The Villages Unseats Summerlin as Top-Selling Master-Planned

After six consecutive years as the top-selling master-planned community in the nation, Summerlin in Las Vegas dropped to No. 2 in 2003 behind The Villages, an active-adult community between Orlando and Ocala, Fla., according to Robert Charles Lesser & ..

February 29, 2004

This article first appeared in the PB March 2004 issue of Pro Builder.

Del Webb placed five communities among the top 20, including No. 16 Sun City Palm Desert (Calif.), which sold out last year. RCL notes that most of the top sellers are in areas with rapid population growth, steady or strong employment growth, abundant housing options and large tracts of available land in desirable climates.

Top-Selling Master-Planned Communities in 2003

2003 Rank	2002 Rank	Community	Metro Area	Developer	2003 Sales	2002 Sales	% Change
1	2	The Villages	Orlando/Ocala, Fla.	The Villages	3,823	2,260	69.2
2	1	Summerlin	Las Vegas	The Howard Hughes Corp.	2,873	2,634	9.1
3	4	Poinciana	Orlando, Fla.	Avatar Properties	2,484	1,697	46.4
4	5	Anthem Las Vegas	Las Vegas	Del Webb	2,038	1,678	21.5
5	3	Irvine Ranch	Orange County, Calif.	Irvine Community Development	1,937	2,080	-6.9
6	8	St. Lucie West	Port St. Lucie, Fla.	St. Lucie West Development	1,569	1,152	36.2
7	6	The Woodlands	Houston	The Woodlands Operating Co.	1,452	1,378	5.4
8	10	Anthem Phoenix	Phoenix	Del Webb	1,293	1,136	13.8
9	7	Ladera Ranch	Orange County, Calif.	DMB Ladera	1,212	1,415	-14.3
10	11	Sun City Grand	Phoenix	Del Webb	1,204	1,100	9.5