Avatar’s Award-Winning Creative Genius Unfolds Along Tampa’s Border
June 14, 2004
Avatar Properties Inc., one Central Florida’s most prominent and largest award-winning builders and developers, is rapidly expanding its nationally recognized creative genius into Tampa, offering Florida’s West Coast homebuyers a fresh and innovative choice in new home design and community living. Known for creating successful communities, Avatar’s team of nationally respected and recognized professionals consistently fashions distinctive lifestyle settings within unique environments affording residents a premier quality of life. Currently in New Tampa’s Cory Lake Isles and Sterling Hill in Hernando County, Avatar’s creative genius is hard at work, sculpting its newest shining stars.
In August 2003, Avatar began new home sales in Cory Lake Isles unique waterfront community conveniently located near Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard and received its initial welcome to the Tampa market. Of the original 358-single family home sites available, 143 have been sold, according to David Pardue, division manager of Avatar’s Tampa division.
“We are confident that we made the right move to expand into the Tampa market,” explains Pardue. “We have a long history and an impeccable reputation, not only in the communities in which we build, but nationally as well. It follows us wherever we go.”
Avatar offers new residents of Cory Lake Isles a vast selection of over 18 Mediterranean-style homes from three distinct collections, including the Adriatic, Riviera and the Barcelona collections priced from the $200s to the $600s. The Avatar home designs feature tile roofs, stucco exteriors and brick pavers on the driveways and offer one and two-story options ranging from 1,707 to 5,404 square feet of living space with three, four, five and six-bedroom options.
Each home has a truly distinctive floor plan with its own unique features: A majestic octagon-shaped ceramic tile foyer making for grand entrances is found in one model of the Riviera Collection and a separate his and her bath for the ultimate in privacy is featured in one of the Barcelona Collection models. A variety of garage approaches are used throughout the assortment of models, including two car garages hidden from front view to separate two and one-car garages and individual three-car garages adding tremendous variety and curb appeal.
Avatar’s award-winning experience in home design is portrayed by the numerous upgraded features included in the base price of its homes. The collections of homes at Cory Lake Isles are no exception. Loaded with extras designed for exquisite living, many of Avatar’s homes come standard with Corian kitchen countertops, integrated Corian kitchen sink, wood kitchen cabinetry with 42” uppers, General Electric appliances, including upgraded energy-efficient dishwasher, garbage disposal and trash compactor, upgraded faucets in kitchen and baths, cultured marble bathroom countertop, ceramic tile in all wet areas of the home, knockdown ceilings, decorative rocker light switches, garage door opener, security system and an upgraded landscape package.
While Avatar’s home selection at Cory Lake Isles has been a huge hit, the community itself has had a huge draw, especially among nature lovers and people with recreation in mind. The palm-lined, red-brick streets nestled amid a 17,000-acre pristine forest preserve and 165-acre Cory Lake create the ambiance of an outdoors enthusiast’s sanctuary. Within the secure confines of a manned, gated community, Cory Lake Isles offers fabulous homes, spectacular views and endless hours of enjoyment for all ages.
A 6,000-square-foot, lakeside beach club on Cory Lake features a fitness center, tennis and basketball, picnic pavilion, beachside playground for the youngsters and a unique roller blade hockey rink for the daring. Resident swimmers, sunbathers and boaters can enjoy unlimited access to the white sand beaches and 10 miles of lakeside shoreline where anglers, too, can enjoy bass fishing.
Cory Lake Isles offers a tropical setting and island ambiance, yet is conveniently located within minutes of major thoroughfares leading to all points of interest. Accessible from Morris Bridge Road and Cross Creek Boulevard, Cory Lake Isles is just six minutes from Interstate 75. Downtown Tampa, Ybor City, Raymond James Stadium, Busch Gardens, Tampa International Airport and the Gulf of Mexico are only minutes from home in this tropical paradise. An abundance of shopping and dining and cultural events are always at the beck and call of Cory Lake Isles residents. Nearby, top rated schools provide outstanding curriculums for residents with school-aged children. Primrose Pre-School, Pride Elementary School, Benito Middle School and Wharton High School are all within the Cory Lake Isles school district.
For more information on Avatar Properties at Cory Lake Isles, visit MyCoryLakeIsles.com or call the sales center at 866.580.9876 or 813.989.6037.
Just to the north of Cory Lake Isles in neighboring Hernando County is Avatar’s newest creative endeavor, Sterling Hill. Located within 35 minutes of downtown Tampa, Sterling Hill promises to become Tampa’s “next big community” providing quality, affordable living for young professionals and families, as well as retirees. Located on Elgin Boulevard, residents of Sterling Hill will have quick access to major employment centers, cultural activities, entertainment, shopping and dining.
Sterling Hill will be one of Hernando County’s only master-planned communities providing a distinctive lifestyle setting in unison with the county’s enormous natural amenities. Large conservation areas including nearby Withlacoochee State Forest, Weeki Wachee Preserve, Chinsegut Hill National Wildlife Refuge and Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge will be natural drawing cards for Sterling Hill future homeowners.
New home sales are expected to begin in August 2004. For more information on Sterling Hill, call 352.398.6438.
Whether it’s island living in Cory Lake Isles or life in the natural setting of Sterling Hill, residents of an Avatar home or community can feel confident that it was designed by a team of experienced craftsmen who have been making dreams come true for happy homeowners for decades. For years, Avatar has been a premier master builder and developer in Florida and Arizona and has received countless awards for its imaginative design and engineering of master planned communities and distinctive architectural design of a large portfolio of homes.
Just to the east of Tampa, Avatar has received wide acclaim for its Central Florida communities including Solivita, a European-design village for active adult living and Poinciana, another nature lover’s haven. Its Mediterranean-style Bellalago, featuring amenities similar to that of a five-star resort, was awarded the 2004 Parade of Homes Grand Award for Best Community by the Home Builders Association of Metro Orlando.
On a grander scale, further exemplifying their creative genius, Avatar Properties Inc. was recently awarded an APEX Award by Big Builder magazine for “most innovative product design in both homes and communities.” In the same competition, Avatar ranked second in the most overall votes earning it the additional recognition of Most Admired Builder. With accolades such as these, it is no wonder the Tampa market has opened its arms with warm welcome to the newest bright star creating distinctive lifestyles for a lifetime.
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