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4 unusual facts about Del Webb


Del Webb

After buying out MacPhail in October 1947, Webb and Topping remained owners of the Yankees until selling the club to CBS in 1964.

Huntley, Illinois

Huntley is best known for its Prime Outlets mall and Sun City retirement community, the largest in the Midwest.

Potomac Green, Virginia

Potomac Green is located near Ashburn and was developed by Pulte Homes, marketing it as Del Webb community.

Will Harridge

Harridge faced some criticism for his involvement in allowing Arnold Johnson, a business associate of New York Yankees owners Dan Topping and Del Webb, to purchase the Philadelphia Athletics and move them to Kansas City rather than allow local owners to purchase the team and keep it in Philadelphia.


Menifee, California

Early development of the Menifee area began with Sun City in the early 1960s as the concept of an active retirement community envisioned by Del Webb, a building contractor from Phoenix, Arizona.

Pulte Homes

Pulte has subsidiaries that include Del Webb, which builds retirement communities, and Palm Beach Gardens-based Divosta Homes, a pioneer in the mass-market construction of cast concrete houses.

Ramada

The chain was founded in 1953 by longtime Chicago restaurateur Marion W. Isbell (1905–1988) and a group of investors including Michael Robinson of McAllen, Texas who later went on to start Rodeway Inns in the early 1960s; and Del Webb of Phoenix, who owned the New York Yankees and went on to establish his own lodging chain, Hiway House, in 1956.


see also

Del E. Webb Construction Company

Pinal Airpark, built in 1942 by the Sundt & Del Webb Construction Companies and opened in March, 1943, thenknown as Marana Army Air Field.

Luke Air Force Base, buildings constructed by Del Webb Construction Co., with first building begun in March 1941.

Del Webb Explosion

Following the second and final implosion of Del Webb Explosion, Mankyboddle joined forces with Steve Z to form The Sweets of Sin, an experimental crossover pop-band with strong modern classical and jazz influences.