WCI Communities Puts Residential Development Back on Track in South Florida; Developer Breaks Ground on 196 Homes in Parkland's Heron Bay

NAPLES, FL--(Marketwire - May 6, 2011) - WCI Communities announced today that it has released for sale 196 new homes in Parkland's Heron Bay, one of South Florida's largest and most prestigious country club communities. Heron Bay is located on Coral Ridge Parkway, just west of the Florida Turnpike and I-95.

Heron Bay is a gated country club of 3,000 homes on 1,184 acres with an 18-hole championship golf course, biking and walking trails interlaced throughout the community. Known for its resort-style experience, Heron Bay offers two spectacular resident-only clubhouses: The Commons with 6,000 square feet and the 23,000 square-foot Plaza del Lago, which features a large fitness facility, spacious pool, a billiards room, indoor racquetball court, tennis shop, and arts and crafts room. Other amenities include a tennis center with 10 Har Tru courts and two hard courts. Heron Bay's Golf Club, owned and operated by ClubLink, hosted the PGA Tour's Honda Classic for six years.

A neighborhood of 115 new single-family homes, Heron Bay's Somerset offers five floor plans ranging from 1,862 to 3,126 square feet of air-conditioned living area, priced from the mid-$300,000s. Heron Bay's Sawgrass Bay neighborhood with 81 homesites features four- to six-bedroom floor plans ranging from 2,914 to 4,106 square feet of living space, priced from the $500,000s. All floor plans offer buyers a variety of design options, including a choice of available elevations.

The welcome center opens on May 7 and can be contacted at 954-340-2679.

About WCI Communities
WCI Communities creates amenity-rich, master-planned lifestyle communities, catering to primary, retirement and second-home buyers. The company offers traditional single and multi-family home choices with prices from the mid-$100,000s to just under $1 million. In addition to homebuilding and development, WCI generates revenues from its Prudential Florida Realty business, the second largest residential realty company in Florida; its Wells Fargo-affiliated mortgage services; insurance and title services; and its recreational amenities, as well as through land sales and joint ventures. For more information, visit www.WCICommunities.com.