The latest is a 135-acre development, Westwood, a 505-lotcommunity in Leander. The North Austin development's model homeswon't be up until mid-first quarter 2001 and already inquiries arebeing fielded, says Ken Anglin, Kaufman & Broad's Austinmarketing manager. Westwood homes will start in the low$100,000s.
Just three years ago, Kaufman & Broad's Austin division hadclosed the year with four communities. This year's goal, saysAnglin, is to cop the honor as the state capital's most aggressivebuilder.
More than 11,400 news homes and in excess of 10,000 apartmentsare under construction in Austin, according to a recent report byAmerican Metro/Study Corp. And still, says the study group'sdirector Jack Inselmann, Austin's builders aren't able to keep pacewith demand. He says the primary shortage is in the under-$100,000sector.
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