“Wilkins Walk offers homebuyers a choice of beautifully designed two- or three-story townhomes set within an inviting community streetscape,” said Kimberly Garwood, Director of Marketing for Traton Homes. “Our newly decorated model highlights the stylish three-story Kaufman plan, featuring three bedrooms, a stunning kitchen, and a spacious outdoor living area.”

The Kaufman model blends elegance and functionality with three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms across 1,824 square feet. Home shoppers are invited in on the terrace level, complete with a study that can also be used as a bedroom, full bathroom and two-car garage. Upstairs, a chef’s kitchen is the highlight of the main level, complemented by a huge island, tile backsplash and quartz countertops. The well-designed layout leads home shoppers toward the dining area or family room perfect for family gatherings and entertaining guests. Outdoor living awaits at the rear of the home with a spacious covered deck area. On the upper level is the owner’s suite with ensuite bathroom, featuring a double-bowl vanity, spacious shower and water closet, and a walk-in closet. An additional bedroom with en-suite bathroom and a conveniently located laundry room further showcase the thoughtful design of the Kaufman plan.

In addition to offering a community pool and cabana, Wilkins Walk also puts its residents near local attractions including the Silver Comet Trail, just one-half mile away. Shopping options can be found at Mableton Walk and Mableton Crossing, while the Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre provides concerts and entertainment. Working professionals find easy access to the East West Connector and Highway 78 for morning commutes.

Prospective buyers are encouraged to visit the Kaufman model for an up-close look at Wilkins Walk, open most days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and noon to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and Sundays. To learn more about Wilkins Walk, visit www.TratonHomes.com/Communities/Wilkins-Walk or contact the onsite agent, Kallia Slupczynski at 678-391-9486 or WilkinsSalesTeam@TratonHomes.com.

“We are delighted that East Park Village has been recognized as the best community in Cobb County, and we’re excited to expand opportunities for homebuyers with this new phase,” said Kimberly Garwood, Director of Marketing for Traton Homes. “This phase features both two- and three-story townhomes, all within walking distance of the community amenities.”

The new phase includes two-story plans starting in the $370,000s and three-story plans from the $420,000s. Each townhome features spacious, open layouts, with three-story plans offering the added benefit of finished terrace levels.

Introducing the Cooke plan at East Park Village, a new two-story townhome design offering 1,615 square feet of living space. The plan includes three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, and a one-car rear-entry garage. The stylish kitchen, complete with a large island, seamlessly connects to the open main level family room and outdoor living space. The owner’s suite upstairs features a spacious walk-in closet and a luxurious bath with a double-bowl vanity. Two secondary bedrooms and a full hall bath provide ample space for family or guests.

“We’re excited to provide even more options for homebuyers at East Park Village,” said Garwood. “The Cooke plan is a fantastic addition to the community, offering a perfect blend of style, functionality, and affordability.”

East Park Village amenities include a swimming pool, cabana, and dog park. A new city park is also under development adjacent to the community, providing even more green space to enjoy.

The community is ideally located just two miles from vibrant downtown Kennesaw, with its unique shops, eateries, and new amphitheater. East Park Village also offers convenient access to I-75, facilitating easy commutes to major employers such as Kennesaw State University, Lockheed Martin, Dobbins Air Force Base, Home Depot, and WellStar Kennestone Hospital District.

Interested homebuyers are encouraged to visit the onsite model home, open daily at 3371 Cherokee St. NW in Kennesaw.

Founded 53 years ago, family-owned Traton Homes is one of metro Atlanta’s most established and innovative homebuilding companies, expanding its footprint along the Florida panhandle. The award-winning firm combines traditional building practices with the latest systems and styles to create some of Greater Atlanta and the Florida panhandle’s most sought-after townhomes, single-family homes, and active lifestyle communities. Traton blends beautifully crafted design with top-quality building materials to create homes and communities with enduring appeal, offering exceptional value.

Headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, Traton Homes offers “Altogether More” to homeowners, including more experience, more impressive architecture, more outstanding features, and more rewarding lifestyles in more desirable locations. For more information about Traton Homes, call 770-427-9064 or visit www.TratonHomes.com. The builder’s corporate office and design center are located at 720 Kennesaw Avenue in Marietta, Georgia.

Dennis McConnell, the President of Healthy House of Georgia, expressed enthusiasm about starting construction on the Common House, the main amenity at Pendergrast Farm. “The community’s central park will be the venue for outdoor activities and socializing, complemented by a saltwater pool to cool off during hot summer days.”

