Anna Young, Author at Lennar Resource Center

Arvada, Colo. – August 2018 – Join Lennar for the Grand Opening of new model homes from The Grand Collection at Candelas in Arvada on Saturday, August 18^th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, August 19^th from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There will be complimentary eats provided by Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs and High Point Creamery Ice Cream from 12 to 2 p.m. on both days, plus treats and face painting for the little ones, so bring the whole family out to this exciting event! Situated within the picturesque Candelas masterplan community, The Grand Collection showcases a beautiful collection of ranch-style and two-story homes suitable for every family type, including two Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® designs for multigenerational living. Mark your calendars and stop by this Grand Opening to find your dream home in a setting like no other!

“We’re very excited to be bringing to homeshoppers a beautiful collection of new homes that boast wonderful Everything’s Included® features with home automation technology, as well as floorplans that accommodate the modern buyer with our Next Gen® designs,” said Carrie Castilian, Director of Marketing for Lennar Colorado. “Set within Arvada’s largest and most complete masterplan community, Candelas provides buyers with a family-friendly setting encircled by open space, walking paths and community parks.”

The Grand Collection offers six distinct floorplans to choose from ranging in size from approximately 2,257 to 4,122 square feet of living space including four to six bedrooms, three to four and one-half bathrooms and three-car garages. Floorplans feature contemporary details throughout with open-concept living areas that effortlessly connect the great room, kitchen and nook spaces that make entertaining and connecting easy, plus experience spacious secondary bedrooms, upscale kitchens with gorgeous center islands and elegant master suites with spa-inspired bathrooms. Homes at The Grand Collection start in the mid $500,000s.

For homeshoppers seeking additional space in their home, perhaps for their parents, the new SuperHome SL model home showcases Lennar’s innovative Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® design which has redefined the way multigenerational or extended families live together. This two-story floorplan offers an attached private suite to provide as much privacy or access between the two homes as desired. The suite offers a comfortable living space with a living room with kitchenette, bedroom with walk-in closet, bathroom with two vanities, laundry room, retreat space and its own separate entrance.

For added value, comfort and style, each home from The Grand Collection comes complete with an Everything’s Included® package that makes the homebuying experience simpler by including today’s most popular upgrades and features as standard. Enjoy large kitchen islands with granite countertops, upgraded cabinetry, gourmet GE® stainless steel appliances, an array of home automation technology to provide a more connected way of living and much more—all at no additional cost!

Candelas is a nearly 1,500-acre masterplanned community that is planned for 1,450 single-family detached homes, 785 attached residences and several million square feet of retail and commercial space. Arvada offers a small-town feel nearby Historic Olde Town Arvada and is located just eight minutes from Golden, 15 minutes from Boulder and 25 minutes from Denver.

Prospective homeshoppers are encouraged to attend the Grand Opening on August 18^th and 19^th at 19345 W. 94^th Ave. in Arvada. For more information, visit www.Lennar.com/Colorado or call 720-619-0196.

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.

Tulare, Calif. – August 2018 – Lennar Central Valley is excited to announce that the model homes at Windmills are now open! Come visit the Welcome Home Center to tour the two beautiful and professionally-decorated model homes from the coveted Cambridge Series of home designs.

“We are so excited to have our newest community in Tulare open,” said Susan Wilke, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Central Valley. “These gorgeous model homes showcase smart floorplans and all the stylish Everything’s Included® features that come at no additional cost. Prospective homeshoppers can discover what living in a new Lennar home is like by scheduling or tour or stoping by the community.”

Among the five floorplans offered at Windmills, home sizes range approximately from 2,000 to 2,697 square feet, three to five bedrooms and two to three bathrooms. Included within the Cambridge Collection offered at this community is the Versa II, a Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® floorplan.

The Versa II is a single-story home that offers 2,480 square feet of living space that includes five bedrooms and three full-sized bathrooms. As a Next Gen® home designed with multigenerational living in mind, the Versa II features an attached private suite that has its own separate entrance, living room, kitchenette, full-sized bathroom and bedroom. An interior door connects the suite to the main home allowing for the flexibility of privacy or togetherness.

