Homebuilders at Bedford at Falls River Receive Ten Awards from Raleigh's Parade of Homes

RALEIGH, N.C. October 21, 2005 – Bedford at Falls River, a traditional neighborhood development in North Raleigh, received 10 Parade of Homes awards from the 40th Annual Parade of Homes tour. The event, described as “North Carolina's Largest Open House” by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County, ran the first three weekends of October, 2005.

Bedford’s Riverwalk Collection, a neighborhood of low-maintenance patio homes with first floor master suites, won a gold for its Parade home. Tingen Construction of Raleigh built the home.

The HBA’s Parade of Homes also recognized Bedford’s builders with four silver awards and five bronze awards. Three of Bedford’s silver winners were given a perfect score from the panel of judges. Homes receiving the perfect score included one entry from Homescape Building Company in the Bailey Park Collection, a Preservation Homes Hayes Barton Collection home, and Wardson Construction’s Parade home in the Charleston Collection.

Bedford’s Parade winners also include a fourth silver award, Barrington Homes’ entry from the Bailey Park Collection, and bronze awards for Impact Design Build, CityScape Builders, McNeill Burbank Homes and Drees Homes. Tingen received its second Parade award, a bronze award for its Parade entry in Bedford’s exclusive Estate Collection.

The 40th Annual Parade of Homes ran the first three weekends of October and featured over 300 homes. For more information about the 40th annual Parade of Homes, visit the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County online at www.HBAWake.com. For more information about Bedford at Falls River call the Welcome Center at 919-792-0100 or visit online at www.BedfordTradition.com. The Welcome Center is located at 4390 Falls River Avenue, Raleigh, NC.

About Bedford at Falls River

Bedford at Falls River, a Wakefield Development Company community, revives the traditional neighborhood setting and atmosphere while combining modern conveniences of today’s homes. Voted 2004 Community of the Year by the NCHBA and named one of America’s 100 Best Community’s by Where to Retire magazine, Bedford offers incredible opportunities for all lifestyles.

About Wakefield Development Company

Wakefield Development Company is the Triangle's largest developer of residential communities, with a portfolio that includes over 14,000 home sites. In addition to the 2004 NCHBA Community of the Year, Bedford at Falls River, the company has six other communities under development across the Raleigh-Wake County market, including Wakefield Plantation, Eagle Ridge, Edgewater, Cornerstone, Delta Ridge and Twin Lakes. Wakefield has also begun development of Mackintosh on the Lake, a new 612-acre community between I-85/I-40 and Lake Mackintosh in Burlington, and will begin development of two new Raleigh communities, Renaissance Park and Twelve Oaks. For more information, call 919-556-4310, visit www.WakefieldCommunities.com, or email info@wakedev.com.

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