New Golf Course Home Tract in the Antelope Valley, California

</head> <body text="#000080" background="floorplan-bg.gif"> <center>Homes in Palmdale California <br><b><i><font face="Arial Black"><font size=+1> The Legends in California City, California</font></font></i></b> <br><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/sitemap.html"><img SRC="CCRE-logo5.jpe" height=400 width=500></a> <br><b><i><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+2>Golf Course Community on Tierra Del Sol PGA Golf Course</font></font></i></b> <br><b><i><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+2>COMING Summer 2006!</font></font></i></b> <p><b><i><font color="#000000"><font size=+2>Showcase of Model Homes</font></font></i></b> <br><b><i><font color="#000000"><font size=+2>See the amenities that we offer with our development!</font></font></i></b> <br><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/nle-amenities.html"><img SRC="enter_hb.gif" BORDER=0 height=16 width=75></a></center> <center><table BORDER COLS=5 WIDTH="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFF00" > <tr> <td> <center><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/1757sqft.html">1,757 sq ft</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/1801sqft.html">1,801 sq ft</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/1810sqft.html">1,753 sq ft</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/2072sqft.html">2,089 sq ft</a></font></b></center> </td> <td> <center><b><font size=+1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/2136sqft.html">2,136 sq ft</a></font></b></center> </td> </tr> </table></center> <center> <p><b><i><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+2>MAKE YOUR RESERVATION FOR A BEAUTIFUL HOME</font></font></i></b> <br><b><i><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+2>IN UPSCALE NORTH LOOP ESTATES GOLF COURSE COMMUNITY!</font></font></i></b> <br><b><i><font color="#000000"><font size=+1>Whether you are looking for a beautiful weekend getaway, a retirement golf course home, or a permanent home in the country that can host several generations of your family. At North Loop Estates we offer a variety of real estate opportunities to meet your home buying needs. At North Loop Estates modern techniques and award winning design are put into each Home to insure the integrity of each North Loop Estate Home. This new 63 acre Golf Course Community will consist of 190 single family Homes with forty Premium lots along the Tierra Del Sol PGA Professional Golf Course for the golf enthusiast. 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Sub-division will have sidewalks, curbs, gutter, street lights, sewer, natural gas, cable tv, paved streets and access to the golf course. All homes will feature upgraded interiors and exteriors and included in the purchase price, tile roof, stucco exterior, front yard landscaping, block wall fence, interiors will feature, tile floors, upgraded carpet, granite counter tops, upgraded cabinets and more!!</b> <p><b>North Loop Estates at Tierra Del Sol golf course community are the perfect place for golfers regardless of your game. In addition to golf this award-winning community will have a full range of amenities to enrich every lifestyle. Here you will find the home of your choice whether it is a </b> <br><b>three or four bedroom home, on or near the golf course. The essence of The North Loop Estates</b> <br><b>is the careful blending of surrounding nature with quality homes. Ours is a residential country club community of attractive and stylish single family custom homes that are affordable compared to other areas of Southern California.</b> <p><b>Blended within a spectacular par 72 championship golf course designed by  Bruce Devlin and Robert Von Hagge, North Loop Estates at Tierra Del Sol is destined to be one of California City's most prestigious new home golf communities. Nearly every home site will have views of the community's golf course and Sierra mountains. This exciting new community will offer five luxurious, semi-custom one- and two-story single-family homes. </b> <p><b>Experience a life where the good life is your way of life. </b> <center><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/email.htm"><img SRC="sendemail.gif" BORDER=0 height=73 width=92></a><b><font size=+1>OR CALL (760) 373-4567, (760) 373-2662 or (661) 256-2744</font></b></center> </td> <td ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=BOTTOM WIDTH="15%"> <center><img SRC="tierradelsol-2" BORDER=3 height=234 width=312> <br><img SRC="tierradelsol-1.jpg" BORDER=3 height=234 width=312></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td COLSPAN="2"> <center><img SRC="diamond.gif" height=19 width=15 align=TEXTTOP><b><i><font size=-1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/1757sqft.html">1,757 Elevation and Floor Plan</a></font></i></b></center> </td> </tr> </table> <table BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=2 WIDTH="100%" > <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><img