The community’s carefully crafted communal areas offer residents a central locale for engagement. The Common House features amenities such as a kitchen and dining space for food events, wine tastings, cooking workshops, reading groups and more. Its basement includes a Maker’s Space equipped with woodworking and craft areas, plus rooms for various classes, hobbies, and presentations. The facility also offers guest accommodations that residents can book for visitors.

Beyond social spots, the development is rich in forests and trails that encourage a lifestyle of health and connectivity. The grounds feature a winding stream, over five acres of forest, and a one-acre organic farm managed by a dedicated farmer, emphasizing conservation and environmental guardianship by preserving 70% of the land.

Pendergrast Farm is marketing 20 high-efficiency, eco-friendly homes starting at $1.2 million, all prepared for solar panels and equipped with EV charging. There are two homes ready for occupancy, with additional options for custom builds.

Pendergrast Farm aims to cultivate a tight-knit community ethos through its commitment to sustainable building and giving residents a taste of urban life. Located on Briarcliff Road, the location offers easy access to exceptional dining, entertainment, cultural venues, I-85, and downtown Decatur.

Potential homeowners are invited to explore the model home at 2172 James Alley, open on weekends from 2-5 p.m., or to arrange a private viewing by calling 404-370-0800.

For further details on Pendergrast Farm, its commitment to conservation, and housing options, visit www.PendergrastFarm.com.

“Residents want to live, work and play in their own communities with a strong emphasis on fun and connectivity to the outdoors,” St. Bourke President Ben Simpson said. “St. Bourke focuses on tailoring amenities to the community’s target market and focusing on what creates the best activities for that demographic, whether they are active adults or young families.”

Creative amenity packages often start by using what is already available and exploring connections with adjacent or nearby established amenities, such as adding a walking trail connection to an existing park. What is near a community is often as important as what is within the community itself.

Partnering with municipal parks that are near or adjacent to communities often provides the best amenities. St. Bourke is currently designing a 1,000+ lot development in Gwinnett County that is contiguous to the award-winning Little Mulberry Park. The project’s master plan incorporates and extends the park’s walking, biking, and equestrian trails throughout the site, essentially making the park an extensive of the project’s already-robust proposed amenity package.

Another consideration is the cost to maintain expansive amenities. For example, community pools are far more expensive to build and maintain for homeowners’ associations than trails and parks. Often a community might be just as happy with a splash pad versus a junior Olympic pool.

“The traditional pool and clubhouse with four tennis courts is no longer the standard amenity package,” Simpson said. “Instead, we are incorporating pickleball courts, splash pads, event lawns, outdoor gathering areas, flexible sports fields, and communal spaces.”

Of course, there are exceptions! Many build-to-rent (BTR) communities have more extensive amenity packages as compared to for-sale communities in most cases, and most active adult communities focus on social activities and lifestyle that are often centered around a clubhouse and a pool.

St. Bourke re-envisioned amenities at the Georgian Acres to create Little Fox Lake and a sense of place. Located in Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County), St. Bourke saw potential of a long-forgotten lake, transforming the lake and surrounding woodlands into a usable amenity for the growing community.

A lake management expert was brought in to improve the clarity and quality of the water, certifying the lake as “swim safe.” A custom floating swim dock and kayak racks were added with a walking trail that connects the lake to the original amenity, which includes scenic views and can be accessed from multiple trailheads in the community.

At Tyler, Home on the Lake in New Bern, North Carolina, St. Bourke worked with nature to create an immersive experience. Nestled between the Neuse and Trent Rivers, experiencing nature is a priority for Tyler residents. The community is located between the Neuse and Trent Rivers and boasts more than ½ mile of river frontage. In addition to developing miles of paved walking trails throughout the community, St. Bourke transformed the community’s 60-acre interior lake (once largely decorative) into a usable amenity featuring a fishing pier and kayak launch. Given the size of the community (400+ homes at completion), St. Bourke also oversaw the design and construction of a pool and cabana amenity just inside the community’s redesigned entrance.

St. Bourke is an asset management and property development company primarily focused on residential communities and commercial assets. Offering a full suite of placemaking services ranging from acquisition through detailed design and development to ongoing management, St. Bourke has helped a variety of both private and institutional clients achieve their project goals. Founded in 2015, St. Bourke creates thriving communities and drives significant value for its clients, partners and community stakeholders. Active in 20 U.S markets with 90 active residential projects, St. Bourke manages more than 12,000 acres and 25,000 lots. As placemakers, St. Bourke makes places from the ground up. For more information call 678-853-2530 or visit www.StBourke.com.

“Impressive progress has been made the past month on the amenities at Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes,” Community Director Jennifer Landers said. “Residents are beyond excited to live the full Cresswind lifestyle, so each completed element helps add to that enthusiasm.”

