Type Public Revenue US$ 444 million (2008) Founded 1995 Parent organization Lennar Corporation | Area served Eastern United States Founder Al Hoffman, Jr. Number of employees 650 (2011) | |
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Traded as NYSE: WCIC
S&P 600 Component Industry Residential Construction Key people Keith Bass, CEO
Russel Devendorf, CFO Headquarters Bonita Springs, Florida, United States Subsidiaries (The) Valimar Home & Land Company, LLC Profiles | ||
Meet altaira the luxury highrise tower by wci communities
WCI Communities, Inc. is an American home builder. The company offers single family and condominium homes. WCI also provides design, construction, financing, land purchases, marketing, and community management services. The company operates realty, mortgage, and title businesses. WCI is based in Bonita Springs, Florida and develops new home communities in Florida. WCI also manages clubhouses, golf courses, restaurants, and marinas in some of the communities it develops.
Contents
- Meet altaira the luxury highrise tower by wci communities
- Wci communities overview testimonials
- History
- Heated Housing Market
- Imported Drywall
- Americas Best Builder
- Extreme Makeover Home Edition
- Shark Shootout Golf Tournament
- Florida Communities
- Florida Sky Homes
- Florida Country Clubs
- References
Wci communities overview testimonials
History
WCI was founded in 1995 as WCI Communities Inc, purchased from Westinghouse Communities, Inc., retaining WCI initials in their new name. In 2002, WCI Communities, Inc. issued an Initial Public Offering and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol: WCI. WCI's current Chief Executive Officer and President is Keith Bass. WCI reorganized and emerged as a new privately held company on September 3, 2009.
Heated Housing Market
WCI specialized in luxury and second homes and had solid growth since its founding reaching a height of $2.6B in sales and $186M in profit in 2005. They were sharply affected by the 2005 real estate downturn. Several factors contributed to their need to reorganize. First, a significant portion of their business was in high rise towers. Once construction is started on high rise towers, it is difficult to cease construction and thereby control cost. Second, WCI speculated on large land purchases, carrying large debt on land that was subsequently devalued. Third, their regular (non-tower) communities had large unsold inventories that were also devalued during the downturn. Eventually, the debt was too large to carry with their operating revenues and they filed for Chapter 11.
Imported Drywall
WCI is one of many real estate developers affected by the Chinese drywall controversy. Like many other builders, they faced construction material supply shortages during the boom years and engaged contactors that used the faulty Chinese drywall. The issue was made part of the bankruptcy reorganization. Claimants are represented by a trust established in the court approved Plan of Reorganization.
America's Best Builder
The National Association of Home Builders and Builder Magazine named WCI "America's Best Builder" in 2004.
Extreme Makeover - Home Edition
In January 2007, the company was featured on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Together with volunteers, sub-contractors, local businesses, and Tampa Bay area residents, WCI rebuilt a home in 96 hours for the Tate Family on Davis Island who had lost their home in a plane crash.
Shark Shootout Golf Tournament
WCI is a major sponseor of the Shark Shootout golf tournament held at the Tiburon Golf resort in Naples, Florida. Tiburon is one of the communities developed by WCI Communities and features two golf courses and a Ritz Carlton Hotel. The annual event is professional golf tournament founded by Greg Norman and benefits the National Childhood Cancer Foundation