Perry Homes' expansion into Florida now includes the city of Punta Gorda, about 100 miles south of Tampa.
The Houston-based homebuilder said it has completed two model homes at Turnleaf, a 426-acre master-planned community along Burnt Store Road in Charlotte County.
Perry is offering 25 floor plans for 67 homes, a spokesperson told Homes.com in an email. The homes will be from about 2,000- to 3,600 square feet, with prices ranging from the $490,000s to about $710,000, the builder's website shows.
Turnleaf will have 1,735 homes from Perry, Lennar and Dream Finders Homes, according to master developer GreenPointe Holdings.
Privately held Perry announced last month its plans for a major expansion across the Sunshine State, its first outside of Texas.
The company is selling 100 homes at a country club in Port St. Lucie, Florida, on the state's southeast coast. It also announced developments for Orlando, Tampa, Sarasota and Jacksonville.
Punta Gorda still recovering from hurricanes
"Perry Homes expanded into Florida now because the state continues to experience strong population growth, housing demand and strong market fundamentals," Garrison Taska, the company's Florida division president, told Homes.com in an emailed statement at the time.
Perry is the nation's 22nd-largest U.S. homebuilder based on 4,554 sales last year, according to Builder magazine. In Texas, it builds in Austin, Houston and San Antonio and the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
As for Punta Gorda, the city's name is Spanish for "Fat Point" because it protrudes into Charlotte Harbor.
Charlotte County's median home sale price for November was $325,000, down 1.5% year over year, according to Homes.com data. Prices in Punta Gorda for the third quarter fell 7.8%, the steepest drop nationally, according to a report from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
The city of about 20,000 is still recovering from the effects of back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024. Still, the market remains an appealing draw, according to Michelle Rumore, a senior director of market analytics for Homes.com.
"Developers continue to look at Southwest Florida areas, such as Punta Gorda, in an effort to tap into the region's growing population base," Rumore said.
Punta Gorda's population has grown by nearly 9,500 residents in the past three years, and it's expected to rise by another 6,150 over the next three years, she noted.