As housing hot streak continues, builders throw money at creature comforts

Ultra-deluxe amenities — dog shower, anyone? — abound at the region’s newest residential communities.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 1, 2019
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Mark Wemple. Sean Strickler is Atlanta-based PulteGroup's west Florida division president.
Mark Wemple. Sean Strickler is Atlanta-based PulteGroup's west Florida division president.
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In early 2018, Metro Development Group made history by opening the first Crystal Lagoons facility in the United States at its $100 million Epperson master-planned community in Wesley Chapel.

 

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