National builder names top Florida exec

Taylor Morrison executive Steve Kempton, who has run the west Florida division for the national homebuilder for eight years, has been named regional president of Florida for the company.

In the newly created position Kempton will oversee more than 50 new-home communities statewide for the homebuilder, according to a release. Taylor Morrison's west Florida division, under Kempton, expanded to include more than 30 communities and has consistently ranked as one of the company's largest and most successful divisions, the release adds. The division stretches from Tampa to Naples.

Kempton assumed his new role April 1.