Back in 1963 when Coral Ridge Properties started to develop land in northwest Broward county (the middle of nowhere in those days)......they came up with these catchy names for their subdivisions.
The CYPRESS community names didn't come along until the 1980's. Well how catchy are they? Considering the Cypress Tree is native to Florida and often found in the Everglades. It is a tree of great strength that can live for hundreds of years and is known to withstand flooding. Sounds apropos to me.
How does a customer tell the difference between a Cypress Glen, Cypress Run or Cypress Isle? Age will be the largest difference and therefore the styling of the homes for that neighborhood.
One of the things that Coral Ridge Properties, now WCI Communities, as the developer of the city did was to create estate sections within communities.
For example, in Cypress Glen the estate homes were Glen Isles. In Cypress Run they were Cypress Isles. In Pine Ridge they were Pine Grove and in Brookside they were Brookside Grove, the later being built in the 1990's.
What defines an estate home, by the developer's standards? Larger home sites, such as or 1/3 acre or 1/2 acre and larger interior square footage. Note in Florida square footage is measured and calculated based on air conditioned space, also defined as, "living area". Then there is the total square footage that includes garage, patio's and overhangs.
Is one neighborhood better than another? It depends on who you ask. The biggest differences are going to be age and now it would be updates or remodeling.
The city started building up shortly after it was started in 1963 and pretty much finished up in the late 1990's. Coral Springs 50th birthday is right around the corner. I was here for the 25th birthday. It was a huge celebration at Mullins park, where the city fathers made a HUGE attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World records, with the world's largest hamburger and milkshake. I don't remember if they made it, but I wasn't eating it!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS TO JOIN US AT THE WALK!!!!
March 17th and 18th for 8th Annual The Coral Springs Festival of the Arts!
Over 175 booths of Arts, Crafts and loads of Entertainment to be Enjoyed!!
Come out and CELEBRATE St. Patrick's Day weekend at the Festival of the Arts!
Joy, CRS, SFR, e-PRO,
Chair, Chamber of Commerce Trustees
Jeff Booker, Relocation Specialist
Prudential Florida Realty
Coral Springs, Florida
954-369-0253 Office 954-755-0384 Fax
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