Lennar is the first builder to offer Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Designs, which feature a series of built-in wireless access points throughout the home that pair with integrated home automation products and technology. Lennar’s Everything’s Included® program includes all these items as standard, meaning at no additional cost to the buyer, along with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and so much more.

Quick move-in homes at this community are now selling and homes are priced starting from the upper $200,000s. Tour the model homes at the Welcome Home Center, located on Bardsley Avenue and Morrison Street in Tulare. To schedule a tour, call 559-554-1147 or visit us online.

Plumas Lake, Calif. – August 2018 – Prospective homebuyers looking for incredible value and smart home design will find success at Lennar’s Sonoma Ranch in Plumas Lake. This premier community offers a collection of expansive, single-story homes to choose from, each of which comes outfitted with high-end and innovative features at no additional cost.

“Sonoma Ranch is an ideal community for homeshoppers in search of a spacious, modern single-story home design with three and four-bay garage spaces,” said Michelle Velky, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Sacramento. “Offering up to five bedrooms and with prices that start from the mid $300,000s, this community is a great opportunity for growing families and first-time buyers.”

Lennar offers three single-story floorplans exclusive to Sonoma Ranch, each of which are available in variety of elevation styles. These home designs range in size from approximately 2,062 to 2,600 square feet with three to five bedrooms and two to three bathrooms. Each new home showcases an open-concept living area that effortlessly connects to the gourmet kitchen for maximized interior space, private master suites with spa-like bathrooms and walk-in closets and valuable Everything’s Included® features.

As part of Lennar’s signature Everything’s Included® program, every residence comes outfitted with high-end features at no additional cost. These include GE® stainless steel appliances, solar, granite or quartz kitchen countertops, high-quality cabinetry and the latest home automation technology, all powered by Amazon Alexa.

Homeshoppers can tour the professionally-decorated model homes by visiting the Sonoma Ranch Welcome Home Center, located at 2056 Earhart Way in Plumas Lake. You can schedule a tour and view floorplans by visiting www.lennar.com/sacramento.

We’ve all toured gorgeous model homes and thought “How could I ever get my home to look like this?” Well, have no fear! Houzz to the rescue with these 11 Designer Tips on how to decorate your living room!

Whether your style is traditional or modern, relaxed or formal, bold or subdued, your living room should be a place where you can feel comfortable, let down your guard and spend quality time with friends, family or just yourself. There’s an art to decorating a room that looks great and works well for you. So before you dive into a living room redesign, arm yourself with a few designer tips and tricks. Here are some of my favorites.

11 Tips for Decorating a Living Room

1. Mix light and dark. When a living room is all white and bright, it can feel too “clean” and unapproachable. When it’s all dark, it can feel like a cave. But mixing dark and light colors creates a dynamic look that has depth and balance. The design of any space benefits from the inclusion of at least a little white and a little black.

2. Contrast your neutrals. Beyond including some white and some black, decorating a living room with a variety of contrasting neutrals goes a long way toward making it feel rich and welcoming. In this example, the white walls, caramel leather, brass hardware, gray sofa and blue-gray cabinets all contrast with one another, which highlights their different finishes and undertones. This makes the palette feel rich even before other key elements, such as color, pattern and texture, are added.

3. Play with texture. Texture is easy to overlook when decorating a living room, especially since we don’t see it so much as touch it. But it’s important for making a living room feel cozy, and that goes for plush textures that appeal to the touch and harder textures that add contrast. Include leather, cotton, wool, metal, stone, glass, plant life and as many other textures as you can. Pillows are a great place to start, especially if you’re decorating a living room on a budget. Look to other accessories and furnishings to add new materials to the palette, even in small doses.

