Communities Thrive in Emerging Tech and Business Destinations
MetroPlaces offers several first-to-market technologies that set our communities apart from our contemporaries, including StreetLeaf solar streetlights, groundbreaking Metro Lagoon amenities, and ULTRAFi fiber technology in every home. With an eye on the future, MetroPlaces envisions ULTRAFi as the cornerstone for future innovation, creating opportunities for residents to work, learn, play, receive healthcare, or connect with businesses from anywhere in their community. Factoring in Tampa Bay’s explosive tech industry growth, several of MetroPlaces’ state-of-the-art communities are perfectly positioned to benefit from the area’s booming startup culture.
Transformative Growth
The massive business migration to the Tampa Bay region extends to Pasco County, where industry leaders like Raymond James, Moffit Cancer Center, and Mettler Toledo are building offices and creating hundreds of new jobs. Just under 30 minutes from downtown Tampa, Pasco County offers an incredible quality of life with high value jobs, nature trail preserves, affordable new homes, and phenomenal amenities including Epperson Lagoon and the newly built Wiregrass Sports Complex.
Exciting Education Opportunities
Pasco County schools also rank among the best in Tampa Bay, and MetroPlaces communities offer resident families several excellent school options. Next year Epperson’s tech-focused Innovation Preparatory Academy will be joined by Kirkland Ranch Academy of Innovation, a magnet high school opening in Fall 2022. In Fall 2023, Pasco County will open their first grade 6-12 STEAM magnet school within the MetroPlaces’ highly anticipated Angeline community.
Pasco’s Next Chapter
Also within Angeline will be the new 775-acre Moffit Cancer Pasco Expansion, and County Administrator Dan Biles believes it will be transformational for the county. “I don’t like to overuse the term, but this is the one project I’ve called a ‘game changer’ in my four and a half years here,” Biles shared. “It is going to completely change the perception and feel of Pasco County in the region.”
Pasco County communities like Epperson, Mirada, and upcoming Angeline illustrate MetroPlaces’ commitment to building communities with the most innovative technologies. As Tampa Bay’s tech industry flourishes, this distinction will certainly attract new residents to the excellent value a MetroPlaces community offers.
Epperson Now Top-Selling New Community in Tampa Bay
Since 1994, RCLCO has published an annual national ranking of the top-selling master-planned communities. This year Epperson ranked #27 in the nation, with 342 new home sales from January to June 2021 (up 174% from a year ago). Recently Zonda ranked Epperson as the #1 fastest-growing new community in Tampa Bay, with four other MetroPlaces communities making the Top 20: Mirada, Southshore Bay, Union Park, and Cypress Creek. These communities’ popularity is a clear indicator that MetroPlaces’ approach to master-planned development resonates with today’s homebuyers. But how exactly does MetroPlaces’ differentiate our communities from other marketplace choices?
The MetroPlaces Philosophy
While many developers build new home communities that appeal to today’s homebuyer, MetroPlaces designs communities for tomorrow. Our philosophy is threefold: develop in prime locations in emerging areas, work only with award-winning builders, and offer sought after amenities known as Elements that provide residents countless ways to get active, have fun with family, and foster a sense of community with neighbors.
Next Generation Amenities
Innovation is another cornerstone of MetroPlaces’ development philosophy. In nine of our communities, proprietary ULTRAFi fiber technology lays the foundation for a high-speed, fully connected lifestyle. In 2018, MetroPlaces opened the country’s first inland Lagoon at Epperson, utilizing first-to-market technology to create an unparalleled amenity experience. The Lagoon has attracted high numbers of out-of-state and local homebuyers in search of a laidback Florida lifestyle and vibrant community programming.
Building on three years of successful operations at Epperson Lagoon, new Lagoons are underway at our Mirada, Brightwater, and Southshore Bay communities. The new Lagoons will feature enhanced facility design, permanent cabanas, advanced eco-friendly filter technology, expanded swim up bars, and customized resident events unique to each community.
The MetroPlaces Distinction
As of September 2021, five MetroPlaces communities are among the Top 20 fastest-selling communities in the Tampa Bay Area. As suburban demand grows in Tampa Bay, homebuyers are attracted to MetroPlaces’ signature blend of innovative technology, exciting amenities, and quality homes from leading builders because they add up to incredible value and an incomparable lifestyle.
