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Amazon recently announced the opening of interactive Amazon Experience Centers within select Lennar model homes across the country. Customers can visit Alexa-enabled smart homes and see the technology in a real home environment. Amazon Experience Centers are now open at select Lennar communities in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC with more coming soon. Take a peek into one of the Amazon Experience Centers in this Good Morning America feature.
Henderson, Nev. – May 2018 – Prospective homeshoppers are invited to join Lennar Las Vegas for a very special VIP Hard Hat Tour of developing new homes at Kingston Estates. Located in Henderson on Pecos and Serene, the spacious Estate Two design is framed and available for a Hard Hat Tour. Homeshoppers should RSVP to attend.
“We offer four distinctive collections of large new home designs at this community, which also enjoys no HOA fees and expansive homesites,” said Ashley Max, Marketing Manager for Lennar Las Vegas. “Our Estate Two plan is a super spacious single-story home that provides enough room for the whole family along with valuable Everything’s Included® features that come at no additional cost.”
Estate Two is a sprawling single-story home that provides 4,113 square feet of living space with everything you need on one level. Sitting atop an approximately half-acre homesite, this floorplan features 4 bedrooms, three and one-half bathrooms and a 4-bay garage.
Four floorplans are offered in this community with sizes that range from approximately 3,776 to 4,750 square feet, four to five bedrooms and three and one-half to four and one-half bathrooms. Lennar also offers one of their revolutionary Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® designs here. Created for multigenerational living, this unique floorplan feature an attached private suite with its own separate entrance, living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette.
Lennar has recently expanded their Everything’s Included® program to now include integrated home automation products and technology from today’s most trusted brands. Among the signature features that all still come as standard, such as appliances, upscale kitchen countertops, cabinetry and more, homeowners gain access to smart home features that allow them to manage front door locks, lights, music, movies and more – remotely with a smart device or with voice control using Amazon Alexa.
The Hard Hat tour will take place on Saturday, May 12th at 10 a.m. at 3031 Joy Meadow in Las Vegas. Prospective homeshoppers should RSVP to the event on Facebook, call (800)498-0920 or visit www.lennar.com/lasvegas for more information.
With hundreds of communities nationwide and homes designed for first-time, move-up and luxury homebuyers, Lennar has grown to become one of the nation’s leading and most respected homebuilders. Lennar has a longstanding history of building homes of enduring quality in only the most well planned and desirable locations throughout the country.
Lennar and Amazon have teamed up and recently announced the opening of interactive Amazon Experience Centers within select Lennar model homes across the United States, including North Creek Ridge in Bothell. Now customers in the area can experience first-hand the convenience of Alexa smart home experience and more in a real home environment. Jeff Reynolds reports on Lennar’s connected homes and the future of smart home technology in this recent Seattlepi.com article.
The Nations largest home builder Lennar has partnered with Seattle’s own Amazon.com to feature fully automated smart homes. The announcement in the USA Today also featured some of my thoughts on the future of home automation. I spoke with Elizabeth Weise who covers Amazon, technology and computer security for the paper and online publication. We discussed a variety of topics including what I am seeing from buyers and sellers in regards to new home technology, home automation and more.
More on the announcement here:
Lennar announced Wednesday that standard features in its new homes will include built-in Wi-Fi, smart locks, doorbells, thermostats and lights — all controlled by Alexa, Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant.
Each house will come with two Alexa-enabled smart speakers, an Echo Show and an Echo Dot. New homeowners will also get a free visit from an Amazon technician to help set everything up and teach them how to use it.
“This will be the hallmark of why we buy a new home,” said David Kaiserman,president of Lennar Ventures. “It’s an important step in the mass adoption of all these technologies.”
For many of you that follow the blog or our Facebook page, you would have noticed my enthusiasm surrounding the acquisition of Ring by Amazon.com. When Amazon acquired Ring.com it was abundantly clear to me that they were going to outpace their competitors like Google and Apple in the home automation race. With Amazon partnering with Lennar, they are sending the message to the rest of the homebuilders that demand for fully automated homes is picking up and they are going to the leader in the space. I see this transitioning into new condo projects as well.
Read the full article: Breaking News, Largest US Home Builder To Feature Amazon Alexa in New Homes
Amazon Experience Centers are now open at select Lennar communities in Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington DC with more coming soon. In a real home setting, customers can experience how Alexa, Prime and Amazon services come together to help them control smart home devices with just their voice. Learn more about the Amazon Experience Centers in this CNN Money article by Heather Kelly.
