Tampa Project: Hines Florida Update: David Weekley and Ashton Woods Break Ground on Model Homes

Construction begins on homes in Hines community. Builders are David Weekley Homes and Ashton Woods.

In Tampa, David Weekley Homes and Ashton Woods have started work on model homes in Asturia, a multi-use, large-scale planned community in Tampa, Fla.

Hines’ master plan for Asturia includes retail, office, multifamily and a variety of single-family residential offerings with an parks, a trail network, and recreational facilities.

Hines has commenced marketing the retail, office and multifamily sites to developers, retailers and end users.

Houston-based David Weekley Homes, the nation’s largest privately-held home builder, has begun construction on the first of four model homes in Asturia. The Ashton Woods model homes are scheduled to open in the fall of 2015.

Houston-based Hines has been a national leader in land and community development for more than four decades, and has large-scale planned and developed 36,800 residential units encompassing more than 12,000 acres of land. Several high-profile large-scale planned Hines communities in the U.S. include: Palencia in St. Augustine, FL; First Colony in Sugar Land, TX; Las Colinas in Irving, TX; Cool Springs in Franklin, TN; Aspen Highlands and Five Trees in Aspen, CO; and Deerfield in Atlanta, GA.