom floor plans at Cypress Falls at the Woodlands that range in size from 1,641 square feet to 1,911 square feet priced from $162,990. Cypress Falls at the Woodlands features a community clubhouse with state-of-the-art fitness center, a ballroom and meeting rooms, a heated resort-style swimming pool, a resistance pool, tennis courts, bocce ball courts, and a private putting green.

Pulte Homes To Host Open House Feb. 9 To Showcase Two New Model Homes at The Plantation in Fort Myers

FORT MYERS, Fla. --- Pulte Homes will host an open house with live music and refreshments Saturday, Feb. 9 to showcase two new professionally decorated model homes at The Plantation, a gated luxury golf course community located on New Market Street in Fort Myers off Treeline Avenue north of Daniels Parkway. Scott Mairn, vice president of sales and marketing for the South Florida Division of Pulte Group, said the kickoff festivities are scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited. Pulte will be showcasing three single-family model homes and two model carriage homes at The Plantation, Mairn said. Two new model homes at The Plantation will get the most attention, he added. The single-story Dartmouth II model offers three distinctive elevations with three bedrooms and three baths in 2,547 square feet of living space priced from $360,990 with an open island kitchen that adjoins an enormous family gathering room, a den and a garage that accommodates two full-sized vehicles and a golf cart. The single-story Jamison II model, priced from $410,990, offers three distinctive elevations with three bedrooms and two baths in 3,110 square feet and features an open island kitchen with breakfast nook, an enormous family gathering room, a formal dining room, a den, a flex room that can be converted into an optional fourth bedroom with bath, and a two-car garage. Pulte Homes builds two, three and four-bedroom single-family homes and carriage homes at The Plantation that range in size from 1,641 square feet of living space to 3,110 square feet priced from under $200,000 to more than $400,000. The Plantation features an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Hurdzan-Fry, the Great House golf clubhouse with its formal restaurant and bar, resort-style swimming pool with lap lanes, a state-of-the-art fitness center and spa, tennis courts, massage rooms, TV and Internet Lounge and library.

Del Webb Stone Creek Now Offering New Options on 17 Floor Plan Designs, Priced From the $120s

OCALA, Fla. – Del Webb Stone Creek recently unveiled many innovative options to be offered in conjunction with the 17 floor plans currently available at the active adult community located off S.W. 80th Avenue in Ocala. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Del Webb in North Florida, said the one and two-story floor plans range from 1,157 square feet of living area to 2,885 square feet, priced from the $120s to the $260s. New optional features include an Environments For Living (EFL) energy-efficiency package, new bathroom configurations, tray ceilings, kitchen islands, golf cart garages, pull-down stairs to attic storage, sunrooms, expanded lanais and eight-foot tall interior doors. Strickler said Del Webb’s professional design consultant will assist all new homebuyers with the process of selecting design options for their new home as a complimentary service. Del Webb Stone Creek is one of the largest Del Webb communities in the U.S. featuring Reflection Bay – an amenity center encompassing almost 50,000 square feet with fitness and event gathering areas – the Stone Creek Grille, Stone Creek Golf Club with an 18-hole championship golf course and a planned 29 acres of open space and common areas. Models are open daily for viewing.

Pulte Homes to Unveil Seven Distinctive New Floor Plans at Trillium in Brooksville

Brooksville, Fla. --- Pulte Homes will unveil seven distinctive new floor plans Saturday, Feb. 16 at Trillium, Pulte’s community of single-family homes located on Trillium Blvd. in Brooksville off County Line Road East of the Suncoast Parkway. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales and marketing for Pulte Homes in North Florida, said the new three to six-bedroom floor plans at Trillium range in size from 1,447 square feet of living space to 3,242 square feet, with prices starting from the low $100s. The new one and two-story floor plans feature two to four bathrooms along with flex rooms, game rooms, and oversized kitchens. Strickler said there are 30 home sites available at Trillium with a variety of views to choose from. Home owners at Trillium can enjoy a resort-style community center with a swimming pool and cabanas or the multi-purpose recreation field, which could accommodate anything from community soccer and touch-football games to marching bands. Visit www.pulte.com/tampa for more information or call 866-889-5460.

