MARK-TAYLOR, INC. NAMED 2000 BUILDER OF THE YEAR
- Credited for "Raising the Bar" in Apartment Development -

In a world of cookie-cutter apartment communities, Mark-Taylor, Inc. has distinguished itself from the competition by orchestrating a lifestyle experience that is anything but typical, according to the editors at Multifamily Executive magazine.

The national trade publication has honored Scottsdale-based Mark-Taylor, Inc. for its trend-setting innovations with the magazine's highest distinction -- the 2000 Builder of the Year award.

"From increased cabinet space in the kitchen to a beach wading pool, a Mark-Taylor property is more like a resort than an apartment community," said Edward J. McNeill Jr., publisher/editor of Multifamily Executive. "Even the company's exercise room goes beyond the traditional saunas and steam rooms found in many class 'A' properties, offering a rock climbing wall. There simply is no comparison to the 'extras' that are offered at Mark-Taylor's properties."

In addition to the legendary resort-like amenities, the editor cited Mark-Taylor's attention to detail, sensitive response to regular customer satisfaction surveys and company motto -- "it can always be better" -- as quality standards that are raising the bar and pushing other apartment developers to keep pace.

Classic Mark-Taylor touches -- including attached garages, elaborate porte coche entries and striking architecture -- communicate to residents and visitors alike a sense of arrival.

Matt Perrin, president of Mark-Taylor Residential, the company's management division, said the spectacular amenities and exceptional service work in concert to cater to residents' needs.

Partners Jeff Mark and Scott Taylor agree the award from the apartment industry's top experts is an incredible honor.

Mark-Taylor has been recognized with a number of major awards from various apartment industry associations, both at the national and state levels.

In addition to winning local industry awards for its outstanding employees, the company also has received national recognition for developing and managing award-winning apartment communities. In 1999, two Mark-Taylor communities in the Phoenix area won the National Apartment Association (NAA) awards for Best Luxury Garden Apartment Community and Best Garden Apartment Community. The national win is a repeat performance for Mark-Taylor; one of the company's luxury apartment communities in Scottsdale, Ariz. won the national award in 1998.

Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., Mark-Taylor, Inc. is the largest luxury apartment developer in Arizona. The company was ranked the Number One Multi-Family Builder in Arizona by readers of Arizona Business Magazine. Mark-Taylor Residential, the property management division of Mark-Taylor, Inc., provides professional management services to apartment communities developed by Mark-Taylor, as well as communities developed and owned by others.