CBC, the main builder at Aquarina, is bringing more new houses to market, offering large luxury courtyard homes in the Ocean Breeze neighborhood for $759,000.
The company, which has built some 175 homes in the gated country club community since the mid-1990s, has been on a roll recently.
CBC just finished the last house in its Maritime Hammock subdivision, a 24-home, single-family development of ocean-view homes, and has sold four homes in Matanilla Reef, a high-end development just across A1A from the ocean that got underway in early 2016.
That luxury enclave will feature 15 homes with both ocean and golf course views, ranging in size from 2,738 square feet to 3,153 square feet, with starting prices around $650,000.
And now, CBC is closing out its Ocean Breeze neighborhood with two 2,930-square-foot courtyard homes with pools and 3-car garages that will be complete by the end of the month.
The 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath homes have more than 4,400 square feet of space under roof. On the first level they feature huge great rooms, elaborate master suites with tray ceilings, two walk-in closets, walk-in showers, deep tubs and dual vanities. The first floor in each house also includes a spacious gourmet kitchen, two covered lanais and a pool patio. The second floor comprises two large guest or children’s rooms with a full bath.
Lush landscape packages and sweeping golf course views are included.
CBC has partnered with Treasure Coast Sotheby’s International Realty to sell its new homes in Aquarina. Listing agents Carola Mayerhoeffer and Renee Winkler – wife of CBC president Dan Winkler – staff a dedicated sales center in the country club community.
Mayerhoeffer describes the architecture of the new Ocean Breeze courtyard homes as “a modern hacienda style” that picks up on the Spanish and other Mediterranean-style features that distinguish much of Florida’s residential building history.
Renee Winkler says the homes’ open floor plans, separate guest areas and 3-car garages are features that buyers love.
The two women, who teamed up last year, are the listing agents for all of CBC’s new homes and also handle resales in the community.
“We offer some unique benefits to buyers and sellers, including having an office right here in Aquarina,” says Mayerhoeffer. “We are here most days and we are very familiar with the community.”
“We know the ins and outs of price point and inventory and we are familiar with all the details of what the association offers,” adds Winkler. She says there are typically 10-20 resale homes on the market in Aquarina at any time – a mix of single family homes, condos and townhomes.
CBC president Dan Winkler and his partner Jeff Parker have built approximately 300 homes between the Sebastian Inlet and Indialantic, including seven subdivisions in Aquarina.
“It is noteworthy that Dan and Jeff have achieved most of their success in a small, close-knit community,” says Mike Brown Jr., a banker with 25 years of experience in development financing who has funded a number of CBC projects. “With so many former customers all around, you have to be outstanding to pull that off.”
Brown, executive vice president and chief lending officer at Harbor Community Bank in Fort Pierce, calls the developers “innovative and passionate,” and says they “have a great partnership – Dan as the design innovator and Jeff as the guy that brings CBC’s ideas to reality.”
“Lots of builders do single homes in existing subdivisions, one-offs, but Dan and Jeff have a stellar track record of developing fine, architecturally-themed communities,” says Michael Thorpe, co-owner of Treasure Coast Sotheby’s International Realty, who has partnered with CBC since 2012.
“The Aquarina community loves our product. They love our quality,” says Dan Winkler.
The 250-acre property where Aquarina is located was first purchased for development in the early 1980s by German brewing magnate Albert Cramer with the idea of building 1,600 high-rise units. That plan was later modified and Cramer eventually began the current development, building single-family homes, condos and a golf course before selling the development in late 1990s. The community now belongs to the homeowners and is run by Aquarina Beach Homeowners Association.
Aquarina has about 360 homes at present, including single-family, townhomes, villas and condominiums, with room for a couple hundred more at build-out. The community is loaded with amenities.
“It is the only place between Vero and Indialantic that has all the ideal amenities buyers are looking for – ocean access with a brand new beach club (built by CBC), river access with a pier and boat launch for boating, an 18-hole golf course and clubhouse, and a very active tennis club,” says Thorpe.
“It is a great lifestyle and the price point is a fraction of what it might be in other places. If you compare it to any community in Vero with a golf course, the difference is clear. Buyers coming here from Lauderdale or Connecticut are impressed by the value proposition. They know what they would have to pay for a large, luxurious home on a golf course right across the road from the ocean in those markets.”
“We are doing a lot of cool things at Aquarina, bringing Vero Beach quality to Brevard,” says Dan Winkler.