Winners of the spring Parade of Homes sponsored by the Tampa Bay Builders Association were announced Thursday night at a banquet at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay.
A total of 62 builders entered 140 models worth nearly $52-million in the parade, the first sponsored by the organization created from the merger of builder associations in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.
During the parade, builders reported 325 sales, each averaging about $310,000 including homesite, for total sales volume of more than $100-million.
Winners were selected by judging teams of independent home-building professionals from outside the Tampa Bay area.
Five of the winning models are in Pinellas, 12 in Pasco and 14 in Hillsborough. That is symptomatic of the building industry in the three counties: As Pinellas has been built out, it has become an infill and remodeling market. The other two counties still have large tracts of land, often former ranches and agricultural land, where developers can create large new-home subdivisions.
Single-family grand and merit award winners, by price category, are:
$119,000-$139,000: grand, Morrison Homes, Bellingham at Wilderness Lake Preserve, south-central Pasco; merit award, Suarez Housing, Primrose II at South Fork, south Hillsborough.
$140,000-$164,000: grand, Morrison Homes, Scarborough at South Fork; merit, Inland Homes, Summerhill at Meadow Pointe, south Pasco.
$165,000-$195,000: grand, Inland Homes, Carlyle II at Oakstead, south Pasco; merit, Westfield Homes, Doral at FishHawk Ranch, south Hillsborough.
$196,000-$224,000: grand, Freemarr Homes, Emerald II at Covington Park, south Hillsborough; merit, Inland Homes, Hawthorne at the Groves Golf & Country Club, central Pasco.
$225,000-$250,000: grand, David Weekley Homes, Crawford at Panther Trace, south Hillsborough; Parkview Homes, Dartmouth V at West Hampton, northwest Hillsborough.
$251,000-$299,000: grand, Mercedes Homes, Paradise Cove at Oakstead, south Pasco; merit, Premier Homes of Southwest Florida, San Marco IV at Seven Oaks, south Pasco.
$300,000-$354,000: grand, Mercedes Homes, Katherine Cove at Seven Oaks; merit, Inland Homes, Biltmore II at Arbor Greene, New Tampa.
$355,000-$399,000: grand, Arthur Rutenberg Homes/Custom Craft Homes, St. Kitts at Oakstead; merit, Nohl Crest Homes, Warwick at Arbor Greene and at Cypress Cove, north Pinellas. $400,000-$449,000: grand, David Weekley Homes, Dakota at Wilderness Lake Preserve; merit, Morrison Homes, Brittany at Waterchase, northwest Hillsborough.
$450,000-$599,000: grand, Arthur Rutenberg Homes/Lyons Heritage Corp., Bonaire II at Arbor Greene; merit, CaCo Homes, Catawba at Thurston Groves, central Pinellas.
$600,000-$800,000: grand, Arthur Rutenberg Homes/Custom Craft Homes, St. Augustine VI at Sunset Lakes, central Pasco; merit, Hannah-Bartoletta Homes, Dartmouth II with loft at Sunset Lakes; Marc Maconi Homes, Madeira III at Lansbrook, north Pinellas; Nohl Crest Homes, Faversham at Waterchase. $1-million and higher: grand, Alvarez Homes, Baybreeze at the Reserve of Old Tampa Bay, northwest Hillsborough; merit, Marc Rutenberg Homes, Castaway at Waterchase.
Multifamily grand and merit award winners, by price category, are:
$96,000-$150,000: grand, Tripp Trademark Homes, Charleston at Meadow Pointe III, south Pasco; merit, Rottlund Homes, Acacia at Country Chase, northwest Hillsborough.
$151,000-$370,000: grand, Del American Inc., Portofino at Baywatch, Clearwater; merit, Del American, Villa Positano at Baywatch.
