{"id":1150,"date":"2016-04-14T23:06:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T03:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2020-04-29T15:36:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T19:36:35","slug":"opus-homes-featured-in-the-toronto-stars-new-in-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/opus-homes-featured-in-the-toronto-stars-new-in-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"OPUS Homes Featured in the Toronto Star&#8217;s New In Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"uk-article-lead\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Toronto Star&#8217;s New In Homes Keeping it Real Estate<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">on April 14, 2016<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"uk-margin\">\n<h2 class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Andrea DeGasperis-Ronco of OPUS Homes wins the Young Entrepreneur Under 40 Award!<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>By\u00a0<span class=\"author\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" title=\"Posts by Lucas\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.newinhomes.com\/author\/lucas\/\" rel=\"author\">Lucas<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span>\u00a0on April 13, 2016\u00a0<span class=\"meta-sep\">|<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vaughanchamber.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vaughan Chamber of Commerce<\/a>\u00a0celebrated and announced their Business Achievement Awards, and Andrea DeGasperis-Ronco, Principal of\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newinhomes.com\/builders\/opus-homes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OPUS Homes<\/a><\/strong>, received the Young Entrepreneur Under 40 Award!<\/p>\n<p>The Young Entrepreneur Under 40 Award recognizes business owners operating in Vaughan with superior business acumen, social awareness, and those who contribute greatly to the Vaughan community.<\/p>\n<p>DeGasperis-Ronco\u2019s family has a background in construction, and after spending a decade in the industry, she decided to start something of her own. When she launched OPUS Homes in 2010, it was her goal to build high quality communities while taking the stress out of the homebuying process, and it\u2019s clear that she\u2019s succeeding.<\/p>\n<p>The Newinhomes.com team has been to more than one OPUS Homes opening over the last five years, and we have to say, we\u2019ve probably seen DeGasperis-Ronco on the sales floor more than any other principal in the industry. She offers her personal attention and advice, taking a more caring, down-to-earth approach to selling a home. It\u2019s not even just about selling a home for OPUS Homes, it\u2019s about building a real community.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1188&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.newinhomes.com\/news\/the-grand-finale-of-aurora-trails-was-a-huge-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last year at the final opening of Aurora Trails<\/a>\u00a0(now sold out), hundreds of buyers lined up for hours. People were even arriving days before to secure their spot in line. It was a crisp June morning and there was a sense of urgency in the air.<\/p>\n<p>We popped into the OPUS sales centre to check out how the crowds were responding to the new home offerings and then DeGasperis-Ronco made an announcement. A new crowd had just been let in through the front doors, and the first thing she did was ask the crowd if anyone needed to use the washroom.<\/p>\n<p>We know that doesn\u2019t sound like a big deal, but we\u2019ve never seen that happen before, and we\u2019ve been to our fair share of openings. The fact that she was aware that people had been waiting a long time and was concerned that they may be uncomfortable shows what kind of person and what kind of business owner she is.<\/p>\n<p>From that point on, the crowd browsed in a relaxed manner and there was a calm atmosphere throughout the sales centre. DeGasperis-Ronco instantly treated these people like people and not like prospective purchasers, and sometimes that\u2019s the difference between being successful and unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sending out a big congratulations to Andrea DeGasperis-Ronco and the entire OPUS Homes team! We can\u2019t wait to see what you have planned for the near and distant future.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OPUS Homes communities <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1152&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Speaking of the future, OPUS Homes has a few communities in the works, including Whitby Meadows, Glen Ridge Estates, and a new Richmond Hill project.<\/p>\n<p>Whitby Meadows is in the preconstruction phase and OPUS Homes is currently collecting registrations for the community. Glen Ridge Estates is a collection of 28 exquisite estate homes that will be launching in Aurora this June, with prices starting at $1.7 million. All that has been released about the upcoming Richmond Hill community is that it will be located at Elgin Mills Road and Leslie Street.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto Star&#8217;s New In Homes Keeping it Real Estate on April 14, 2016 Andrea DeGasperis-Ronco of OPUS Homes wins the Young Entrepreneur Under 40 Award! By\u00a0Lucas\u00a0|\u00a0on April 13, 2016\u00a0| Last week, the\u00a0Vaughan Chamber of Commerce\u00a0celebrated and announced their Business Achievement Awards, and Andrea DeGasperis-Ronco, Principal of\u00a0OPUS Homes, received the Young Entrepreneur Under 40 Award! The &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/opus-homes-featured-in-the-toronto-stars-new-in-homes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;OPUS Homes Featured in the Toronto Star&#8217;s New In Homes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-opus-homes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1150"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9191,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1150\/revisions\/9191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.opushomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}