CalAtlantic Group, Inc. was a

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company based in

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. In 2018, it was the 4th largest homebuilder in the United States by number of homes closed. It was formed by the October 2015 merger of Standard Pacific Homes and

Ryland Homes The Ryland Group, Inc. was a company engaged in home construction based in Westlake Village, California. In 2015, it was the 5th largest homebuilder in the United States. In October 2015, the company merged with Standard Pacific Homes to form ...

. In February 2018, the company was acquired by

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History

Standard Pacific was incorporated in 1961 by Arthur Svendsen and Ronald Foell, and began construction of its first subdivision in 1965. Operations expanded to include San Diego in 1969, Texas in 1978, Arizona in 1998, Colorado in 2000, and Florida in 2002. On October 1, 2015, Standard Pacific Homes and

merged to form CalAtlantic. In 2016, ''Builder Magazine'' named CalAtlantic its builder of the year. In June 2017, the company acquired Oakpointe, LLC and entered the

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market. In February 2018, the company was acquired by

References

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