[caption id="attachment_2891" align="aligncenter" width="550"] From left: Campolindo principal John Walker; MEF president Niki Peterson and directors Eric Andresen and Jon Nickens; Katia Kamangar and Denise Cunningham of Summerhill Homes. Photo by Sophie Braccini[/caption] SummerHill Homes is committed to supporting the communities in which we build homes. In line wi...

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[caption id="attachment_2885" align="aligncenter" width="389" caption="Groundbreaking: Mayor Jamie Matthews, Vice Mayor Jerry Marsalli, Council Member Pat Kolstad, City Manager Julio Fuentes, Convention Center GM Steve Van Dorn and SummerHill Apartment Communities President & CEO Robert Freed"][/caption] SummerHill Homes has been in the news recently about the be...

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We’re thrilled to announce our continued sponsorship of the Young Leaders Group (YLG) philanthropy project. This year, the YLG is helping with the beautification projects at the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in Hunters Point. There will be lunch at the event as well as a celebratory happy hour when the work is complete. The Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francis...

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Midtown Village, our single family home community in Santa Clara, is now officially SOLD OUT. We are proud to say that in the last two weeks the five remaining homes sold. The community is divided into two sections, The Boulevards and The Avenues. The Avenues was the first to sell out, which wasn’t a surprise given the lower cost of entry. Now the Boulevards, with m...

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The San Jose Mercury News recently shares (yet) another article on how the hiring frenzy at companies like Facebook and Google is creating huge demand for new homes. These big time silicon valley companies are adding thousands of new positions to their payrolls. This means an influx of new workers all looking for a place to live, and builders like SummerHill are worki...

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Midtown Village brings a sophisticated urban feel in Santa Clara, near Santana Row in San Jose. The community is divided into “The Boulevards” and “The Avenues” (with “The Avenues” now totally sold out). At “The Boulevards,” there are only five homes left including the already-decorated model homes. All the homes here are over 2,200 square feet and ar...

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The Silicon Valley Business Journal this week writes about upcoming SummerHill Homes plans in the valley, and the article is worth sharing. The largest piece of undeveloped land in Las Gatos has been eyed hungrily by developers for years, for its location and because there is so much demand in the area. Finally, after much debate, the area is being developed. A compa...

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The Pacific Coast Builder Show (PCBC) happens this week at Moscone Center in San Francisco. In the world of new home construction, PCBC is one of the best ways for home builders like SummerHill Homes to remain at the forefront of what’s hot in real estate. We get to go to education seminars to learn about trends in everything from paint color to housing economics ...

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SummerHill Homes is currently selling a variety of new home communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. We want to update you on all the communities, basically because recently much of the attention in the press has been just about Las Palmas, an attached homes community in Sunnyvale. (The first release sold out in the first 10 minutes. We averaged about ten offers for...

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This is great! On April 17th, the SummerHill Homes new home community Maravilla was acknowledged with the prestigious “Public Private Partnership Award” by the Association of Bay Area Governments. This was at the eighth annual “Growing Smarter Together Awards” presented during the spring General Assembly to the cities of Redwood City, Walnut Creek, Campbell, R...

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