Site development under way for Edgewater at Bellalago

November 10, 2005

Avatar Properties Inc. has begun site development for Edgewater, the seventh of 15 planned neighborhoods in its award-winning community of Bellalago which is being developed alongside Lake Tohopekaliga (Toho).

Approximately 203 homes in Avatar's popular Oceana Series are planned for Edgewater, 50 of them having direct access to the community's inland Lake Bellalago and another 60 backing up to a park and wooded conservation areas and nature preserves.

Pre-sales are planned to begin next year with homes expected to be priced from the high $300s, including homesites, according to Avatar’s Michael Manning, Bellalago general manager.

The Oceana Series currently offers seven 3-, 4- and 5-bedroom Mediterranean-style plans with living areas from 2,218 to 3,162 sq. ft.

Home exteriors offer tile roofs, brick paver driveways and walkways, decorative columns, shutters, coach lamps and lush lawns and landscape packages with irrigation systems.

Designer interiors include 9’4” ceilings and offer a wide range of features such as spacious great rooms and family rooms, gourmet island kitchens, dens, lofts, formal dining rooms, luxurious master suites with sitting areas, and sumptuous master baths.

Optional features include tray and 11'4'' ceilings, 5^th and 6^th bedrooms, swimming pools, fireplaces, and bonus rooms that can serve as home offices, hobby centers and game rooms.

The 2004 Excel Award winner as Florida's Best Master-Planned Community, Bellalago has posted an eye-popping 843 sales in its first 34 months on the market, an average of nearly 25 per month.

Bellalago is a 1,313-acre master-planned community that features over one mile of shoreline on Lake Toho, plus a multi-million-dollar amenity complex and Bellalago Academy, a K-8 charter school.

Community amenities include inland Lake Bellalago, a state-of-the-art fitness center, open-air grille and pavilion, band shell, and aquatic complex encompassing a free-form pool with water slide, junior Olympic pool, spa, wading pool and children's water park.

Other community amenities include tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, a playground, a 1,300-foot-long boardwalk with gazebo on Lake Toho, and 400 acres of conservation areas and wooded nature preserves. A boat ramp and lift are close to completion and future plans include a labyrinth of walking and biking trails throughout the community.

For more information, contact Michael Manning at (800) 249-9045 or (407) 933-7019, or visit the community's web site at MyBellalago.com.

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