Crosswinds Communities Named One of the Most Admired Builders in the United States
National Survey of Homebuilders Ranks Novi, Michigan-Based Developer in the Top 10 Nationwide

NOVI, MI – January 6, 2004 – Crosswinds Communities, a Novi-based company building single family homes, town homes, commercial developments and Master-Planned Communities in Michigan and five other states, has been named the 9th most admired builder in the U.S. by Big Builder magazine in its first APEX Awards competition. The results were announced in the magazine’s December 16 issue.

More than 500 homebuilding managers and executives took part in a national survey and were asked to rank the magazine’s “Builder 100” companies in a variety of management and leadership practices, including identifying “the company I’d most want to work for.”

“This is a tremendous honor,” said Bernie Glieberman, founder and president of Crosswinds Communities. “To be ranked in the Top 10 by our peers in the building profession means a great deal. It exemplifies the hard work and dedication of all our employees who consistently make the buyer and high-quality construction top priorities.”

The APEX Awards survey was administered via email to readers of Builder and Big Builder magazines. Builder 100 firms were ranked in five major categories: best leadership and management, best operational excellence and efficiency, most innovative product design, best community relations/public service and best job delivering affordable housing.

The survey, commissioned by Big Builder magazine, was based on the votes of 511 completed surveys submitted by qualified home building industry executives. Any builder from the 2002 Hanley Wood publishing “Builder 100” list of the nation’s biggest builders was eligible.

“The APEX Awards recognizes those companies that are seen by their peers as being the best in the business of building the American dream,” said Wyatt Kash, editor of Big Builder magazine. “These awards not only recognize corporate excellence, but public spirit as well.”

“Our ranking puts us ahead of a number of larger, national builders,” Glieberman added. “This demonstrates Crosswinds’ expertise at developing communities specific to an area’s unique needs, and the lifestyles of its residents.”

Crosswinds Communities, headquartered in Novi, Michigan, is the largest independently owned builder in Michigan and one of the top 50 in the United States. Founded in 1971 by Bernie Glieberman, Crosswinds specializes in town homes, single-family homes, commercial developments and Master-Planned Communities. Crosswinds has developed communities in six states, with tens of thousands of homes built, earning numerous building industry awards. For more information on Crosswinds Communities, contact Michael Layne or Glenn Oswald at (248) 855-6777, or visit www.crosswinds.com