Last week during a momentous evening celebrated by the Bay Area’s most distinguished builders and developers, The New Home Company (NEW HOME, NYSE: NWHM) received top recognition in a variety of categories at the Bay Area Building Industry Association’s (BIA) Excellence in Home Building Awards.
Honored with the two most prestigious awards of the program, Builder of the Year and Community of the Year for its Garden House at Rose Lane neighborhood in Larkspur, the honors marked a significant milestone in the company’s growth and focus in the Bay Area market. “The New Home Company came to the Bay Area with a goal of creating residential neighborhoods that would appeal to the area's unique and progressive buyers, as well as stand the test of time in both design and quality craftsmanship,” said Kevin Carson, NEW HOME President Northern California.
“This acknowledgement from the BIA provides our Bay Area team, led by Senior Vice President Brian Olin, with even more motivation to pursue our passion for helping to build better lives.”
NEW HOME's inaugural attendance at the awards was also celebrated with a wide variety of secondary wins, including:
• Plan 6, Garden House at Rose Lane: Best Architectural Design (2,001 to 3,000 Square Feet) – Dahlin Group Architecture Planning
• Plan 8, Garden House at Rose Lane: Best Architectural Design (Over 3,000 Square Feet) – Dahlin Group Architecture Planning
• Garden House at Rose Lane: Best Model Landscaping Program – Environmental Foresight, Inc.
• Garden House at Rose Lane: Best Signage – Outdoor Dimensions
• David Pierson: Builder Community Superintendent of the Year (Rose Lane)
NEW HOME, one of California’s most active homebuilders, recently became a publicly traded company. It launched its initial public offering on January 31, 2014 and is now trading stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “NWHM.”
Last fall, NEW HOME opened Rose Lane, the new community of 85 residences situated in the heart of downtown Larkspur in Marin County. Rose Lane includes three different product types. These include Community of the Year honoree Garden House, which features 29 single-family luxury homes; 42 age restricted (55+) condominiums called Terraces, and14 cottage-style homes called Terrace Cottages.
For more information about the company or its current new-home offerings, visit www.NWHM.com.
