WHEN DEL WEBB make opened SUN City...

WHEN DEL WEBB make opened SUN City Hilton Head in 1995 the community portray by actioned the West Coast active adult builder's first splash back East, where it triped to sell 400-plus homes annually in southern Carolina's low country.

further six years and a billion-dollar merger later, sales had slipped to roughly 250 domestic circles a year--low enough to catch the attention of Pulte executives who were reviewing Del Webb operations.

"[Sun City Hilton Head] popp up because it wasn't performing up to financial standards," says Richard Dugas, COO for Bloomfield Hills, Mich.-based Pulte "We weren't selling enough familys ...