FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For information, contact: Andrea McLendon 239.248.7346 or amclendon@barroncollier.com

AVE MARIA, FL., — May 9, 2019–   The master-planned community of Ave Maria, Florida reports strong new home sales in April, with 23 sales contracts coming from its three residential home builders— CC Homes, Del Webb Naples, and Pulte Homes. Ave Maria remains the number-one selling new home community in Collier County according to most recent March 2019 MetroStudy report. This marks the 17th consecutive quarter that Ave Maria has been ranked as the fastest- selling new home community in Collier County

“Our strong new home sales in Ave Maria reflect what home buyers are looking for,” states Andrea McLendon, marketing director for Ave Maria Development and Barron Collier Companies. “The combination of a self-sustaining lifestyle that appeals to all ages and backgrounds with quality home builders offering more than 40 home designs that fit every budget make Ave Maria a home run.”

The town of Ave Maria has been designed self-sustaining, with all daily conveniences located in-town and within a short distance of residential neighborhoods. A fully amenitized lifestyle awaits new home buyers featuring a central Town Center with shops, restaurants, medical offices, fitness center, and Publix Supermarket. Outdoor recreation in-town includes private waterpark with resort and lap pools, interactive playground and slides, concession and beach volleyball, Panther Run Golf Club at Del Webb, tennis and bocce courts, and basketball, baseball and soccer fields. A full-time lifestyle director assists in programming free town events including outdoor concerts, arts festivals, weekly farmer markets, holiday events, and monthly first Friday themed social events.

Residents living in Ave Maria can choose to send their children to on-site private schools including the K-12 Donahue Academy and Ave Maria University. Ave Maria children attending public schools are zoned for the highly accredited Collier County Public School District, ranked 3rd in the state of Florida.

Three builders offer several styles of homes including single family residences with 2-6 bedrooms featuring lake, preserve, and golf course views. Twenty model homes are open daily. New home buyers can select from several builders in different neighborhoods. CC Homes builds single-family homes in three neighborhoods within the town—Maple Ridge at Ave Maria, Silverwood at Maple Ridge, and Maple Ridge Reserve. New homes are priced from the low $200s. Del Webb Naples offers single-family homes in their exclusive active adult neighborhood for residents 55 and better with prices from the high $100s. National Builder Pulte Homes builds single-family residences in Avalon Park with prices from the mid $200s.

ABOUT AVE MARIA & DIRECTIONS

Ave Maria has been named 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 Community of the Year, the Top Selling Single-Family Home Community in Southwest Florida for five consecutive years, a Top 35 Master Planned Community in the United States and its active adult community, Del Webb Naples, has been named a Top 20 Places to Retire. Located in southwest Florida, minutes from the beaches and cultural attractions of Naples, Ave Maria is a self-sustaining town including highly-rated schools, shopping and dining, employment opportunities, parks and recreation, and more.  At its build out, the town will include up to 11,000 residences, and 1.7 million square feet of retail, office, and business park uses in its 4,000 acres.  Ave Maria is located at the intersection of Oil Well and Camp Keais Roads in Eastern Collier County.  The main entrance, on Oil Well just west of Camp Keais, leads to the Town Center. Take I-75, exit 111, follow the signs east to Ave Maria, approximately 20 minutes. For more information, please visit www.avemaria.com or call 239-352-3903.

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