Tampa, FL — April 10, 2025 — Minto Communities USA has been recognized with 13 2025 Eliant HomeBuyers’ Choice Awards. The awards are presented annually to homebuilders judged by their own homebuyers to have provided the best customer experience.

This year, the 30th Annual HomeBuyers’ Choice Awards were held as a social media, viral event. Award-winning builders were selected based on results from 200,000 surveys administered by Eliant to all of the recent homeowners of more than 250 major homebuilders throughout the U.S.

Minto received a third place Eliant Award for Overall Home Purchase & Ownership experience. Minto also received honorable mentions for First Year Quality Experience: High-Volume Builders and Percentage of Sales from Referrals.

Minto construction representatives received nine Construction Representative of the Year awards. Alan Kirtsinger, Jen Oleksy-White, John Gramlick and Roland Farland III received first place awards for Construction Representative of the Year: Medium Volume category. Alexander Martin, Alexis Steenberg, Daniel Bugher and Jim Vansyckle received first place awards in the Construction Representative of the Year: High Volume category.

Minto design specialist, Amanda Mertens received third place in the Design Representative of the Year: High Volume category.

Eliant has long been recognized as the nation's leading provider of customer experience management services for U.S., Canadian, and Middle East building firms. Eliant’s customer experience monitoring, training and consulting services are considered to be the industry gold standard.

Minto Communities USA, headquartered in Florida since 1978, builds master-planned communities and homes in Florida and South Carolina. Active communities include Latitude Margaritaville Daytona Beach in Daytona Beach, Florida; Latitude Margaritaville Watersound near Panama City Beach, Florida; Latitude Margaritaville Hilton Head in Hardeeville, South Carolina; The Isles of Collier Preserve in Naples, Florida; and Westlake in Palm Beach County, Florida. Minto recently announced plans to expand into Texas with the Latitude Margaritaville brand.

For information on Minto Communities, visit www.mintousa.com.

About Minto Communities

Minto Communities USA, based in Florida since 1978, has represented integrity, financial strength and enduring value for over 45 years. Minto builds exceptional new homes and communities to meet every lifestyle, with more than 36,000 new homes built in 48 communities. Minto is dedicated to continuous improvement in design, quality and customer experience. These are just some of the elements that set Minto apart as an exceptional homebuilder and community developer and have earned the company national recognition that includes consistently high rankings from Eliant Customer Service Surveys. Minto has been recognized with multiple national awards from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) for community and home design, including Best Single-Family Community Over 100 Homes for Westlake in the City of Westlake; Best Mixed-Use Community and Best Clubhouse for The Isles of Collier Preserve in Naples, Florida. Minto is also recognized throughout the homebuilding industry as an expert in developing active-adult communities. The NAHB named Minto Communities as 2019’s 55 Builder of the Year. Minto’s Latitude Margaritaville Daytona Beach was awarded 55 Community of the Year for 2019, and Latitude Margaritaville Hilton Head was awarded 55 Community of the Year for 2020. Minto’s Westlake and all three Latitude Margaritaville communities were named among the 2023 Top 50 Master-Planned Communities by John Burns Real Estate Consulting and RCLCO Real Estate Consulting. In addition, Minto Communities USA was ranked #13 among the Top 100 Private Home Builders in U.S. by Home Builder Executive magazine for 2023. Follow Minto on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram at MintoCommunitiesUSA.