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Model Home Construction Under Way for Third Neighborhood At Master-Planned Community The Foothills in Carlsbad

Mar 9th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Construction is now under way on model homes and Phase One residences at Alcéa at The Foothills by D.R. Horton, in anticipation of sales starting March 20 and a May model home grand opening. The Carlsbad new home neighborhood is one of three opening this year at the master-planned community. Rockrose by Brookfield Homes is [...]



13 Sales, 3 Homes Closed Give Shea Homes Best Week of the Year

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Shea Homes logged 13 sales and three homes closed for the week ending Feb. 28, giving the San Diego homebuilder its best week to date this year.
“It was a busy week at Shea Homes neighborhoods across the county, and we ended the month strong,” said Vanessa Linn, vice president of sales and marketing for the [...]



Scribe Communications Partners With Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek to Illuminate Cactus Wren Restoration Project

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Groundwork San Diego-Chollas Creek has hired local public relations company Scribe Communications to promote its education- and community-based Cactus Wren Restoration Project.
In partnership with Millennial Tech Middle School, the project aims to rehabilitate nearly 75 acres of cactus-wren friendly canyonland in Southeast San Diego, all while advancing conservation education. In addition, the project seeks to [...]



It’s all about the medals!

Feb 25th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

By Gail Levin, Winter Olympics volunteer from San Diego
They’re spectacular, right?  The medals.  It’s been such a privilege to see them up close but the back-story is so special and before the Olympics are over, I wanted to make sure you all knew a little about them.
When a country gets the Olympic bid, they own [...]



Homebuyers Pay No Closing Costs in March at Mahogany in San Marcos by Brookfield Homes

Feb 24th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

The list of benefits of buying a new home at Mahogany at Old Creek Ranch in San Marcos is a little longer now that builder Brookfield Homes has announced no closing costs for the month of March.
Available on select homesites at the single-family detached neighborhood, the “no closing costs” offer from leading new-home builder Brookfield [...]



Model Grand Opening This Weekend at Blossom Grove at The Foothills in Carlsbad

Feb 24th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

The first master-planned community in Carlsbad since 2006 is having its first model home grand opening this weekend. William Lyon Homes (WLH) is celebrating the grand opening of three model homes at Blossom Grove at  The Foothills from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 27, at 3710 Glen Ave., Carlsbad. Blossom Grove is the [...]



Shea Homes Sells Out First Phase of Eight at Madeira at Del Sur This Weekend

Feb 16th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Shea Homes sold seven of eight homesites released on Saturday at Madeira at Del Sur, according to the San Diego builder. The eighth home was reserved Sunday at the single-family neighborhood in the smart-growth master-planned community. To meet demand, a new phase is expected to be released for sale Feb. 27. Prices are expected to [...]



First Model Homes Nearing Completion at Master-Planned Community The Foothills in Carlsbad

Feb 12th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Construction is nearing completion on model homes for the first of three Carlsbad new home neighborhoods opening this year at The Foothills.
Now nearing completion in anticipation of a Feb. 27 grand opening is Blossom Grove by William Lyon Homes. Offering 110 single-family Carlsbad homes with approximately 1,992 to 2,840 square feet, three to five bedrooms, [...]



Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Visit Highlights Tax Credit Eligibility at Six Homes Now Selling at Trellis at Windingwalk by Brookfield Homes

Feb 12th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the Chula Vista new-home neighborhood Trellis at Windingwalk recently to promote his plan to extend and expand the $10,000 homebuyer tax credit.
During a press conference at the neighborhood under construction by San Diego new home builder Brookfield Homes, Gov. Schwarzenegger addressed the popularity of the first state tax credit for new [...]



Douglas Wilson Companies Named Receiver on 193-unit Nautica Apartments in St. Petersburg, Florida

Feb 12th, 2010 | By Scribe Team | Category: Featured

Douglas Wilson Companies has been named court-appointed receiver for the 193-unit Nautica Apartments in St. Petersburg, Florida.
“The property has tremendous potential to realize greater value for its owners,” said CEO Douglas P. Wilson.  “By dealing with deferred maintenance issues immediately and installing proactive professional management and marketing, we will stabilize and ultimately upgrade the asset [...]