SRC="diamond.gif" height=19 width=15 align=TEXTTOP><b><i><font size=-1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/1810sqft.html">1,810 Elevation and Floor Plan</a></font></i></b></td> <td WIDTH="50%"><img SRC="diamond.gif" height=19 width=15 align=TEXTTOP><b><i><font size=-1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/2072sqft.html">2,072 Elevation and Floor Plan</a></font></i></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="50%"><img SRC="diamond.gif" height=19 width=15 align=TEXTTOP><b><i><font size=-1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/1801sqft.html">1,801 Elevation and Floor Plan</a></font></i></b></td> <td WIDTH="50%"><img SRC="diamond.gif" height=19 width=15 align=TEXTTOP><b><i><font size=-1><a href="http://www.northloopestates.com/2136sqft.html">2,136 Elevation and Floor Plan</a></font></i></b></td> </tr> </table> <center><font color="#000000">New custom golf course homes in California City, Tehachapi, Palmdale, Lancaster, Rosamond CA and Rosamond, California - Custom homes by North Loop Estates LLC. Looking for a golf course community, golf course home or golf course real estate? Tierra Del Sol Championship PGA Golf Course at North Loop Estates LLC in California City features private, gated golf course communities, luxury golf homes, luxury golf communities and golf course communities that feature homes and homesites with golf views, water views, mountain views, nature preserve views, golf training facilities, golf estates and much more! Tierra Del Sol Championship PGA Golf Course is an exclusive private residential golf community, located in the High Desert and just a short drive from Lancaster and Palmdale. Tierra Del Sol Championship PGA Golf Course offers a select number of expansive quarter acre to large estate lots with city or mountain view estate home sites, a limited number of custom estate homes and private golf memberships for the championship Bruce Devlin and Robert Von Hagge 18-hole golf course. Recreational choices abound with hiking and biking trails, fishing and a variety of close winter sports including skiing and snowboarding in the Sierras. This premiere Sourthern California golf community offers the best of country club living with a luxury resort lifestyle, and all as an amenity to your own custom estate home.</font> <br><font color="#000000">California City the "Best kept secret in California"  (population 13,289), known as the "Land of the Sun" is located in the California High Desert, 36 miles north of Lancaster, California. California Citysupports economic development, but has managed to set aside land for open space (with more than 150 acres of parks and a PGA championship golf course and a Par three Executive golf course). The largest two-day street fair in the area, the "Tortoise Days, featuring more than 50 exhibitors is held on the first weekend of May, attracting crowds from Southern California. Along with the busiest single-runway airport in the High Desert, California City also is home to the internationally renowned Tierra Del Sol Championship PGA 18-hole professional golf course.</font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The Antelope Valley expands over two counties, Los Angeles and Kern. The Antelope Valley offers affordable housing within a reasonable drive from Los Angeles and other metropolitan areas, making it an affordable option for those that get priced out of the expensive housing markets of Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange Counties. The Antelope Valley consists primarily of the cities/communities of Palmdale, Lancaster, Rosamond, Mojave, California City and Ridgecrest. National homebuilders have built huge housing developments in this area, which have contributed to the Antelope Valley being one of the strongest housing markets in the nation. Because of all the billion dollar aerospace companies in this region, the Antelope Valley has been called "Aerospace Valley." The Space Shuttle was built in Palmdale, and has landed at Edward's Air Force Base.  Lockheed-Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Rockwell and BAE Systems continue to win huge government defense contracts, which translate into jobs, housing and retail sales. The current population of the Antelope Valley has already swelled to over 300,000 residents with no slow down in sight. This population surge has brought many large shopping malls to the region that anchor national department stores. For example, the Antelope Valley Mall is home to Dillards, Harris Gottchalks, JC Penny, Mervyn's, Sears, and many other national retail chains. Across the street is the Palmdale Promenade that is home to Wal-Mart and Home Depot.