Del E. Webb Construction Company
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The Del E. Webb Construction Company was a construction company that was founded in 1928 and developed by Del Webb. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, it became the Del E. Webb Corporation in 1960. The same year, the corporation unveiled Sun City, outside Phoenix, as the first sun city senior homes designed by Del E. Webb. Many more Sun Cities were built by the corporation in the following decades. Along with construction, the corporation was also involved in real estate and owned several properties mainly hotels and casinos, many of which were built and/or expanded by the company. The company was purchased in 2001 by Pulte Homes. Pulte Homes since merged with Centex Corp. and is now PulteGroup. Del Webb continues as a brand of PulteGroup.
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Del E. Webb Construction Company
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Del E. Webb Construction Company
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Del E. Webb Construction Company
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United States, Honduras, El Salvador, East Asia
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2001
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Del Webb Hotels
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Acquired by Pulte Homes
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1928
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Del E. Webb sidewalk plaque
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Del Webb, L. C. Jacobson, R. H. Johnson
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Construction, Development, Property Management
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Del E. Webb Development Co. formed 1952, Del E. Webb Realty & Management Co. formed 1970, Sahara-Nevada Corporation acquired 1961
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Del Webb a brand of Pulte Group
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NYSE: WBB
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Public company
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The Del E. Webb Construction Company was a construction company that was founded in 1928 and developed by Del Webb. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, it became the Del E. Webb Corporation in 1960. The same year, the corporation unveiled Sun City, outside Phoenix, as the first sun city senior homes designed by Del E. Webb. Many more Sun Cities were built by the corporation in the following decades. Along with construction, the corporation was also involved in real estate and owned several properties mainly hotels and casinos, many of which were built and/or expanded by the company. The company was purchased in 2001 by Pulte Homes. Pulte Homes since merged with Centex Corp. and is now PulteGroup. Del Webb continues as a brand of PulteGroup. The company also worked with many notable 20th-century architects including Welton Becket, Flatow, Moore, Bryan, and Fairburn, Charles Luckman, William Pereira, Martin Stern Jr., Lescher & Mahoney, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Zick & Sharp, Edward L. Varney, Ralph Haver, Michael & Kemper Goodwin, Kivet & Myers, Adrian Wilson, A. C. Martin, and Ralph C. Harris
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Acquired byPulte Homes
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1928
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1800