http://www.builderonline.com/design/best-selling-communities/master-planned-communities/Default.aspx?view=rss&id=Query_tcm1029608http://www.builderonline.com/design/dos-flores.aspx?rssLink=Dos+Flores2009 Builder's Choice, Merit Award, Townhouse unit, less than 2,000 square feethttp://www.builderonline.com/best-selling-communities/10-of-the-best-selling-communities-in-america.aspx?rssLink=10+of+the+Best-Selling+Communities+in+AmericaWant to know what's selling? The homes in these communities are, and they may represent the industry's future.http://www.builderonline.com/sales-and-marketing/what-the-new-home-buyer-wants.aspx?rssLink=What+the+New+Home+Buyer+WantsResponsibility has replaced indulgence, according to speakers at PCBC.http://www.builderonline.com/economic-conditions/toll-brothers-announces-move-into-houston-market.aspx?rssLink=Toll+Brothers+Announces+Move+into+Houston+MarketThe luxury home builder will begin building in the Woodlands master plan community.http://www.builderonline.com/debt/general-growth-properties-files-for-bankruptcy-protection.aspx?rssLink=General+Growth+Properties+Files+For+Bankruptcy+ProtectionThe second-largest owner of mall properties in the country also owns several large master plan communities, including Summerlin outside of Las Vegas.http://www.builderonline.com/design/the-club-at-central-park-west.aspx?rssLink=The+Club+at+Central+Park+Westhttp://www.builderonline.com/design/the-village-at-irvine-spectrum.aspx?rssLink=The+Village+at+Irvine+Spectrum2008 Builder's Choice Grand Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/award-winning-design/trappers-cabins-at-promontory.aspx?rssLink=Trapper%e2%80%99s+Cabins+at+Promontory2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/award-winning-design/post-carlyle.aspx?rssLink=Post+Carlyle2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/award-winning-design/la-quinta-desert-villas-resort.aspx?rssLink=La+Quinta+Desert+Villas+Resort2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/award-winning-design/irvington-terrace.aspx?rssLink=Irvington+Terrace2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/award-winning-design/cintarosa-ranch-at-desert-mountain.aspx?rssLink=Cintarosa+Ranch+at+Desert+Mountain2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/award-winning-design/seabridge-marina.aspx?rssLink=Seabridge+Marina2008 Builder's Choice Merit Award Winnerhttp://www.builderonline.com/sales/mile-high-matchmaking.aspx?rssLink=Mile-High+MatchmakingA Denver builder pairs investors and renters at one of its projects.http://www.builderonline.com/best-selling-communities/local-color.aspx?rssLink=Local+ColorA big builder perfects its entry-level pitch and beats the odds.http://www.builderonline.com/green-building/go-ask-alys.aspx?rssLink=Go+Ask+AlysDPZ’s latest take on traditional neighborhood design exemplifies what the land planning gurus have learned since Seaside.http://www.builderonline.com/projects/liquid-diet.aspx?rssLink=Liquid+DietAs they ponder whether the parched Western U.S. will have enough water to meet the future needs of growing populations there, most builders and developers see a glass that's more than half full.http://www.builderonline.com/sales-and-marketing/spiff-up-your-standing-inventory.aspx?rssLink=Spiff+Up+Your+Standing+InventoryLike most real estate agents these days, Lori McGuire has had to step it up a bit to get buyers to sign a contract. A Realtor in Orange County, Calif., McGuire is working with three different builders in Covenant Hills, a gated community in the master planned development of Ladera Ranch. Prices start at about $3 million.http://www.builderonline.com/projects/playing-to-win.aspx?rssLink=Playing+to+WinTHE BUILDING WHERE COSTA Pacific Communities had its offices until recently offers a big clue as to how its CEO, Rudy Kadlub, works. “Nondescript” would be a charitable way to describe the low-slung, '60s-era brick structure that was once the administration building for the Dammasch State Hospital in Wilsonville, Ore., just south of Portland. Closed down in 1995, it's now the site of Villebois, an ambitious, transitoriented master planned community developed by Costa Pacific. Its name is French for “village by the woods.” The former hospital grounds make up close to 200 acres of the site; another 300 were acquired by state and local authorities.http://www.builderonline.com/projects/a-tale-of-two-master-plans.aspx?rssLink=A+Tale+of+Two+Master+PlansThe home building industry is in for a long, grueling winter, but there are signs of spring on the horizon. At opposite ends of the country, two new urbanist neighborhoods are sprouting up on sites that were more than ready for a little rejuvenation. Thanks to smart planning and a cooperative effort between public and private entities, East Beach (top right), a 100-acre project in Norfolk, Va., that was once a collection of crime-ridden housing, and Villebois (left), formerly home to the state mental hospital in Wilsonville, Ore., are on their way to becoming dynamic traditional neighborhood developments (TNDs).