</font></font> <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>MAJOR EXPANSION OF THE ANTELOPE VALLEY FREEWAY BEGINS IN 2005</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the L.A. Daily News, June 4, 2005, a section of the Antelope Valley Freeway is being widened by Caltrans to the south of Palmdale. The $41 million project has broken ground, and will add a lane in each direction for 6.2 miles and relieve a traffic bottleneck at the Pearblossom Highway interchange of the 14 Freeway. Completion is scheduled for Spring 2007. When the lanes are completed, motorists will be able to travel along 35.9 miles of car-pool lanes from Palmdale to the Interstate 5 interchange south of Santa Clarita. Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford said he wants a further extension of the car-pool lanes to Avenue L, bringing them into Lancaster. "We know our transportation needs in the region will need that lane to Avenue L," Ledford said at Friday's ceremony, conducted in a Palmdale cul-de-sac with the freeway visible across vacant fields. Car-pool lanes are on 380 miles of Los Angeles County freeways and are planned on 70 more within five years. "All of the users will be able to benefit from the reduced congestion," Caltrans District 7 Director Doug Failing said. "It's very important we do everything we can to meet the needs of this exploding population."</font></font> <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>LANCASTER'S FOX FIELD ATTRACTS MAJOR INDUSTRY</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> In 1996 the City of Lancaster created the Fox Field Industrial Corridor Specific Plan, in order to encourage the development of major distribution centers in Lancaster. In 1997 Michael's Stores built a $19,000,000, 432,000 square foot west coast distribution center in the Fox Field Industrial Area. The construction of the Michael's Distribution Center was just the beginning. The Lancaster Redevelopment Agency was able to secure the $60 million, 1,000,000 square foot Rite Aid Distribution Center to Fox Field. In addition, the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds built its new facility at Fox Field, offering a turf club, concerts and more. Rite Aid, Michael's and the AV Fairgrounds are all located at Ave. H and the 14 Freeway. Fox Field continues to attract industry. According to the Antelope Valley Journal, May 28, 2004, Lancaster city officials announced that Regent Aerospace would be another manufacturing company to set up shop in the Fox Field Industrial Corridor. Regent is the world's largest independent company that specializes in the refurbishing of commercial aircraft seats. Regent will build up to 6 plants at the corner of Ave. G and 50th Street West. Initially Regent will occupy a 75,000-square-foot facility. Additional high-end office park buildings ranging from 250,000 square feet to 275,000- square-foot will be built to accommodate Regent's future growth and will be available for lease or sale to other companies. Regent will initially employ 300 people at the Fox Field facility. To add icing to the cake, Larwin Commercial has plans to build 210,000 square feet of speculative buildings, ranging in size from 7,000 square feet to 18,000 square feet at the northwest corner of Ave. G and 45th Street West. According the Larwin's Vice-President, Greg St. Clair: "Our major commitment to more than 20 new buildings in Fox Field is a testament to our confidence in the community." Any jobs we create in the Antelope Valley are good, but these high-paying manufacturing jobs at Fox Field are excellent," said Lancaster City Councilman, Ed Sileo. The growth of industry in the Fox Field area is also good news for nearby Rosamond. It is obvious that Rosamond's close proximity and affordable home prices would be very attractive to employees who work at the Fox Field Industrial Corridor in Lancaster.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ANTELOPE VALLEY BUILDING PERMITS INCREASED 87% IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF 2004</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the Antelope Valley Journal, April 16, 2004, the number of residential permits that were pulled in the Antelope Valley in January and February 2004 increased 87 percent compared to the same period last year and may signal a record year for the local building industry. According to Gutierrez, Director of the AV Business Industry Association, 489 permits were issued in January and February 2004, compared to 261 in January and February 2003. The number of permits that are pulled is a reliable indicator of the number of homes that will be built, she said, because developers don’t normally apply for permits until their building plans are concrete. In 2002, 1,588 residential permits were issued in the AV. In 2003, 2,225 permits were issued. If the local housing market continues on its current course, Gutierrez said, approximately 3,000 permits will be issued in 2004. An example of the Antelope Valley’s burgeoning housing market is Anaverde. The first phase of the master-planned Anaverde project began last year. Anaverde represents a development on 2000 lavishly landscaped acres. Within the various neighborhoods at Anaverde, Southern California's finest builders are crafting architecturally varied houses that will provide an array of housing options to homebuyers. Upon completion, Anaverde will include 5,000 homes, schools, parks and a golf course. Anaverde is located in southwest Palmdale. While Anaverde will be a first class development, its expected home prices could price many homebuyers out of the Palmdale Housing Market. The Rosamond area offers a lower cost housing option to new residents of the Antelope Valley.