WCI Communities, Inc. is an American home builder. The company offers single family and condominium homes. WCI also provides design, construction, financing, land purchases, marketing, and community management services. The company operates realty, mortgage, and title businesses. WCI is based in Bonita Springs, Florida with regional offices in New York. The home builder has developed communities in Florida and the Northeastern United States. WCI also manages clubhouses, golf courses, restaurants, and marinas in some of the communities it develops.
WCI was founded in 1946 as Coral Ridge Properties which evolved into a division of the old Westinghouse Electric Corp. In 2002, WCI Communities, Inc. issued an Initial Public Offering and became a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol: WCI. WCI's current (2008) Interm Chief Executive Officer and President is David Fry. WCI entered the Chapter 11 restructuring process on August 4, 2008 and emerged September 3, 2009.
The National Association of Home Builders and Builder Magazine named WCI "America's Best Builder" in 2004.[1]
In January 2007, the company was featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Together with volunteers, sub-contractors, local businesses, and Tampa Bay area residents, WCI rebuilt a home in 96 hours for the Tate Family on Davis Island who had lost their home in a plane crash.[2]
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Florida Communities
- Artesia - Naples, FL
- Gateway/Hampton Park - Fort Myers, FL
- Hammock Bay - Naples, FL
- Heron Bay - Coral Springs, FL
- Lost Key - Perdido Key, FL
- Old Palm Golf Club - Palm Beach Gardens, FL
- Parkland Golf and Country Club - Parkland, FL
- Pelican Preserve - Fort Myers, FL
- Sun City Center - Sun City Center, FL
- The Colony - Bonita Springs, FL
- Tiburon - Naples, FL
- Tidewater Preserve - Bradenton, FL
- Venetian Golf and River Club - Venice, FL
- WCI at Hammock Dunes - Palm Coast, FL
- Westshore Yacht Club - Tampa, FL
Northeast US Communities
- Encore Atlantic Shores - Eastport, NY
- Four Corners - East Fishkill, NY
- Rivington - Danbury, CT
- The Watermark on Hudson - North Bergen, NJ
References
- ^ Public Home Builders Council of America (2004). WCI Communities, Inc.
- ^ "Showtime for 'Makeover'". St. Petersburg Times. January 9 2007. http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/09/Hillsborough/Showtime_for__Makeove.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
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