Burned from a nationwide 47% cancellation rate last quarter, the company is trying to avoid more spec inventory.
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10-06-2004
At least 60 university-based retirement communities are already operating or are about to be developed, or the schools are seriously looking at bringing in such housing.
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10-26-2005
HOME TECHNOLOGY HAS COME DOWN enough in price that a retirement community with units that average 1,300 square feet and start at well under $200,000 now offers a home control and voice, data, and video package backed up by fiber-to-the-home as standard.
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06-07-2005
CHICAGO'S GOLD COAST DISTRICT WILL SOON be flashing a little more silver with the construction of The Clare at Water Tower, the first continuing care retirement community to break ground in a downtown urban setting.
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11-11-2005
SUNRIVER ST. GEORGE, A SOUTHERN Utah retirement community, now offers a home automation system that lets homeowners manage everyday tasks such as HVAC, lighting, and security over the same touchscreen panel or Web tablet that controls their cable television, home videos, and audio system.
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11-03-2004
A Santa Fe, N.M., developer hopes to create what may be the first openly gay retirement community, aimed at the special needs and interests of gay men and lesbians. Rainbow Vision Santa Fe closed on a 12.7-acre parcel in the Santa Fe City limits last year and is now preselling and pre-leasing 146 units to be built on the site. These will comprise 40 condominiums (starting at $250,000) and 106 independent and assisted living rental units.
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10-08-2003
By Kathleen Stanley. With neighbors like the La Costa Resort and Spa, a Four Seasons resort, and the upscale Rancho Santa Fe development, it's no surprise that La Costa Glen looks more like a vacation destination than a retirement community. Continuing Life Communities, which developed the property, enlisted the help of the KTGY Group in Irvine, Calif., to carry out the major up-front tasks including land planning, designing 522 living units, and executing all the common areas.
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The chief executive of Pulte Homes says his company is aggressively lobbying federal lawmakers to craft a second stimulus package that would directly benefit the housing industry by offering tax credits to home buyers.
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Richard Dugas also tells investors that price stability is housing's No. 1 problem.
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10-06-2004
Builders and developers that have paid attention to their community intranets report some excellent results.
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