EDITOR'S NOTE
Dear B&D Readers,
With summer shortly coming to a close, I
hope you all enjoyed your vacation trips and/
or weekend getaways. And with fall around
the corner, 2010 is flying by, especially since
we’ve been working hard to update upcoming
buyer’s guides for several sister publications.
In our third green issue of the year, we’ve
included the other three original builders,
including TRI Pointe Homes, Lennar and The New Home Company,
as part of the Irvine Company’s “2010 New Home Collection.”
Surprisingly, with the overall housing market receiving mixed-month
numbers of increases and decreases in sales, the Irvine Company
continues to sell out of their popular Build It Green multifamily and
single-family homes. In our previous May green issue, we included
homes from Brookfield Homes, KB Home and Van Daele Homes.
Currently, the Irvine Company is adding an eighth project to this
year’s seven top-selling communities in Orange County, Calif. The new
addition to Woodbury, Santa Barbara, is now selling and was built
by California Pacific Homes, which is led by Cary Bren, son of the
Irvine Company’s Chairman, Donald Bren. Additionally, Woodbury will
soon include Esplanade, multifamily residences from Taylor Morrison
Homes. This is excellent news for the Orange County homebuilding
market, which is forecasted to increase by 51 percent in 2011.
Our other feature in this issue includes a technologically-advanced
demonstration home from KB Home. The builder’s partnership with
BYD, the leading manufacturer of advanced battery technologies, and
the city of Lancaster, Calif. is moving green technology into a new
and innovative direction. The home includes solar, battery and LED
lighting systems in addition to the first U.S. smog-eating roof tiles. And
since green is not going away any time soon, it’s interesting to see
what builders and manufacturers will come up with next.
The September issue will cover “Excellent Exteriors” and will also
include the interesting designs from leading homebuilders and those
involved in HomeAid Orange County’s yearly Project Playhouse. I
hope you enjoy the upcoming industry innovations.
See you next month!
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