4. Work in some wood. We can’t talk about texture without talking about wood, one of the top materials for bringing a sense of warmth to a living room. There are so many ways to add wood, any of which will make a space feel a bit more inviting. Consider wall paneling, side tables, movable stools, picture frames, sofa legs and carved pieces of art as just a few of the many options.

5. Mix up your upholstery. Sure, most furniture stores give you the option of purchasing an entire living room set in matching upholstery, but that doesn’t mean you should do it. In a formal seating area, matching upholstery can give a sense of maturity and order, but if you want a living room to feel cozy and welcoming, mix and match your upholstered pieces to give the design a bit more personality.

Covington, Wash. – August 2018 – Lennar is excited to announce the official date for the Grand Opening of Maple Hills will be on Saturday, September 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prospective homeshoppers are invited to attend a fun-filled event with complimentary treats from a local food truck, fun activities for the little ones and the first opportunity to tour the professionally-decorated model home. The model will be the first Everything’s Included® home in the Maple Hills community.

“Maple Hills has been such a fantastic and popular community due in part to its charming location near great outdoor recreation,” said Bill Salvesen, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar Seattle. “We’re very excited to offer Everything’s Included® new homes for sale here. It allows homebuyers to enjoy all the upgrades, bells and whistles in their new home without having to pay extra.”

The new Lennar model will showcase the Lucerne floorplan, a two-story, 3,037-square foot home outfitted with all the high-end features and home automation technology that comes included as standard. The Lucerne also offers an open-concept layout that customers will love along with five bedrooms, three and one-half bathrooms, covered porch and back patio, upstairs bonus room and a two-bay garage.

Lennar’s offers nine distinctive floorplans in total at Maple Hills, which range in size from 2,703 to 4,122 square feet. Each home offers the homebuilder’s signature Everything’s Included® program, providing high-end features at no additional cost. Homeowners can enjoy stainless steel appliances, granite or quartz kitchen countertops, high-quality cabinetry and the latest in home automation technology, voice controlled by Amazon Alexa.

Mark your calendars and join us for the Grand Opening event on Saturday, September 8 at the Welcome Home Center, located at 25632 206th Place SE. For more information or complete directions visit www.lennar.com/seattle or call 855-325-1502.

Escondido, Calif. – August 2018 – Join Lennar San Diego and the Harmony Grove Village masterplan for a special end-of-summer event on Saturday, August 25^th at 6:30 p.m. At 4^th of July Park a special concert and movie under the stars will take place with a special screening of Disney’s Coco. Bring your chairs, blankets and snacks for this fun-filled evening. Food will also be available to purchase.

“We are so excited for this fun event and encourage all of our residents to invite friends and family to join us,” said Laurie Massas, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Lennar San Diego. “Harmony Grove Village is a family-focused masterplanned community with great spirit and beautiful amenities. This event is the perfect opportunity for prospective homeshoppers to explore this incredible community and experience the lifestyle it provides.”

Harmony Grove Village is situated in beautiful Escondido and offers four new home neighborhoods that are now selling. Cavalli was the latest community to open and is Lennar’s first Everything’s Included® neighborhood of homes for sale to join the thriving masterplan. Martingale is coming soon, with plans to open in spring 2019, and the interest list is now open.

Seabreeze at Harmony Grove Village is down to its final few homes for sale and the highly-upgraded model homes are available for purchase. Andalucia offers four distinctive floorplans with a few quick move-in homes available. Whittingham features a few homes for sale from CalAtlantic Homes, now a Lennar company, that offer the opportunity to customize certain features and upgrades. Whittingham will release a new phase of homes for sale that showcase Lennar’s Everything’s Included® program.

Cavalli Grand Opened recently and is the first Lennar community at Harmony Grove Village of Everything’s Included® new homes for sale. Lennar’s signature program provides homebuyers with popular features and upgrades, such as stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, solar and home automation, all at no additional cost.

The Concert and Movie Night will take place on Saturday, August 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Harmony Grove Village’s 4^th of July Park. From the I-15 exit Valley Parkway, head west, turn right on W. Citracado Parkway and make a left on Harmony Grove Village to get to the masterplan. View directions and more information on the community by visiting www.lennar.com/sandiego.