Del Webb at Southshore Falls Starts Development of New Water View Villa Home Sites

Apollo Beach, Fla. --- Del Webb Southshore Falls, the active-adult community located on Sunset Falls Drive off S. Tamiami Trail (US 41) in Apollo Beach, has started development of its newest phase of water view villa home sites. Sean Strickler, vice president of sales for Del Webb in North Florida, said two and three-bedroom Shore Villa homes at Del Webb Southshore Falls range in size from 1,363 square feet of living space to 1,650 square feet with two baths and two-car garages. Scott Teal, a sales consultant at the community, remarks that the home sites in the new phase of Shore Villa homes should prove very popular. “Most of the home sites in the newest phase offer water views and additional privacy,” Teal explained, “and all of them are located on a low traffic cul-de-sac.” Homeowners in the new phase at Del Webb Southshore Falls will have access to the 14,000 square foot Wellspring Club with its Seven Seas Grand Ballroom, heated tropical lagoon-style swimming pool, auxiliary pool, resistance swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, tennis, pickleball and Bocce ball courts, putting green, billiards room, Internet Café, library, card room, arts and crafts room and a multitude of social clubs.

Town Manor Bed & Breakfast in Auburndale earns major National 2013 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award®

AUBURNDALE, Fla. – Town Manor Bed and Breakfast in Auburndale the venerable 80 year old lakefront family estate that ranks as one of Central Florida’s most popular wedding venues, recently earned the 2013 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award® based on reviews posted by more than 1.2 million newlyweds Nandy Town, proprietor and wedding director at Town Manor Bed & Breakfast, said she was delighted to learn of the award because it is based on client reviews. “Town Manor Bed & Breakfast was established in 1933 and we are an institution in the Central Florida region,” Town said. “Our clients and their families, friends and wedding parties have traveled from all across the nation and more than 22 foreign countries to hold their weddings here,” Town said. Town said the popular wedding venue has received dozens of awards over the past eight decades but the 2013 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award® is especially important. The 2013 WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Award® is given to only the top five percent of WeddingWire vendors in the U.S. and Canada, Town said. Town Manor Bed & Breakfast is a unique historical lakefront property that focuses on exceptional weddings with its own executive chef, DJ, custom designed wedding cakes and all the ancillary elements to make each wedding truly unique experience. “A wedding doesn’t have to be a Cinderella fairytale but it does have to express a couple’s vision perfectly to make a perfect event,” said Town. “Town Manor Bed & Breakfast is a family estate and it is important to us that we do everything possible to make each wedding a fantastic experience,” she said. Visit www.townmanorweddings.com

ICI Homes Starts Construction of Five-Bedroom Move-in Ready Luxury Home at Grand Hampton in New Tampa

TAMPA, Fla. --- ICI Homes, which ranks as one of the largest and most active luxury community developers in Florida, has started construction of a five-bedroom luxury move-in ready home at Grand Hampton, the gated, master-planned luxury community located in New Tampa between Bruce B. Downs Blvd. and I-75 just south of E. County Line Road. Rosemary Messina, vice president of sales and marketing at ICI Homes, said the two-story home which will be ready for move-in by the end of February, is ICI’s Teramo floor plan designed for a large family with 3,927 square feet of living space, and comes with a three-car garage. This home is available for purchase at $569,943. Downstairs, the Teramo features a sweeping foyer, a large dining area that flows into a sun-filled casual gathering area, a huge kitchen, and a downstairs owners’ suite. Upstairs offers four large bedrooms and two full baths with a game room, Messina said. ICI Homes has 22 home sites remaining at Grand Hampton where residents enjoy a community clubhouse and swimming pool, state-of-the-art fitness center, tennis courts and children’s playground.