</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>THE STRONG ANTELOPE VALLEY HOUSING MARKET OF 2005</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the L.A. Daily News, June 1, 2005, Antelope Valley home prices are skyrocketing. For example, in Palmdale, typical sale prices on homes have climbed above $300,000. Going up twice as fast sale prices of homes in Los Angeles County as a whole, the median for new and resale homes in Palmdale hit a record $310,000 in April 2005, up 33 percent from the same month a year ago and up from $305,000 in March 2005, according to the California Association of Realtors. In Lancaster, home prices were up 33.7 percent over the year - to a record $274,000 in April 2005. In March 2005, the median price was $267,500 in Lancaster. In nearby Rosamond, the median sales price in April 2005 was $231,000, up 37.4 percent from April 2004.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ROSAMOND IS LOCATED JUST 11 MILES NORTH OF LANCASTER IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Rosamond is located 11 miles north of Lancaster in Kern County, just north of Ave A, the Los Angeles-Kern County border. It is a community with some impressive residential and commercial developments. The Town of Rosamond experiences all 4 seasons.</font></font> <br>  <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ROSAMOND’S POPULATION IS PROJECTED TO DOUBLE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the Antelope Valley Press, October 30, 2005, experts say Rosamond's population is going to double in the next 10 years. With that in mind, members of the Rosamond Community Services District (“RCSD”) decided they needed to come up with a long-term plan for the development of parks in the area. In August 2005, the RCSD hired a consulting firm. Then they put together a committee of community members to work on the project. They posed some hypothetical questions: What kind of parks do they want? Baseball fields? What equipment do they want in the parks?</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>This plan is important because Rosamond has some catching up to do, said Roy Imai, a senior project manager for Foothill Associates, the consulting firm that the RCSD hired a couple months ago. After mapping out the community's resources, Imai said Rosamond's population could be 40,000 by 2015. The community needs a master plan, Imai said, to work with developers to accommodate that population boom.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The master plan could help Rosamond get park funding from another source as well. Once it has been adopted by the RCSD, the organization will present the plan to Kern County along with a budget request. For example, to prepare for development, land needs to be acquired and set aside for parks and recreation facilities. After the plan is adopted, developers will have to adhere to building standards outlined in the plan. They may also have to pay an "impact fee" to help offset the cost of park construction in the area.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ROSAMOND HAS IMPRESSIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> High profile homebuilders, such as Barratt Homes and Kaufman & Broad, have built impressive homes in Rosamond. Kaufman & Broad developed Westpark, which is a master planned community of about 600 homes on 7000 square foot lots. Westpark has a junior high school and a park, and is located on 40th St West; south of Rosamond Blvd. Homes in Westpark sell in the $200,000 range.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Rosamond also has the Tropico housing development and custom homes in the central area of town; west of town, and estate sized country homes on large acreage parcels. Skypark is one of the most interesting housing developments in Rosamond. Rosamond Skypark was developed in 1986 as a fly-in community with upscale homes on half-acre lots, featuring backyard airplane hangars and taxiway connections to the Rosamond Airport. Homes in Skypark sell for about $500,000. Rosamond Airport has a surfaced 3,600-foot runway with a self-service gas station for airplanes.