Murex Properties’s Dolce Vita Wins 2016 Commuinity of the Year Award

For Immediate Release

FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 26, 2016) – Murex Properties, a Fort Myers-based company that owns and manages premier manufactured housing communities throughout the United States, earned 2016 Community of the Year honors for its Dolce Vita manufactured home community east of Phoenix. The Apache Junction, Arizona-community was the Western region winner, one of four national winners recognized by the Manufactured Housing Institute National Industry Awards.

Dolce Vita has 362 households and will have a total of 720 sites. The 55-plus gated community with views of Superstition Mountain has a 33,000-square-foot, Mediterranean-style clubhouse with a ballroom, billiards room, movie theatre, workout facility, computer center and more. A 7-acre lifestyle area features a 3,000-square-foot resort-style, ocean-entry, heated swimming pool, two spas, lighted tennis and pickleball courts, shuffleboard, bocce ball, horseshoes and a putting green. Murex Properties’ goal is to provide residents with five-star amenities at a good value. Last summer, Where to Retire magazine included Dolce Vita on its short list of the country’s 50 best master-planned communities.

The Community of the Year entries were judged by an independent panel of professionals who considered community aesthetics, marketing materials, site plans, community and industry involvement, along with leases and covenants.

The Manufactured Housing Institute is the national trade organization representing all segments of the manufactured and modular housing industries, including manufacturers, retailers, community owners, suppliers, financial institutions, state associations and developers. The National Industry Awards are presented annually to recognize the best manufactured home communities, sales centers and industry leaders in the country during the National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing. The 2016 assembly was held recently in Las Vegas.

Founded by Steven P. Adler in 2004, Murex Properties provides management, financial and accounting services, staffing, maintenance, home sales and marketing services for eight communities in Arizona, Florida, Texas and Oregon. Its portfolio has included communities in 18 states. For more information, call 239-790-0004. Dolce Vita is one of four 55-plus communities purchased since 2011 by Murex in conjunction with Northwestern Mutual. Northwestern Mutual is an AAA-rated company by Fitch Ratings, with $200 billion-plus in investments.

Check out Dolce Vita and all its beauty at www.dolce-vita-az.com.