The community garden encourages social health and serves as a collaborative project for the neighborhood while the dog park gives man’s best friend an open space to run and play. Several hiking trails are also open for residents to enjoy the community’s natural, serene backdrop.

Additionally, the new covered seating at the Pickleball Complex is complete, just in time for the summer heat. Residents and the Pickleball Club, one of the community’s most active groups hosting tournaments roughly every other month, have been enjoying the 21 completed pickleball courts and “Eagle’s Nest” spectators pavilion since its completion last fall.

The Cresswind Georgia Pickleball Center serves as the community signature and will feature more than 40 pickleball courts upon completion, estimated to be one of the largest private pickleball complexes in the Southeast and the largest in Georgia.

Other amenity construction updates include the completion of the Club Cresswind roof trusses with first and second-floor framing in process. The natatorium roof and windows are also installed, and drywall and exterior finishes have begun.

While building continues on the highly anticipated, resort-style amenities, residents are currently enjoying a variety of community clubs, such as the Men’s Club, Welcome Committee and Pickleball Club, as well as gatherings in the Poplar model home including a monthly Bunco game, a Mud Mask workshop with Green Girl Basics and beginner’s knitting class.

Cresswind Georgia is the active adult component of the master-planned Twin Lakes neighborhood in Hoschton, Georgia. Set across several hundred acres of preserved nature and walking trails, planned amenities at Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes include Club Cresswind, a resident-only community clubhouse with a lounge area, lakeside views, event spaces, a state-of-the-art Cresswind SmartFIT Training Center powered by EGYM, arts and crafts room and indoor pool with lap lanes. Planned outdoor amenities include walking trails, a resort-style pool, tennis and pickleball courts, event lawn and bandshell. Cresswind Georgia also features two community lakes for fishing, kayaking and canoeing.

Twin Lakes is estimated to be the largest new residential master-planned developments to open in the greater Atlanta area in more than a decade. As the newest Cresswind community in Georgia by Kolter Homes, this new active adult community features 1,300 of the 2,600 total new homes Twin Lakes.

Priced from the high $300,000s to $500,000s, home designs at Cresswind Georgia feature regionally inspired elements with design options, layouts and finishes created with today’s active adult in mind. Open daily, the Cresswind Georgia model home park features 15 decorated home designs with a variety of personalization options including golf cart garages, flexible room configurations, finished or unfinished bonus rooms, enclosed patios and more.

To learn more about new Hoschton homes now selling at Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes, visit www.CresswindGeorgia.com.

For more information regarding Cresswind communities throughout Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, visit www.Cresswind.com.

“Previous phases at Cresswind Peachtree City have proven to be extremely popular,” Area Sales Manager Joe Hawkins said. “This last collection of homesites features a nice mix of floor plan options and will be convenient to the clubhouse upon completion, which has many home shoppers excited about the opportunities.”

This last phase of 13 low-maintenance homes at Cresswind Peachtree City is convenient to the resident-only clubhouse and future community garden. Homebuyers can choose from the builder’s popular Aberdeen and Kedron floor plan collections ranging from 2,027 to 3,129 square feet of thoughtfully designed living space.

The Kedron Collection offers finished daylight basement options, perfect for private overnight retreats for grandkids and friends, media rooms, hobby spaces, home gyms and more. Designed for the way active adults live today, other popular design options include golf cart garages, screened-in porches, sunrooms and flexible lofts and bonus rooms, per plan.

In 2021, Cresswind Peachtree City was the No. 2 top-selling active adult community in the Atlanta area, according to the latest data from MarketNsight. It has also previously been named the 55+ Community of the Year by the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, in addition to winning Lifestyle Program of the Year at the 2020 Best of 55+ Housing Awards. Such accolades have helped drive tremendous interest in the community since it launched in late 2016, all leading to this final phase.

Overseen by a full-time lifestyle director, residents at Cresswind Peachtree City enjoy resort-style amenities that include a resident-only clubhouse with fitness center, demonstration kitchen, arts and crafts studio, social spaces and an indoor pool. Outdoor amenities include pickleball, bocce and tennis courts, walking and hiking trails, a resort-style pool with sundeck and event lawn.

Surrounded by more than 400 acres of rolling hills, Cresswind Peachtree City also offers easy access to local shopping, dining, golf and healthcare facilities via 100+ miles of golf cart paths, the city’s hallmark. For further exploration, Cresswind Peachtree City is a half-hour or less from Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, downtown Atlanta and major sporting venues.

The community’s model park, located at 146 Red Maple Drive in Peachtree City, is open daily. Call 770-212-2099 or visit www.CresswindPeachtreeCity.com to schedule an online or in-person visit. For complete details regarding new active adult opportunities from Kolter Homes, visit www.KolterHomes.com.

