New homes will be the builder’s first in the award-winning master plan

TUCSON, Arizona – Rancho Sahuarita has announced that the first homes in its newest neighborhood of Entrada Del Rio will be built by award-winning builder, Lennar Homes.

The builder will make its official debut in the community, with plans to roll out a brand new series of plans for prospective homebuyers in the market.

The first 82 SFR lots transferred to Lennar for $4.62 million ($56,341 per lot) in Entrada Del Rio. Rancho Sahuarita has stopped here and continues to finish an additional 158 SFR lots to the north of this with 45’x110 and 50’x 120’ fully improved lots. Other homebuilders are of course showing an interest in the product. Rancho Sahuarita is an award-winning master planned community in Sahuarita, Arizona, with a highly amenitized lifestyle for the community’s 18,000 residents.

The community is also home to the Rancho Sahuarita Marketplace and the Sahuarita Town Center, both of which include commercial spaces available for leasing or sale. The Marketplace currently features a variety of retail, medical, restaurant, and other service providers. A full municipal complex, educational facilities, a fire station, and multiple churches can be found in the Sahuarita Town Center.

Tucson Division President for Lennar, Tom Gansheimer, commented on the exciting announcement saying: “Lennar has had a presence in Tucson for more than 40 years, but this will be our first community in Rancho Sahuarita. We are extremely excited to join the family!”

Entrada Del Rio will eventually be comprised of nearly 558 new home lots, to be opened in various phases featuring various builders. Lennar’s new home offerings will feature a highly versatile plan grouping, with square footages ranging from 1668- up to 2897-square-feet. The floorplans feature garages with extra storage spaces standard, which can also be converted to an additional bedroom or office if desired.

Lennar’s homes in Entrada Del Rio will also feature one of the company’s Next Gen® – The Home Within A Home® plans, with a brand new layout that will make its inaugural debut at Entrada Del Rio. Gansheimer also shared that the homes will feature the builder’s EI-Everything’s Included® program; with features such as Home Automation including their Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ home designs, granite kitchen countertops with a standard under mount sink, standard refrigerator, and window coverings.

Additional information and specifics about the new floor plans and included features will become available in the coming months.

Jeremy Sharpe, Vice President for Rancho Sahuarita, also commented on the launch of the new neighborhood, saying, “We are thrilled to welcome Lennar as a brand new homebuilder to our community, and excited to open Entrada Del Rio with a fresh offering for buyers. Families who choose Entrada Del Rio will love its ease of access in and out of the community, close proximity to the Rancho Sahuarita Marketplace and the Parque Del Rio neighborhood amenity, and its location nearby other amenities and schools.”

To get updates about Entrada Del Rio and to sign up for the neighborhood interest list, please visit www.RanchoSahuarita.com/DelRio. Additional information about other builders will also be released in the coming months, and those who join the interest list can be among the first to get those updates.

To learn more, see RED Comp #6332.

MARANA, Arizona – Meritage Homes recently closed on the last two blocks at Gladden Farms in Phase I for $1.82 million ($24,000 per lot). Blocks 7 and 13 sold platted for 76 homesites by Crown West Realty (Dean Wingert member) the developer.

Gladden Farms is a 1,350-acre master planned community in northern Marana, just west of Interstate 10 between Tangerine and Moor Roads. There are currently 1,300 SFR homes built in Gladden Farms and 277 lots currently under development. With four homebuilders active in the community, makes it is one of the most active communities in the Northwest submarket.

Will White and John Carroll with Land Advisors Tucson office handled the transaction.

White said, “Gladden Farms is firing on all cylinders and is one of the top masterplans in the Tucson metro area. It is great to see the builders continuing to purchase more land and build on their success.”

Meritage bought its first block of 89 platted lots at Gladden Farms in December 2015. Other builders in this planned community include KB Home, Richmond American and Lennar Homes.

White speaking of the recent sale says, “That was the last block of lots in Gladden Farms I and we are currently working on new deals now in Gladden Farms II. The mix of great homebuilders and product has produced strong sales and pricing power and we expect this to continue for some time.”

Gladden Farms offers over 105 acres of parks and open space and 8-miles of landscaped trails which connect to the major regional Santa Cruz River Linear Park system. Future phases will further expand the park areas and trail systems along with additional recreational, picnic, and sports facilities throughout the community.

For more information, White and Carroll should be reached at 520.514.7454.

ORO VALLEY, Arizona — Lennar Homes purchased 58.6-acres with 106-platted lots at Overton Reserve in Oro Valley from an affiliate of Tucson Land and Cattle Co., TLC Jackson, LLC of Tucson (Jim Campbell, manager) for $5.83 million ($55,000 per platted lot).

Located at Overton and La Canada Drive in Oro Valley, the seller had assembled the property in December 2016 and needed to buy, barter and trade several properties for easement and right-a-way access with Desert Springs Evangelical Presbyterian Church to achieve connecting parcels to the property.

The plan is to develop 106 lots in two parts: the Northern 39-acres with 83 lots and a 2.1 RAC, and the Southern 19.6-acres with 23 lots and 1.2 RAC all part of the same Overton Reserve.

The seller completed final plat approval for Lennar to record.  Lot sizes are 66×120, 76×120, and 81x 120. Lennar plans to build homes in the 2,200-3,200-square-foot range and Overton Reserve to have homes ready by Q2 2018.

Lennar is building homes in some of the most desirable areas of Tucson: Signatures at Tortolita Reserve in Marana, Discovery at Mountain Vail, Star Valley, Rob Hill Estates in Tucson and also in Oro Valley, Eagle Summit at Vistoso.

Ben and Adam Becker of CBRE Tucson represented the seller in this transaction.

The Becker Team can be reached at 520.323.5100, for additional information.

To learn more, see RED Comp #4763.

MARANA, Arizona — The historic Lazy K Bar Guest Ranch is now slated to become a 178-home subdivision, after the Marana Town Council approved the rezoning of a 103 acre portion the Lazy K Bar Ranch property Tuesday. The council approved the plan 4-2, with some caveats, including added protection of the open space to ensure that no further development is done on the property.

The meeting included 49 speakers, with 40 speaking in opposition to the plan. Of the nine who spoke in favor of the plan, just one identified themselves as a Marana resident, while several others were either Marana area business owners or owned property within the town. The biggest complaint about the proposal was its proximity to Saguaro National Park and Sanctuary Cove. That area is a major wildlife corridor and the fear is the housing will disrupt animal migration. Lot size was another concern. Currently all of the adjacent properties sit on big lots, with many having three acres of property.

With 60% open space, the new design would average 1.29 RAC, with smaller lots because the design calls for the homes to be clustered to preserve large uninterrupted open spaces.

Linda Morales of the Planning Center in Tucson, who represents the landowners, and Greg Wexler of Wexler and Associates, the developer, said the move to smaller lots was made to provide more open space. Morales said larger, spread out lots, would actually make things more confusing for animals traveling through the area.

The developer is committed to retaining some component of the original Lazy K Bar Lodge and patio in order to recall the history of Lazy K.

Although the rezoning and specific plan were approved, the landowner does not have a builder and there is not timeframe to begin developing the land.