Amazon and home-builder Lennar are opening staged-homes filled to the brim with Alexa-powered smart-home products. Anyone can visit these new “Amazon Experience Centers” to see what it’s like to yell at a speaker to open the blinds, or push a button to order more toilet paper from Amazon Prime. The companies are launching the houses in 15 cities across the United States to start.
Lennar already has Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant pre-installed in all of its new homes. The company includes an Echo Show and an Echo Dot so homeowners can lock doors, change temperatures, and turn off lights with voice commands.
Its houses have a number of other smart-home gadgets to get people started, including a Sonos One speaker, a Ring video doorbell, smart locks, a connected thermostat, and a Samsung SmartThings hub.
Lennar announced the Echo integration last summer as part of the its “everything included” approach to selling houses.
Lennar is the largest home builder in the United States, and made almost 30,000 homes in 2017. It has long had fully staged model homes all around the country. Now it is letting Amazon transform some of them with even more of its products, from Fire TVs and security cameras, to Dash Buttons and Prime Music services.
Read the full article: Amazon shows off Alexa-filled homes of the future via CNN
Sacramento, Calif. – May 2018 – Lennar is thrilled to celebrate the Grand Opening of the Redwood Collection at Parkside on Saturday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Situated in the Vineyard Creek area of Sacramento, prospective homeshoppers are invited to enjoy complimentary treats, refreshments and model home tours.
“We are very excited for the opening of the Redwood Collection, which offers an incredible opportunity for families looking to own in the highly-sought after Vineyard Creek area of Sacramento,” said Michelle Velky, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Sacramento. “We’re offering some of our most popular floorplans at this community that come in a variety of sizes and styles to suit all types of families and living situations.”
Homeshoppers will have five distinctive floorplans to choose from. With both single and two-story layouts available, sizes range from approximately 1,950 to 3,427 square feet of living space with three to five bedrooms and two to three-and-a-half bathrooms. Also in the Redwood Collection is Lennar’s revolutionarly Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® design for multigenerational families.
All of the new homes in the Redwood Collection at Parkside showcase Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program with a high level of standard features that come at no additional cost. These new residences feature built-in wireless access points for commercial strength internet coverage throughout the home, home automation technology and products from Amazon, Leviton® and Ring®, granite or quartz kitchen countertops, solar, European-style cabinetry, GE Profile™ stainless steel appliances and so much more!
The Grand Opening event will take place on Saturday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Redwood Welcome Home Center located at 9366 Sugar Bush Circle in the Vineyard Creek neighborhood of Sacramento. For more information call 877-368-8464, email LennarSacramento@Lennar.com or visit www.lennar.com/sacramento.
About Lennar
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation’s leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar’s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services for both buyers of Lennar’s homes and others. Lennar’s Rialto segment is a vertically integrated asset management platform focused on investing throughout the commercial real estate capital structure. Lennar’s Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. Previous press releases and further information about Lennar may be obtained at the “Investor Relations” section of Lennar’s website, www.lennar.com.
Gilroy, Calif. – May 2018 – Cambridge Place is a new community of beautiful single-family homes for sale in Gilroy by CalAtlantic Homes, a Lennar company. This community will Grand Open the model homes with a fun event on Saturday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and homeshoppers are invited to attend.
“Cambridge Place is an incredible new community situated near the lush rolling foothills of Gilroy,” said Morgan Sterling, Marketing Manager for Lennar Bay Area. “It’s located near great recreation in a family-focused atmosphere. Our new homes also showcase modern layouts and features for an elevated lifestyle that meets the needs of today’s busy families.”
CalAtlantic Homes has joined Lennar’s family of companies to create the leading homebuilder nationwide. Together, the two are combined in their effort of helping families move into the next stage of their life with a brand-new home.
Homeshoppers have four distinctive floorplans to choose from that range in size from 2,407 to 2,815 square feet of living space. Offering four bedrooms and three bathrooms, each of these home designs showcase open-concept layouts centered around spacious great rooms, gourmet kitchens with center island workstations and spacious pantries, second-floor laundry rooms and expansive master suites. Flexibile room options allow homebuyers to personalize the home of their dreams, with options that include dens, indoor-outdoor California rooms, additional bedrooms and more per plan.
Featuring a small town atmosphere, Cambridge Place is located near award-winning parks, premier shopping centers, golf courses and the Gilroy Premium Outlets and historic downtown. Wine enthusiasts will delight in the variety of local family-owned wineries along the 28-mile Santa Clara Wine Trail. Quick access to Highway 101 also makes Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco an easy commute away.