“Our continued success in the metro Atlanta area demonstrates how we are providing a product that satisfies the demand of the active adult buyer who is seeking a quality-built home in a thoughtful community setting,” Tony Adams, Kolter Homes regional vice president of Georgia and Northwest Florida, said. “The Cresswind lifestyle is unmatched in the active adult market.”

The builder’s popular Cresswind Peachtree City previously held the No. 1 top-selling active adult community title in both 2019 and 2018, according to MarketNsight data.

“Active adult communities continue to be some of the top-selling communities in the country and here in Atlanta,” MarketNsight Principal and Chief Analyst John Hunt said. “After the impressive response with homebuyers at Cresswind Peachtree City, Cresswind Georgia is now leading the way as the top-selling overall active adult community in the metro Atlanta area.”

“Our homebuyers have ‘voted’ with their purchase of a new home at our metro Atlanta Cresswind communities,” Adams said. “They find value in the Cresswind lifestyle program and experience offered to them, and we are proud to continue to deliver top-selling active adult communities to the metro Atlanta area with more to come.”

Cresswind Georgia serves as the active adult component of the master-planned Twin Lakes development in Hoschton, Georgia, estimated to be the largest new residential master-planned developments to open in the greater Atlanta area in more than a decade with 2,600 total homes, 1,300 of which are at Cresswind Georgia.

Priced from the upper $300,000s to $500,000s, home plans at Cresswind Georgia exhibit regionally-inspired design options, layouts and finishes created with today’s active adult in mind. Open daily, the award-winning Cresswind Georgia model home park features 15 decorated home designs with a variety of personalization options on display, such as golf cart garages, flexible room configurations, finished or unfinished bonus rooms, enclosed patios and more.

Twin Lakes is a master-planned community named in honor of its 11-acre and 39-acre waterways. The community is approved for 1,300 single-family homes built by DR Horton, Fischer Homes and Eastwood Homes and 1,300 active adult homes built by Kolter Homes, to total 2,600 homes.

To learn more about new Hoschton homes now selling at Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes, visit www.CresswindGeorgia.com. Explore additional Cresswind communities throughout Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas at www.Cresswind.com.

This free, self-guided Parade is open to the public the weekends of April 23-24, April 30 – May 1 and May 7-8, giving interested homebuyers three full weekends to visit homes. Homes are open for touring on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. The Atlanta Parade of Homes presents a unique opportunity to choose the exact location, home design and designer options buyers want for their new home, as most entries are available for purchase.

“We’ve been developing active adult Cresswind communities in the Atlanta area for a decade now and we love participating in the Atlanta Parade of Homes,” Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes Community Director Jennifer Landers said. “Our model homes display the latest trends in design and energy efficiency for active adult homebuyers.”

The Hickory model home at Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes will be on display during this year’s Parade. Featuring 2,796 square feet of total living space, the Hickory boasts three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths and a two-car garage with attached golf cart garage.

Tailor-made for entertaining friends and family, this thoughtful floor plan offers easy kitchen access to both the café and formal dining room through the convenient butler’s pantry while the kitchen island, great room and sunroom provide plenty of casual seating options. Homebuyers have a variety of personalization options to choose from in the Hickory including a fourth bedroom, a screened porch, unfinished or finished bonus room, basement selections and more.

Priced from the upper $300,000s to $500,000s, home plans at Cresswind Georgia feature regionally inspired designs with layout and finish options created with today’s active adult in mind. Open daily, the Cresswind Georgia model home park features 15 decorated home plans with a variety of personalization options on display including golf cart garages, flexible room configurations, finished or unfinished bonus rooms, enclosed patios and more.

Learn more about Cresswind Georgia at Twin Lakes at www.CresswindGeorgia.com. See all model home photos and press materials at https://bit.ly/3gOpwET.

For more information regarding the Hickory model entry into the 2022 Atlanta Parade of Homes, visit www.ATLHomesParade.com/Contents/Item/Display/3606.

“It is going to take us a decade to get out of this housing shortage – and Goldman Sachs agrees with me,” Hunt said. “Taking land from entitlement to fruition as a new home community takes a long time.”

The metro Atlanta area needs 90,000 more homes over the next year to meet housing demand and get back to a normal six-month supply of inventory. According to Hunt, Demand for housing is extremely high with basically zero months of inventory at present.

“Decades of under-building and under developing, combined with development timelines, exclusionary zoning issues and a myriad of other factors, means it will take years to start to meet the current demand,” Hunt said. “We may put 20,000 lots on the ground in metro Atlanta in 2022, but we will continue to be in a deficit for a while and that’s not a bad problem for the industry.”

