Central Florida Retirement

SummerGlen has just announced a new promotional offer on immediate built homes.  Until October 31, 2009, new home purchasers at SummerGlen can take $25,000 off the list price of a Designer or Signature Series home if they are ready to begin building now, so that the home can be ready for occupancy in early 2010.

This is one of the best discount SummerGlen has ever offered for Immediate Build homes, and it comes at the perfect time, if you’re thinking about making your move to sunny Florida when the cold winter weather blows in up north. You can choose from any of our great Designer or Signature floorplans. Check out the special Build-Now prices here.

Some limitations apply, and this offer is not good in combination with any other offer. See your SummerGlen Sales Counselor for full details or call 800-277-8707 for more information.

*Purchasers who sign new purchase agreements for SummerGlen Designer or Signature Homes will receive$25,000 off the standard list price by agreeing to comply with the terms and conditions of SummerGlen Immediate Build Purchase Agreement. Not good on previous contracts or in combination with any other offer. Some limitations apply.

SummerGlen has completed the final building in its three-phase recreational center–The SummerGlen Grand Hall.  The Grand Hall opened on October 3 with a special performance by the Legends of Doo Wop, for which every SummerGlen homeowner received complimentary tickets as a gift from Florida Leisure Communities.

The Grand Hall includes approximately 8,000 square feet of flexible meeting space that is suitable for performances and entertainment, large dinners and dances, movie nights, bingo, and a wide variety of other different activities and events.  The main hall includes a stage with automatic screen, a digital projection system, theater-style lighting and a specialized sound system.

The Grand Hall also includes a conference room for smaller meetings, a catering kitchen and offices for the SummerGlen Homeowners’ Association.

In addition to the Grand Hall, SummerGlen also offers its homeowners the SummerGlen Residents’ Club with a health-club quality fitness center, beach-entry pool and relaxing spa.  Plus residents can enjoy the SummerGlen Golf Club with its pro-shop and full-service restaurant and bar.

For more information on SummerGlen, browse to www.SummerGlen.com

Work has progressed rapidly on the beautiful new SummerGlen Grand Hall.  Begun just in April, the exterior of the building is now virtually complete with final painting, and we are rapidly moving ahead on the interior finishes and outfitting.  Projections are the Grand Hall will be complete in late summer, and a spectacular Grand Opening is planned for October 3, 2009.  Check back often for information regarding this Grand Opening celebration.

Be sure to check the SummerGlen website to see regular updates and photos of our Grand Hall progress.  Click here to go to our progress page now.

SummerGlen was ranked #9 among all searches for “places to retire” on America Online. AOL reported the top 10 searches for places to retire in an AOL home page feature on Saturday, May 23. To see the list of top 10 places to retire searches on AOL, click here.

SummerGlen continues to set new standards in building “green” energy efficient homes. We’re just made Tailored Foam insulation standard on the living area exterior block walls of all SummerGlen homes. Tailored Foam is a foam insulation that is pressure injected into the open cells of a home’s exterior concrete block walls. This process helps to seal the walls, it keeps out the heat, humidity, bugs, and noise. Tailored Foam achieves the highest “R” value and reduces air infiltration better than any other type of masonry insulation.

 We’ve also increased the ceiling insulation in all living areas to an extra efficient R-48. Plus we’ve increased the SEER rating on SummerGlen homes air conditioning systems to a high-efficiency 13 SEER value. These improvements means SummerGlen homeowners will enjoy homes that are more comfortable, quiet and efficient than ever before. And homeowners will be helping to save our planet’s resources, while at the same time saving substantially on their energy bills.

 These new standards, along with the ones we already have in place, put SummerGlen in the forefront of “green” homebuilding technology. All of our homes now meet or exceed the green building standards established by the National Association of Homebuilders. That means that we build them to minimize the impact of construction on the earth and design them so that you can live comfortably with minimal impact on our planet’s resources.  At SummerGlen, we believe you can “live green” without paying a premium for the privilege of living in an eco-friendly community. That’s why we’ve incorporated all of these green building standards and environmentally-friendly features to be included in the standard price of every home we sell.

 To read more about the many green building features of SummerGlen homes, click here.

Wow,  it’s hard to believe SummerGlen’s new Grand Hall just began construction two weeks ago, and already the concrete block walls are going up.  Over the past two weeks, we’ve poured more than 5,000 cubic feet of concrete to form the foundation and floor slab of the Grand Hall.  Now mason’s are busy taking up the walls on the new 8,000 square foot building. 

We’re tracking Grand Hall construction progress on SummerGlen’s website.  Click here to view our progress page.

It’s another beautiful day at SummerGlen. Our new Grand Hall is coming along nicely. We should be pouring the floor slab early next week– a major milestone.

Here are some interesting facts about the new Grand Hall.

•  It will seat up to 712 people for concert style seating. It’s the greenest building we’ve ever built at SummerGlen.
• It’s extremely energy efficient. It even has CO2 sensors in its state of the art AC system that detects exactly how much outside air is needed for any particular crowd size, thus saving the cost of air conditioning warmer outside air when it’s not necessary.
•  It has a state of the art sound and audio system that will allow for a wide variety of events.

At this point, we expect the new Grand Hall will be finished considerably earlier than our planned completion date in late 2009–stay tuned for Grand Opening details.

SummerGlen was awarded still another major honor on March 20, 2009, when it captured “best in show” at the 2009 Marion County Parade of Homes.  The community’s entry was “The Bal Harbor”, a three-bedroom, two-bath, plus den design that is one of the most popular among SummerGlen’s more than 20 standard home designs.  Parade judges sited the Bal Harbor’s kitchen as one of the best of all homes judged, as well as the home’s overall design and quality.

SummerGlen's Parade Trophy

SummerGlen received a special trophy (shown at left) at the Marion County Builders Association Awards Ceremony.  The trophy was on display in the Bal Harbor through the end of the Parade on March 29, and is now on display in the SummerGlen Sales Center.

More than two dozen homes throughout the Ocala/Marion County area competed in the spring Parade, which is sponsored annually by the Marion County Building Industry Association.  Homes receive awards in various categories, which are arranged according to the price of the home.

In addition to the Parade of Homes award, SummerGlen has three times been named as one of the top 100 master planned adult communities in the United States by “Where To Retire” magazine.