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>KERN COUNTY APPROVES THE 600-ACRE, 1201-UNIT COPA DE ORO HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND GOLF COURSE IN ROSAMOND</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the Antelope Valley Press, May 10, 2004, the largest housing development ever to hit Rosamond should soon be under way. The 1,201-unit Copa de Oro, which will span more than 600 acres between Avenue A and Gaskell Road and between 110th and 120th streets west, was approved unanimously by the Kern County Board of Supervisors on April 27, 2004. An 18-hole golf course, part of the Copa de Oro community, was the focus of much of the concern over how much water would be required to maintain it. After working with developer R.L. Abbott, the two parties came to an agreement last fall that a mitigated negative declaration would be sufficient to determine the impact on present and future water supply as growth continues in the district, DeLano said. The development will have its own service district, treating its own sewage and providing its own water or purchasing it from the Delta near Sacramento. Although the district has just begun the Local Agency Formation Commission process to extend its boundaries to 110th Street West, it still covers about 33 square-miles, extending to 60th Street West. At completion, the project would reinforce the Rosamond area's position as Southeast Kern's most populous community. Lancaster is located approximately 11 miles south of Rosamond and already has a population today of over 120,000 and growing. Lancaster can grow to the east and to the west, but Rosamond can’t grow too far to the east, because that’s where Edward’ s Air Force Base begins. According to this article, the Copa de Oro development is expected to increase the Rosamond area's population from about 18,000 residents to about 22,500, which would be a 25% increase. With the strong demand for affordable housing in the Antelope Valley, what could Rosamond’s population grow to in the next 10 years?</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>RETAIL DEVELOPMENT HAS FLOURISHED IN ROSAMOND</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>This explosive residential growth has spurred commercial development. In the early 1990's Albertson's Market agreed to be the anchor tenant in a new shopping center, just west of the 14 Freeway. Since that time, Rite Aid and Radio Shack have opened locations also. Antelope Valley Bank has also located in Rosamond. As more and more affordable housing developments come to Rosamond, the need for expanded retail and commercial development may be seen in Rosamond.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ROSAMOND IS THE GATEWAY TO EDWARD'S AIR FORCE BASE</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> Rosamond is often referred to as the Gateway to Edward's Air Force Base. This close proximity to Edward’s has resulted in some service men living off base in Rosamond. This has generated new housing construction. Edward’s hosts an annual Air Show that attracts about 200,000 to 300,000 people annually. During the base closures of the 1990's, Edward’s Air Force Base actually grew in population from absorbing other base closures. Edward’s Air Force Base has an approximate civilian and military daytime work force of 20,600 that has a combined annual payroll of about $500 million, making it one of the largest employers in the High Desert. Due to its enormous 530 square mile size, location, weather (360 flying days per year), and accessibility to aerospace contractors (in Palmdale), EAFB is a vital link in the testing of the nation's next generation of aircraft and weapon systems. The Jet Propulsion Lab, now called the Astronautics Lab, is located in the southeastern corner of EAFB. Edward's Air Force Base is where the Space Shuttle has been launched, and the home of NASA and a myriad of private companies and industries. Edward’s encompasses portions of San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Kern Counties. No doubt that the proximity of Rosamond to such a Goliath as Edward’s Air Force Base could only help the growth of this town in the 21st Century.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ROSAMOND HAS MODERN SCHOOLS, PARKS AND A MODERN LIBRARY</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> There are currently four schools in the Rosamond area that include 2 elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Rosamond takes great pride in its Rosamond High School that is a modern School that can boast about having a first rate athletic field. These schools in the Rosamond area are part of the Southern Kern Unified School District. Rosamond’s College Students can attend the Antelope Valley College that is located about 11  miles away in Lancaster, and now provides some 4-year courses of study through Cal State University Bakersfield. The Antelope Valley College has a student enrollment of over 12,000. These schools can be a catalyst for new home construction for many families that are interested in locating in the Rosamond area. Rosamond has two public parks, one with a pool, and another that provides fields for sports activities. The parks include play equipment for children and picnic areas. The Rosamond Library shown above is also important for new families with school age children.