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he approach at Anchor Homes is a simple one: Each
home is built with personal attention to detail — as if
it was intended for a company principal to live there.
Or, as Jordan Suglio, vice president of sales and
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marketing, describes it: “If a model isn’t good enough for us to
live in, then we don’t expect our buyers to live in it.”
With a focus on Central Florida, Anchor Homes is building a
business foundation based upon long-term relationships with the
region’s top craftspeople, subcontractors and real-estate brokers.
Meanwhile, several decades of combined experience among
the company founders in both construction and finance mean
top-notch homes offering buyers plenty of bang for the buck.
“We take a lot of responsibility when it comes to craftsmanship,”
Suglio adds.
And that all matters quite a bit in the highly desirable neighborhoods
where Anchor builds and competes for the attention
of savvy buyers.
On Palmer Avenue in Winter Park, for example, construction
was recently completed on a modern four-bedroom home with
an office, a game room and a summer kitchen and large lanai
around the swimming pool. It was listed at $1.1 million.
Available this summer will be a contemporary home on the
shoreline of Lake Nona within the guard-gated Waters Edge
community. The home will feature an oversized three-car garage,
a first-floor master suite, a pool and cabana, and a second
floor “teen loft.” It will be listed for $2.2 million.
One more example: In downtown Orlando, Anchor Homes recently
completed a 3,200-square-foot home with four bedrooms,
3.5 bathrooms, a large front porch and an oversized covered lanai
and pool. It sold for $800,000.
The Anchor Homes co-presidents are Rich Browning and
John Suglio (father of Jordan). Browning began his career as a
banker for regional homebuilders before entering the profession
himself.
John Suglio began his career in Ohio in 1981 with his family’s
concrete company. After moving to Central Florida in 2001, he
founded ODC Construction, which grew to be one of Florida’s
largest framing and shell contractors. At its peak, ODC had more
than 160 employees in multiple states.
ODC was sold in 2010. A year later, Browning and Suglio came
together to create Anchor Homes along with other veterans
from other successful homebuilders such as Ryland Homes and
Rey Homes.
Now, Anchor Homes is making quite a name of its own and
appears to be firmly anchored in Central Florida’s most desirable
submarkets.
— Michael Candelaria
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