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Osprey Custom Homes Cracks Top 10 in Central Florida Custom Builder Ranks
December 13, 2004
Contact: John H. Jolinski
(04 BUILDER RANKINGS 1)
ORLANDO, FL - Osprey Custom Homes solidified itself as one of Central Florida's leading custom home builders, cracking ORLANDO BUSINESS JOURNAL's Top 10 home builder rankings for 2004.
The MetroWest-based company moved up a notch to finish No. 10 among Central Florida's custom builders based on the dollar value of homes sold in 2002 - the highest ranking yet for the 7-year-old, family-run company that launched operations in 1997.
OBJ ranked the Top 25 custom builders in Orange, Seminole, Osceola and Lake counties according to the gross dollar value of homes sold in 2002.
According to the survey, Osprey Custom Homes posted $11.3 million in gross volume on 16 home sales in 2002 - an average price of just over $706,000, says Osprey Vice President Anthony Lightman.
Osprey Custom Homes has improved its position each year since 2000, jumping seven spots to No. 11 in OBJ's 2003 custom rankings. In 2002 and 2001, the company ranked No. 18.
The company, which specializes in upscale communities in the southwest Orlando market, hopes to improve upon its Top 10 ranking when next year's builder list is released. Lightman is projecting 10-15 percent increase in sales this year - the basis for OBJ's 2005 list.
Lightman is pleased with the company's steady climb up the builder ranks. "It's very satisfying to know that a small, family-owned company is able to hold its own and carve out a market niche for itself among the larger custom builders who deal in much greater volume," he says.
Over the past three years, Osprey has been one of southwest Orlando's busiest builders, building more than 50 new homes and posting better than $32 million in sales volume over that period. The company currently is building in Keene's Point and The Reserve at Belmere and soon will be launching an exclusive lakefront community in Gotha.