Pardee Homes Earns 20 Finalist Honors in 2010 SoCal Awards For New Home Design and Marketing

    LOS ANGELES, CA, October 12, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Pardee Homes has earned 20 finalist honors in the 2010 SoCal Awards program, including the coveted Community of the Year and Consumer Choice designations for four of the company's new home communities. The annual SoCal Awards competition is sponsored by Sales and Marketing Councils throughout Southern California.

"Our finalists represent the choices new home buyers have in two of our principal markets, new homes that serve young singles and starter families through move-up households and empty nesters," said Bob Clauser, senior vice president of marketing for Pardee Homes. "We're delighted and gratified with this recognition."

"Pardee Homes again demonstrates its commitment to excellence in new homes and in marketing those new homes successfully," said Lisa Parrish, judging chairman. "As Pardee's honors demonstrate, both new home shoppers and SoCal judges were impressed with this company's fine work!"

LivingSmart Homes at Tournament Hills in Beaumont--these affordable, green-built best selling detached homes are Consumer Choice and Community of the Year finalists. Judges also applauded the new home sales center, model home landscaping and signage.

LivingSmart Homes at Canyon Hills in Lake Elsinore--sister to the Beaumont design series, this community was honored for project signage and model home landscaping; it is also a Consumer Choice honoree.

Highlands Village at Carmel Country Highlands in San Diego--this upscale townhome community is a finalist as Community of the Year, and a Consumer Choice finalist. The best-selling attached project in San Diego, it was also honored for overall architectural design, for the design of Plan 4, for its sales center and for print advertising.

Terramar in Torrey Highlands in San Diego--another best seller, Terramar's upscale neighborhood of detached homes earned Community of the Year and Consumer Choice designations. Plan 1A was a finalist for its architectural design.

Pardee Homes also won the judges' notice with its Earth Month campaign, a finalist in the Special Promotion category. The company earned additional honors for its corporate ad for all communities and for its LivingSmart brand logo design.

"We thank the judges, and we thank the many new home shoppers who cast ballots in this competitive awards program," said Joyce Mason, vice president of marketing for Pardee Homes. "We also thank our project teams; their dedication to excellence in creating new homes and communities can only be called exceptional."

The SoCal Awards program honors superior achievement in sales, marketing and merchandising excellence and the Sales & Marketing Councils it represents are part of the Building Industry Association of Southern California, Inc. Judges represent a cross section of home building's professional disciplines, and toured all eligible communities. Finalists and grand winners will be celebrated October 23 at The Grove in Anaheim.

Pardee Homes is recognized for its superior master-planning concepts, quality homes, responsive customer service and dedication to the educational and civic goals of the communities in which it builds. The company's many awards honor design and planning, and commitment to greener and more sustainable new home development. Visit www.pardeehomes.com.

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