Friday Funny: Celebrity-Inspired Subdivisions Debut

5 January 2007 - 2:00pm

The domestic diva Martha Stewart is putting her stamp on a New Urbanist style community in Central Florida.

"The first Stewart-inspired development in Florida will be built by KB Home on 31 acres southwest of Windermere (near Orlando), company representatives confirmed this week.

The model homes should be completed by May for a grand opening of the Avellino community, designed for 143 homesites and a "new urbanism" look," said George Glance, president of KB Home's Orlando division.

Glance said that all of the homes in Avellino will feature architectural styles inspired by Stewart, including a number of units "themed after some of her own homes."

Chicago real-estate broker and author Mark Nash said he thinks the cooperative venture between Stewart and KB Home "is a great fit" and trumps other celebrity development tie-ins."

Full Story: 'It's a good thing,' home builder thinks

Source: The Orlando Sentinel, January 5, 2007