The Grand Opening will take place on Saturday, May 19 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Welcome Home Center, located at 8754 Baxter way in Gilroy. Visit us online or call 669-200-6550 to learn more.
About Lennar
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation’s leading builders of quality homes for all generations. Lennar builds affordable, move-up and active adult homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar’s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services for both buyers of Lennar’s homes and others. Lennar’s Rialto segment is a vertically integrated asset management platform focused on investing throughout the commercial real estate capital structure. Lennar’s Multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. Previous press releases and further information about Lennar may be obtained at the “Investor Relations” section of Lennar’s website, www.lennar.com.
Charleston, S.C. – (April 3, 2018) – In early April, Sea Aire, Lennar’s first community to offer solar homes and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ smart homes in South Carolina, will open on James Island. At just 24 homes, the intimate community is located off Folly Road and in easy driving distance to both the beach and downtown. Sea Aire is designed to celebrate and make a minimal impact on its natural environment with a host of advanced technological features to change the way homeowners live.
Sea Aire’s collection of solar, Charleston Single-style homes are the newest additions to Lennar’s Everything’s Included® program, meaning sought-after extras and add-ons like stainless steel appliances, upgraded cabinetry, granite countertops, subway tile backsplash, and HardiePlank® exterior are included in price of the home,[1] which start in the $300K’s.
Sea Aire’s standout environmental features include preserved grand oak trees and native plantings among community gardens, compost bins, storm water filtration systems, and pervious grass pavers. These Lennar homes will all feature the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ program,[2] designed to keep residents connected and in control with advanced automation features and Amazon Alexa voice control.
In addition to the significant value Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included program already offers – such as upgraded countertops and appliances – buyers also receive a wide range of smart products from top manufacturers that change the way they live in their new home at no additional cost. Some of these features include:
“Sea Aire is set in one of the most picturesque areas of Charleston, and is one of the most special places to live in a solar community,” said Jason Byham, President of Lennar Coastal Carolinas Division. “And thanks to our Amazon integration, homeowners can rely on Alexa voice controls to make the most out of our Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ smart features. Weaving technology into the lives of our homeowners for their joy, convenience, and safety only adds to our excitement.”
On April 10, 2018, Lennar will host a ribbon cutting to celebrate this addition to James Island at the recently completed Sea Aire model home at 1410 Pearl Channel Loop, Charleston, SC, 29412. For details, visit seaairevip.com or call (843) 514-8295. For media inquiries or to schedule a media interview, please contact Amy Dooley at 843-266-4438 or Amy.Dooley@Lennar.com
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About Lennar
Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the nation’s largest builders of quality homes for all generations. The Company builds affordable, move-up and retirement homes primarily under the Lennar brand name. Lennar’s Financial Services segment provides mortgage financing, title insurance and closing services for both buyers of the Company’s homes and others. Lennar’s Rialto segment is a vertically integrated asset management platform focused on investing throughout the commercial real estate capital structure. Lennar’s multifamily segment is a nationwide developer of high-quality multifamily rental properties. Previous press releases and further information about the Company may be obtained at the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website, www.lennar.com.
[1] Please see a New Home Consultant and home purchase agreement for actual features designated as an Everything’s Included feature, additional information, disclosures, and disclaimers relating to the home and its features. All product and/or company names are trademarks TM or registered trademarks ® of their respective owners, and use of these marks does not imply any sponsorship, endorsement, support, or affiliation between the trademark owners and Lennar.
[2] Lennar’s automated homes are built according to the Wi-Fi Alliance® program guidelines for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Designs. See the Wi-Fi Alliance® website at www.wi-fi.org for additional information regarding the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Design program. The Wi-Fi Alliance® also certifies home designs after review of a home floorplan, which may occur after your closing. Wireless performance in homes will vary due to design changes, construction changes, placement of furnishings and appliances, usage, and local conditions. Network performance will be affected by network configuration, the number of users, and the type of use. Homeowners are responsible for providing their own Internet connection and determining their own bandwidth needs, which may vary. Lennar does not guarantee that networks, equipment, or services will meet all homeowner needs. Homeowners are also responsible for configuring all security features. Lennar does not warrant or represent that any network or network device is secure or can prevent all privacy intrusions, malware, or cyber-attacks, even when correctly configured. Certain products or services are provided by third parties, and not Lennar. Lennar does not guarantee any equipment or services provided by third parties. Additional disclosures and disclaimers relating to The Connected Home program will apply. See your purchase agreement and related disclosures for details.
