Shea Homes is opening 1 Channel Island in Encinitas Saturday with five models that will be built in the 69-home development near the San Diego Botanical Garden.
The homes planned range from 1,955 to 4,052 square feet and are priced from $1.06 million to 1.4 million. There are one- and two-story designs with three to six bedrooms and 2.5 to 4.5 baths on home sites that average over 11,000 square feet.
The architecture is designed to evoke New Zealand and Hawaii, with metal standing roof elements over front porches, exposed rafter tails, eaves and nine different color themes of soft pastels. Other elements include vertical batt and board, as well as shutters, horizontal wood siding, decorative rock, and iron porch and balcony details.
“This is some of the most exciting architecture to hit the San Diego marketplace,” said Vanessa Linn, vice president of sales and marketing for Shea Homes San Diego.
The homes are also designed to meet new efficiency standards, with photovoltaic systems, wiring for an electric car charging station in the garage and tankless water heating systems.
The project is located off Quail Gardens Drive at 820 Channel Island Drive.
Shea Homes is one of the largest private homebuilders in the nation, having built more than 90,000 homes since the company was founded in 1968.