Marlowe, Chicago’s first voice-activated apartments are now open for lease in River North . Marlowe features Lennar’s Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Design, which allows its residents to control connected devices by simply using their voice. Learn more about these new voice-activated apartments in this Chicago Business article by Dennis Rodkin.

Residents can control the lights, shades, temperature and music in their apartments using only their voice at Marlowe, a new 15-story luxury building on Huron Street. It’s in the standard technology package for all units, not an upgrade.

Say hello to the first apartments in Chicago where voice-activated lights, window shades, thermostat and music are all standard equipment.

Or, more to the point, say “Hello, Alexa,” and Amazon’s voice-activated electronic assistant will set all that equipment exactly the way you want it.

At Marlowe, a 167-unit rental building that opened in stages in June and July, the technology package that comes in every apartment also includes a commercial-grade Wi-Fi router that promises no dead spots.

When they move into the glassy 15-story building on Huron Street, renters get time with an Amazon staffer who sets it all up to their specifications. That includes creating three custom-designed “scenes,” or pre-set combinations of lights, shades and temperature the residents want to have when, for example, they arrive home from work in the evening or when they’re watching movies.

Then, at the end of a workday, the renter can walk into the apartment, say “Alexa, I’m home,” and watch the surroundings automatically adjust. Later, say “Alexa, it’s movie time,” and it all will adjust again.

“You can fully activate your apartment without touching anything,” said Peter Chmielewski, senior vice president of development for Lennar Multifamily Communities, the wing of Miami-based homebuilder Lennar Corporation that developed Marlowe.

In 2017, Lennar, one of the nation’s largest home-building firms, rolled out a similar voice-activated package in some of its single-family home developments. Marlowe is Lennar’s first multi-family building to offer it.

“We’re a beneficiary of what the single-family (side) was doing,” Chmielewski said, “but we spent a lot of time working out the details for” an apartment building. One difference: Lennar’s package for single-family homes includes a new-technology doorbell and video monitoring of who’s at the door, but because Marlowe has a staffed front desk, those components aren’t needed.

The detail work included putting a plastic door, instead of a more common metal one, over the compartment where the guts of an apartment’s technology are kept. “It reduces interference with the signals,” Chmielewski said.

The lights, temperature, window shades and music can also be controlled via an app and by wall switches. Renters can turn off any of the components they don’t want to use. Cable and Internet aren’t included in the package, but after the provider does its installation, an Amazon staffer comes in to make it all harmonize, Chmielewski said.

At Marlowe, the voice-activated equipment and high-quality Wi-Fi is included in the monthly rent, which starts at about $2,000 for a 430-square-foot studio and tops out at about $4,690 for a 1,200-square-foot two-bedroom. The Marlowe is part of the wave of high-priced, super-amenitied rentals that developers have been building by the thousands in downtown neighborhoods over the past several years.

“When we were designing this building, we knew there were hundreds of units coming within a quarter-mile,” Chmielewski said. “We knew we were going to need to stand out.”

Another convenient modern twist on apartment living is in the package-delivery area on the first floor. Renters who come to pick up a package will hold up their phone to a monitor, and one of a few dozen small doors on the wall will open to reveal their package stored inside.

There’s more technological sophistication on the 15-floor amenity floor, such as internet-equipped screens on the treadmills and Peloton exercise bikes. Every renter gets a membership.

Marlowe, at 169 E. Huron, was designed by Antunovich Associates, a prolific Chicago architecture firm, and the apartment interiors are by Elness Swenson Graham Architects in Minneapolis. The apartments have nine-foot ceilings of concrete and walls of windows. Many units have balconies, and single parking spaces in the building rent for an additional $250 a month.

It’s back to school season! Is a new home on your to-do list? We understand that finding a new home can be difficult and especially if you are looking for a home in a specific school district. Lennar Nashville has new homes available now near Rutherford County schools in our communities of Valleybrook, Blackman Meadows, and Brighton Park of Murfreesboro, TN.

