Standard Pacific Homes Debuts Distinctive New Home Designs at Forest Hammock Grand Opening This Weekend

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Pacific Homes (NYSE: SPF) is grand opening its newest community in the Jacksonville area, Forest Hammock at OakLeaf Plantation in Orange Park, this weekend.

Forest Hammock offers something for everyone, from first-time homebuyers to the move-up buyer looking for a home unlike any other available in the area.  Providing the ideal mix of design elegance and contemporary flexibility, each of Standard Pacific's new home designs feature classic architectural elements, such as 10-foot ceilings, decorative art niches, columns, and exterior stone accents, combined with Standard Pacific Homes modern great room centered floor plan, which provides numerous flexible living spaces and options such as room extensions, additional bedrooms, bathrooms and bonus rooms.

For a limited time, Standard Pacific Homes move-up homebuyers will have the unique opportunity to choose to locate their newly designed Standard Pacific home on the most exclusive homesites in Forest Hammock, including the only 70-foot estate-sized lots in the community, as well as a limited number of secluded cul-de-sac and waterfront locations.  First time homebuyers will also be intrigued with homesites that are just a short walk from the amenity center.

Ranging from 1,302 to 3,859 square feet, Standard Pacific Homes beautiful new homes are available at prices starting from $149,900, feature up to six bedrooms and four baths, and are all ENERGY STAR® qualified, which means that homebuyers may save up to 45% on energy costs as compared to a typical older resale home.

The highly desirable community of Forest Hammock offers its children the opportunity to attend one of the five new A-rated Clay County Schools in OakLeaf Plantation and contains an amenity center that includes a pool, playground, volleyball and tennis courts and soccer fields. Forest Hammock's central location also makes it convenient to employment centers, shopping and dining. With no CDD fees and low HOA dues, Forest Hammock truly provides buyers with more for their homebuying dollar.

"Forest Hammock truly has it all, a premier location, contemporary design and leading energy efficiency," said David Pelletz, president of Standard Pacific Homes Florida division. "We are pleased at the buzz that this new community has created among Jacksonville-area homebuyers and realtors."

To learn more about Standard Pacific Homes and its new home neighborhoods throughout the Jacksonville area and across the country, please visit www.standardpacifichomes.com.

About Standard Pacific Corp.

Standard Pacific, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, has built homes for more than 113,000 families during its 45-year history. The Company constructs homes within a wide range of price and size targeting a broad range of homebuyers. Standard Pacific operates in many of the largest housing markets in the country with operations in major metropolitan areas in California, Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas, Texas, Colorado and Nevada. For more information about the Company and its new home developments, please visit our website at: www.StandardPacificHomes.com.  

SOURCE Standard Pacific Homes