| 1981 |
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| Great
Gulf Group introduced The Decor
Center to
offer home buyers more convenient
selections and design choices. |
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| 1984 |
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| Great Gulf
Resort Communities was formed
to develop luxurious get-a-way
destinations. |
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| 1989 |
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| Great Gulf
Group grew from a regional homebuilder
into an international group of
companies with the introduction
of Ashton Woods Homes in Dallas,
Texas. |
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| 1990 |
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| Great Gulf
Group expanded its homebuilding
portfolio to include commercial
construction with the formation
of First Gulf Group. |
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| The Houston division of Ashton
Woods Homes was formed, marking
a stronger foothold in U.S.
residential homebuilding. |
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| 1992 |
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| Ashton Woods
Homes entered the Atlanta market.
Atlanta is now the U.S. corporate
headquarters for Ashton Woods. |
| 1993 |
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| The Great Gulf Group
began developing land and residential
and commercial projects in Denver,
Colorado. |
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| 1997 |
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Ashton Woods
Homes created the Home Management
Center as one of its signature
design features.
To better service its customers, Ashton Woods Homes formed its own mortgage companies
in Dallas and Houston. Atlanta opened the following year. |
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| 1998 |
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| Ashton Woods
Homes received top honors from
the Greater Houston Builders
Association with the PRISM Grand
Award for architectural design
and merchandising. |
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| 1999 |
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| Ashton Woods
Homes moved up to 40th place
on BUILDER magazine's "Top
100 Builders" list. |
| The National Association of
Home Builders honored Ashton
Woods Homes with its first Gold
award for outstanding design. |
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The
Ashton Woods
Homes unveiled its new Design
Center in Dallas. It was named "Best
Design Center" in the city.
Texas
Association of Home Builders
honored Ashton Woods Homes
with the Texas Star Grand Award
for its outstanding home designs,
merchandising and marketing. |
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| 2000 |
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Ashton Woods
Atlanta and Houston unveiled
state-of-the-art Design Centers.
The Great Gulf Group of Companies
entered the 21st Century as an
international, fully-integrated
group of companies that spans the
entire real estate spectrum - from
land acquisitions and assembly
to the design and construction
of thousands of single-family homes,
town-homes and condominiums. |
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| The National Association of Home
Builders again recognized Ashton
Woods Homes with a Gold award for
Best Home Design. Ashton Woods
Houston was named PRISM Grand Award
Winner for the third consecutive
year. |
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| 2001 |
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| Ashton Woods Orlando opened
it's first community at The Lakes
of Windermere |
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| 2002 |
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| Great Gulf Homes
introduced 18 Yorkville, a 36
story tower condominium residence
in the historic Young Street & Yorkville
section of Toronto. Bringing
new life and residential use
to this classic section of Downtown
Toronto. |
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| 2002 |
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Ashton
Woods Homes expanded its home
building and development operations
to Arizona.
Ashton Woods Atlanta received the
"National Best of American
Living"
Award for it's first townhome community. |
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| Great Gulf Homes
received Toronto's "builder
of the Year" Award from The
Greater Toronto Home Builder's
Association. |
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| 2002 |
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| Ashton Woods Homes
introduced The Ashton Woods Power
House -
a new program designed to ensure
an energy efficient and incredibly
comfortable environment, day in
and day out. All this adds up to
increased value, durability and
improved health. The positively
powerful place. |
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| 2003 |
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| Ashton Woods
Orlando received the Parade of
Homes Award in 2003 and 2004. |
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| 2004 |
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| Ashton Woods
Homes received the Greater Phoenix
Homebuilder Association Award
for the “Builder of the
Year”. |
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| 2004 |
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| Ashton Woods Atlanta
received the J.D.Power Award, “Highest
in Customer Satisfaction with
new Homebuilder’s in Atlanta”. |
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| 2005 |
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| Ashton Woods
Houston opens their new Master
Plan Community - Southern Trails. |
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| 2005 |
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| Ashton Woods
Orlando opens Lakeside, its first
condominium community. |
| Ashton Woods Homes
expands its homebuilding and
development
operations making Tampa, Florida
and Denver, Colorado its 6th
and 7th Regions in the U.S. |
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