KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of New Trailside Community in Thornton

Homebuilder’s newest Colorado community offers spacious, ranch-style patio homes situated near a natural green belt

KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, recently held a grand opening celebration for its new Trailside Patio Homes community in Thornton, Colo. This enclave of new ranch-style patio homes is nestled adjacent to a beautiful green belt that runs along the entire length of the community and provides added privacy and a natural setting to each new homeowner’s backyard. Homebuyers will also enjoy community benefits such as front and side yard lawn care, as well as snow removal.

With homes priced from the mid $300,000s, KB Home’s Trailside Patio Homes community features eight flexible one-story floor plans that can accommodate up to five bedrooms, three baths, and two-car garages. Through the builder’s unique homebuying experience, each KB home can be personalized to suit the varied preferences of today’s homebuyers, from growing families seeking more bedrooms, to experienced homeowners looking to transition to a home sized to fit their lifestyle and needs.

Like all KB homes, those available at Trailside Patio Homes will be ENERGY STAR® certified and include a number of advanced energy- and water-efficient elements at no additional cost. Features like WaterSense® labeled fixtures, low-e windows, and smart USB outlets all come standard and can help contribute to lower utility bills for KB homeowners.

Homebuyers are invited to visit the ranch-style patio homes, which are conveniently situated off of I-25 and Highway 7, just north of E-470 and downtown Denver. The community’s location provides easy access to major employment centers in the Metro North region and Denver, as well as to several key transportation routes, Denver International Airport, and ample recreational opportunities in Thornton, which is home to nearly 2,000 acres of parks and open spaces. To the east, residents can enjoy 33 acres of dedicated open space, and the future Big Dry Creek Trail will offer miles of paths for biking, running or walking.

Additionally, the community green belt features a beautiful walking trail, and a planned four-acre park scheduled to open this summer will include sport courts, fields, and tot lots, with a pavilion with grills and picnic tables.

And with the planned expansion of I-25’s Express Lanes and the new Metro North Rail Line anticipated to be completed by 2018, residents at KB Home’s Trailside Patio Homes community will soon have greater opportunities to travel both near and far, including to numerous museums, public gardens, outdoor activities and more in the greater Denver area. Trailside will be served by the highly-regarded Adams County School District 12.

KB Home’s Trailside Patio Homes community is now open at 15740 Josephine Street in Thornton. For more information, visit www.kbhome.com or call 888-KB-HOMES.

About KB Home

KB Home is one of the largest and most recognized homebuilding companies in the United States. Since its founding in 1957, the company has built more than half a million quality homes. KB Home's unique homebuilding approach lets each buyer customize their new home from lot location to floor plan and design features. As a leader in utilizing state-of-the-art sustainable building practices, all KB homes are highly energy efficient and meet strict ENERGY STAR® guidelines. This helps to lower monthly utility costs for homeowners, which the company demonstrates with its proprietary KB Home Energy Performance Guide® (EPG®). KB Home has been named an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award winner for four straight years and a WaterSense® Partner of the Year for four consecutive years. A FORTUNE 1,000 company, Los Angeles-based KB Home was the first homebuilder listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and trades under the ticker symbol "KBH." For more information about KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES, visit www.kbhome.com, or connect with KB Home on Facebook.com/KBHome and Twitter.com/KBHome.

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