New Homes near Rutherford County Schools
Lennar Nashville has three amazing communities in the city of Murfreesboro! Each community offers an array of plans so that you can find whatever home that’ll fit your needs. Valleybrook features our Classic Collection of homes beginning in the high $200s, Brighton Park offers a mix of both our Classic Collection and Symphony collection with 12 plans to choose from, and last but not least the newest community in Murfreesboro, Blackman Meadows, offers the Symphony collection beginning in the mid $300s.

The Beautiful Classic and Symphony Collections
Discover the home that best fits your needs! The Classic collections features both one-story and two-story options with master down living, bonus loft spaces on selected plans, 1,685 to 2,573 square feet of living space, and 3 to 4 bedrooms. The Symphony collection ranges from 2,305 to 3,348 square feet of living space, 4 to 5 bedrooms, open-concept floorplans, and bonus rooms on select plans. Call today, 615-236-8076, to schedule you tour and find the home that meets all your needs!

Home Automation is Included!
Included with all Lennar’s home is the Everything Included Guarantee that comes with Lennar’s new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Designs! Control your home with just your voice such as your front door lock, thermostat, lights, and more.

Find your new dream home near your dream school in Murfreesboro! Call today to schedule your VIP tour at 615-236-8076. Valleybrook is located at 3177 Rift Lane, Murfreesboro, TN 37130. Brighton Park is located at 4713 Kingdom Drive, Murfreesboro TN 37128. Blackman Meadows Welcome Home Center is coming soon! In the meantime, please visit our Welcome Home Center at nearby Brighton Park.

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August 2018 – With several communities situated in prime locations across the Bay Area’s hottest spots, now is your chance to live, work and play in the heart of the Bay. Offering The Connected Home by Lennar, you can purchase a brand-new home outfitted with the latest home automation trends at no additional cost.

“It’s no secret that the Bay Area is one of the hottest real estate markets nationwide, which is why we are thrilled to offer such a wide variety of home styles and locations to suit every type of homebuyer’s needs,” said Briana Roos, Marketing Manager for Lennar Bay Area. “Whether you’re looking for an easy commute to Silicon Valley, the Peninsula or East Bay, we have new homes for sale that will put you in the center of where you want to be.”

Estancia is a premier community located in Mountain View that offers upscale townhomes and single-family homes for sale. These contemporary residences come in ten distinctive floorplans and designs, which range in size from 1,295 to 2,010 square feet. This community will also feature a park for resident use.

Innovation, located in Fremont, is a masterplanned community with two collections, Icona and Revo, that are now selling. These high-end attached homes offer approximately 1,273 to 2,638 square feet. SoMont in Milpitas also offers a collection of attached homes with sizes that range from 1,061 to 2,338 square feet.

Lexington at Avenue One in San Jose is a great opportunity for homeshoppers looking to own new in the area. Homes range in size from 808 to 1,818 sqaure feet with prices that start from the upper $500,000s. Avenue One also offers great amenities including an upscale clubhouse, fitness center, picnic area, swimming pool and trail.

Lighthouse in Newark is one of Lennar’s chosen communities to showcase the Amazon Experience Center. One of the model homes is dedicated to showcasing the home automation features Lennar includes as standard, along with additional accessories homebuyers can choose to implement at a later date. Lighthouse will have amenities that include a park, sport court and tot lot.

Every new Lennar home showcases the homebuilder’s revolutionary Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Home Design, which incorporates built-in wireless access points throughout the home to offer strong Wi-Fi coverage in every room. Each home also comes outfitted with Everything’s Included® features, including home automation products and technology, all at no additional cost.

Residents can control the lights, shades, temperature and music in their apartments using only their voice at Marlowe, a new 15-story luxury building on Huron Street. It’s in the standard technology package for all units, not an upgrade.

Lennar builds new homes in 26 states across the country