Retirement News : Seniors : Builder stakes out spaces for new senior communities

Builder stakes out spaces for new senior communities

Date Added: 17-11-2005

Del Webb, a Pulte Homes brand, is expanding in Michigan.  Read the excerpt below.

By Neal Haldane / Special to The Detroit News

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP -- New homes in communities for people 55 and older could represent 25 percent to 35 percent of Pulte Homes' business in Michigan during the next five years as the company expands the concept in the state, officials say.

Del Webb, a Pulte Homes brand, opened its first Michigan adult community, Bridgewater, last weekend and Steve Atchison, president of Pulte Homes of Michigan, said the next development for older homeowners will debut next year in Grand Blanc, with two more locations planned in the Detroit area.

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http://www.detnews.com/2005/business/0511/16/C02-383135.htm