Pulte Homes in Orlando: who is the builder behind Aquamara?

What is PulteGroup?

Bill Pulte started the company in 1950. PulteGroup is now based in Atlanta, Georgia, trades on the NYSE under PHM, and calls itself the third-largest homebuilder in the country. That ranking is the company's own claim, not an independent list.

The "47 markets" and "more than 45 markets" figures both come from PulteGroup itself, on two pages with different framing. Either way, the scale is the same.

Sources: PulteGroup, About / Overview · PulteGroup Q3 2026 earnings release (SEC 8-K, Exhibit 99.1)

Which brands does PulteGroup sell under?

Pulte Homes is the best-known name, but the group markets homes under six brands, listed side by side in its investor materials.

• Centex
• Pulte Homes
• Del Webb
• DiVosta Homes
• Explore by Del Webb
• John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods

On paper, the Davenport entity is Pulte Home Company, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company with an Atlanta address. It petitioned for the Sand & Silica Community Development District created by Ordinance 1354 and is the owner of record of the Aquamara land.

Sources: PulteGroup, About / Overview · PulteGroup Q3 2026 earnings release (SEC) · City of Davenport, Ordinance 1354

How big is Pulte in 2025 and 2026?

The two revenue lines measure different things: 2025 is total revenue from the corporate overview, while the quarter is home sale revenue as reported in the SEC filing. Use them to gauge scale, not to compute a growth rate.

For a pre-construction buyer, scale matters in one concrete way: Pulte has a 75-year history and files its results with the SEC. It does not guarantee any specific home's delivery date, price or rental performance.

Sources: PulteGroup, About / Overview (2025 figures) · PulteGroup Q3 2026 earnings release (SEC)

Where is Pulte building in Central Florida?

The Central Florida division works out of 4901 Vineland Road, Suite 500, in Orlando, the address Pulte gave at Davenport's March 2026 public hearing on Aquamara. Max Perlman, the division's vice president of land acquisition, is the executive who spoke to the press about the Davenport project.

Windsor at Westside is documented in a 2014 Pulte press release announcing pre-sales from October 22 that year, an 8,000-plus sq ft clubhouse, lazy river, waterslide and tiki bar. That was the announced plan; I have not checked what was ultimately built.

Hilliard Isle has resort-style amenities but is not a vacation home resort; the report frames it for people whose lives center on the Lake Nona area. Other "Windsor" resorts are tied to Pulte on rental websites, but I found no official confirmation, so they are left out of this table.

Sources: Davenport Planning Commission minutes, March 16, 2026 · Homes.com News, February 4, 2026 (Aquamara) · Pulte, Windsor Cay Resort · Pulte, Davenport communities · Pulte 2014 press release on Windsor at Westside (republished by Larry Vershel Communications) · Homes.com News, February 11, 2026 (Hilliard Isle)

What does buying from a national builder mean for you?

Buying from Pulte means signing Pulte's standard purchase agreement, on its schedule and with its option menu. The on-site sales consultant works for Pulte. Bringing your own agent puts someone on your side reading the contract, the use declaration and the fees. I cover this in why buying new construction without an agent is a mistake.

In a pre-launch, separate what the builder has put on the public record from what is still expectation. For Aquamara, Pulte stated the short-term rental restriction and fee simple ownership at a public hearing; pricing, floor plans and HOA dues have not been released. The full process is laid out in buying a pre-construction home in Florida.

Sources: Davenport Planning Commission minutes, March 16, 2026