Liberty At Newtown Collects Three Awards

At 2005 Best Of Senior Housing Ceremony

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. — Ginsburg Development, LLC, recently was recognized as among the best in the seniors housing industry, taking home three awards at the 2005 Best of Seniors Housing Awards ceremony held by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in Orlando, Fla. Ginsburg was honored for Liberty at Newtown, a 55-and-over townhouse community on Mt Pleasant Road (Route 6) in Newtown.

Liberty at Newtown’s Jefferson Model received two awards, taking the Silver Award in the category of “Multifamily Housing — For-Sale Condominiums (1,801 to 2,400 square feet)” and the Gold Award in the category of “Model Merchandising — For-Sale Condo (1,801 to 2,400 square feet).” The community also took home a Platinum Award for The Adams Model in the latter category.

“We have always been committed to creating communities that are unique in the marketplace and we feel that is certainly the case with Liberty at Newtown,” said Martin Ginsburg, the principal of Ginsburg Development Companies (GDC). “Our success with this community was the product of years of preparation and hard work and we are very proud of its great success.”

Sponsored by the NAHB Seniors Housing Council, the Best of Seniors Housing Awards has promoted excellence in the seniors housing industry for the past 13 years. This year, the council presented awards to projects from across the United States, Canada and as far away as Spain.

A 14-member panel of architects, builders, designers, marketing professionals, and universal design specialists judged projects on how effectively they responded to the housing demands of the burgeoning 50+ market, as well as their innovative architecture, interior designs, and marketing. Communities were evaluated on their ability to meet the lifestyle requirements of the target market, including reviews of the master plan, the community facilities, and the model homes.

 Communities were also judged on criteria such as marketability and their ability to overcome site challenges. Marketing categories focused on marketing brochures, advertising campaigns, sales centers, and special promotions.

Buyers 55 years of age and over enjoy maintenance-free living in 96 single-level homes at Liberty at Newtown. Each home features two vast master-bedroom suites, professional chef-style kitchens, spacious, open living and dining areas with fireplaces, large balconies and terraces. Lush landscaping and lovely wooded walking trails spread for more than 40 acres around the property. Homes, which range in size from 1,800 square feet to 2,300 square feet, are priced between $399,900 and $674,900.

Other GDC communities currently under construction include Woodland Hills in Danbury, The Goodwin Estate in Hartford, and in New York, Riverbend in Peekskill, Ichabod’s Landing in Sleepy Hollow, Kensington Woods in New Rochelle, and Marbury Corners in Pelham.

Upcoming GDC communities include The Greens at Gillette Ridge in Bloomfield, and in New York, Harbors at Haverstraw, Fairways at Wallkill, and Hudson Point in Poughkeepsie. For information on any of these communities, call 866-GDC-4HOME.

Established in 1964 and based in Hawthorne, N.Y., Ginsburg Development Companies is a national full-service real estate design, development, and management company. Martin Ginsburg is the president and chief executive officer. The firm has developed and built more than 4,000 for-sale homes, apartments, office buildings, and commercial shopping centers. GDC also owns and manages more than 3,500 apartments in four states

The National Association of Home Builders is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 220,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. Known as “the voice of the housing industry,” NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local homebuilders associations around the country. NAHB’s builder members will construct about 80 percent of the more than 1.84 million new housing units projected for 2005, making housing one of the largest engines of economic growth in the country.