According to Hunt’s latest data, new home permits are up 20% over 2020, and he predicts they will continue to moderate and end up at 15% up over 2020.

“For 2022 it is not a question of demand, it’s our ability as an industry to produce lots,” Hunt said. “Because of this, permits will moderate to 8% in 2022. The homebuilding industry cannot meet the demand for entry-level homes priced in the $300,000s in Atlanta, so how do we solve this?”

MarketNsight offers two solutions: move farther out and drive until you qualify or build smaller homes closer in.

“Demand is going to continue to drive us as an industry to build farther out and build higher-density products,” Hunt said. “The suburban shift wasn’t caused by the pandemic, it started when we ran out of cheap lots.”

In 2013, 75% of all new home sales were in the six core Atlanta counties. Now only 50% of new home sales happen in these counties as buyers and builders continue to push farther out due to affordability.

MarketNsight predicts second-tier cities will continue to benefit from homebuyers moving farther out from inner cities. Combine this with the ability to work from home and places like Augusta, Savannah, Chattanooga, Greenville and Huntsville are going to continue to grow. These cities offer more affordable homes because the cost of development is less.

Density is not dead because of the pandemic. Townhome closings have escalated from 2013 to 2021. Both first-time buyers and move-down buyers purchase townhomes due to affordability and because they provide the lifestyle buyers want. Most of these buyers are double income with no kids and disposable income looking to live in a specific area of town. Location is the amenity for them.

While other national forecasters and economists predict the market is going to collapse because it is overbuilt, MarketNsight predicts 2022 will be another good year for the new homebuilding industry. With zero inventory, the market is not back to normal, and it continues to be hot!

MarketNsight is focused on helping its customers make smart decisions as it relates to purchasing land and pricing product. Its groundbreaking Feasibility Matrix provides a one-stop shop for gauging new home community feasibility by providing ranking reports, lot and raw land sales data, regression analysis and mortgage data.

To learn more or to schedule a demonstration, visit www.MarketNsight.com.

The Brooklyn model home is a newly designed ranch plan with 2,908 square feet of thoughtful living space featuring four bedrooms, three baths and a two-car garage. The Brooklyn updates the ranch plan with stairs to a fourth bedroom, third full bath and flexible loft space, perfect for work, study or play. Like many homes in Chimney Creek, the Brooklyn model home is built on an unfinished basement to offer a future family further room for expansion.

Showcasing some of the builder’s most popular personalization options, the Brooklyn features an exterior fireplace, an upgraded laundry room with cabinets and a utility sink, a convenient butler’s pantry in the kitchen, dramatic exposed beams in the dining area and built-ins and coffered ceiling in the great room. Brooklyn homebuyers also have the option to turn the upper loft space into a fifth bedroom with fourth full bath.

Located in sought-after West Forsyth County, Chimney Creek spans over 85 acres of scenic landscape with low-maintenance single-family ranch homes from the $500,000s and select two-story designs from the mid-$500,000s. Homes boast timeless architecture and bright, open-concept layouts ranging from 2,045 to 3,163 square feet of impressively designed living space with three-to-five bedrooms and two to four baths.

Residents at Chimney Creek will enjoy resort-style amenities including a swimming pool, cabana and lighted tennis and pickleball courts. The community’s location off Pisgah Road also puts additional recreational options close by, such as Sawnee Mountain Preserve, Eagle’s Beak Park, Poole’s Mill Bridge Park and Big Creek Greenway. Nearby shopping, dining and entertainment options include The Collection at Forsyth, Cumming Marketplace, North Point Mall and Halcyon. Highway 20 and Georgia 400, also located close by, offer convenience to further exploration.

Children residing at Chimney Creek will attend West Forsyth High, Liberty Middle and Poole’s Mill Elementary, part of the top-ranked Forsyth County school system.

Chimney Creek is located at 4490 Pisgah Road in Cumming. Open by appointment only, contact Agent Angie Hatzileris at 678-252-2557 to schedule a private visit of the new model, or learn more at www.SRHomes.com/chimney-creek. See all photos of the new decorated Brooklyn model at https://bit.ly/3EJy8YL.

SR Homes currently has several active and coming soon new home communities in sought-after, highly ranked school districts within Clarke, Cherokee, Forsyth and Oconee counties. With a reputation for designing homes for livability, SR homes are built with superior-quality materials and feature distinctive exteriors, impressive interiors and thoughtful outdoor living spaces that reflect the way families and individuals live today.

To learn more about new Atlanta-area homes from SR Homes, visit www.SRHomes.com.