Manatee County builder wows buyers with solar-powered community

It's been five years since Pearl Homes launched a solar-powered, net-positive community. With residents moving in, the company is now five years ahead of the industry.

By Amanda Postma
| 5:00 a.m. February 16, 2023
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Marshall Gobuty says affordable housing has to be part of the sustainable housing conversation.

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A pipeline dream just five years ago, Hunters Point in Cortez, an Old Florida fishing village in west Manatee County, off Sarasota Bay, held a showcase in January to celebrate the achievement the community, from Pearl Homes, is on the verge of reaching. More than 100 people showed up to learn more about the project with an additional 40 tuning in over Zoom.

Pearl Homes President and Founder Marshall Gobuty says the community of 86 solar-powered, net-positive homes will be the first LEED platinum LEED Zero community in the U.S when completed. The certification, the highest level of LEED certifications, is donned by the US Green Building Council.