Land development complete in
three Seven Oaks villages

DEC. 7, 2005

WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. – Land development has wrapped up in the gated villages of Crosswinds, Knollpoint and Stonecreek at Seven Oaks, an award-winning, master-planned community in southeast Pasco County.

Single-family residences will be built on 54 Crosswinds homesites, 96 Knollpoint homesites and 47 Stonecreek homesites, says Craig Weber, general manager of Seven Oaks. Homesites in Crosswinds and Stonecreek are 60 feet wide, and residences in these two villages must provide at least 1,850 square feet of living space. Meanwhile, Knollpoint offers 50-foot-wide homesites, and requires that homes provide a minimum of 1,500 square feet of living space. Each village – surrounded by conservation areas and ponds – will have a park and playground.

Sales are expected to begin early next year, while new-home pricing and builders for these villages will be announced in the near future.

The Pasco Building Association has recognized Seven Oaks as Pasco County’s best community and for having the best community amenities. This 3,000-home community – off State Road 56 between Interstate 75 and Bruce B. Downs Boulevard – has set aside

more than half its 2,000 acres for conservation areas, upland habitats, parks and common areas. Seven Oaks Elmentary School opened last fall, and a site has been set aside for a branch of the Pasco County library system.

Neighborhoods in Seven Oaks feature mini-parks, and the community’s recreational centerpiece is a 17-acre clubhouse-and-sports complex. This area features resort-style and junior-Olympic-size pools; a water slide; a shallow-splash children’s water park and playground; five Har-Tru tennis courts; soccer and baseball fields; and a 7,800-square-foot clubhouse.

Seven Oaks’ single-family homes range from the $300s to more than $900,000 including homesite and are being built by some of the Tampa Bay-area’s best-known home builders. These include Arthur Rutenberg Homes, Avalon Building Corp., KB Home, McCar Homes, Mercedes Homes, Nohl Crest Homes, Smith Family Homes and Westfield Homes.

In addition to a wide variety of home designs, Seven Oaks offers several apartment communities and will provide 500,000 square feet of retail and office space.

Seven Oaks is being developed by Chicago-based Crown Community Development. Part of the privately held Henry Crown Companies, Crown Community Development has created master-planned communities in Illinois and Florida, including The Bayou Club in Pinellas County, Fla. The Crown family has diverse interests, including ownership of Rockefeller Center in New York City; Aspen Skiing Co. in Colorado; and the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa in California.

For additional information on Seven Oaks or Crown Community Development, call (813) 907-7703, or visit crown-sevenoaks.com.