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ROSAMOND’S WILLOW SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> Rosamond is also famous for its Willow Springs International Raceway that is located to the north of Rosamond Blvd on Raceway Lane that is located between 70th St. West and 80th St. West.  It holds all types of races, including various types of stock cars; formula cars and can attract about 25,000 people in a weekend. The Raceway has four tracks that would permit 4 different events to occur at the same time.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>THE AVAILABILITY OF WATER IS A KEY FACTOR IN THE GROWTH OF ROSAMOND AND KERN COUNTY</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> The Antelope Valley East Kern Water Agency (AVEK) gets its water from the California Aqueduct. The California Aqueduct was built at a cost of $3.7 billion. The Aqueduct provides supplemental water to approximately 20 million Californians and about 660,000 acres of irrigated farmland, according to the California Department of Water Resources. Twenty-two State Water Projects (SWP) dams and reservoirs are used to capture and store run-off from Northern California Mountains and Valleys. The bulk of the water imported by AVEK is treated and distributed to customers throughout its service area through the Domestic-Agricultural Water Network (DAWN) Project facilities. A $71 million bond issue has been completely repaid, which financed the development of the DAWN Project. The Dawn Project consists of more than 100 miles of water distribution pipelines; four Water Treatment Plants; and four 8 million gallon water storage reservoirs near Rosamond and Mojave. According to the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency Website, the Rosamond Water Treatment Plant was established to support the needs of consumers in southeastern Kern County, an area that includes Rosamond and Mojave.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>MOJAVE IS HOME TO 140 COMPANIES THAT EMPLOY OVER 1300 PEOPLE AT THE MOJAVE AIRPORT</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> Mojave is located about 13 miles to the north of Rosamond and 24 miles to the north of Lancaster. It is situated at the junction of California Highways 14 and 58 that already have a large traffic count. Mojave is considered a gateway to the fertile San Joaquin Valley, the popular ski resorts of Mammoth, the Eastern Sierras, Las Vegas and the Los Angeles Basin. Mojave is also home to the Mojave Airport. The Mojave Airport is home to 140 companies that employ over 1300 people, making it one of southeastern Kern County’s largest employment centers. The Mojave Airport offers cutting edge aviation, high-tech manufacturing and light industrial enterprises at one of Southern California's best transportation hubs. Mojave is well located for industry, offering both the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway and the Union Pacific Railway that serve the rail transportation requirements of companies and mining operations located in the Mojave area.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>THE MOJAVE AIRPORT’S LIST OF 140 COMPANIES INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRMS</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>  Avtel Services, Inc.</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Scaled Composites</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Mojo Jets</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>National Test Pilot School</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Flight Research</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>XCOR</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Progress Rail Services</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>HPE Flight Control Systems</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>HPE High Plains Engineering</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Derringer Aircraft Company</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Mercy Air</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Scroggins Aviation</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Interorbital Space Systems</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Translunar Research</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Fiberset</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>ASB Avionics</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Tellair International</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Space Launch Corporation</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Pocket Rocket Society</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Derringer Aircraft Company</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>EVA</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Mellor Printing</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>BAE Systems</font></font> <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>BAE SYSTEMS HAS WORLDWIDE SALES OF $20 BILLION AND IS NOW AT THE MOJAVE AIRPORT</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the Los Angeles Daily News, April 26, 2004, BAE Systems has reached a tentative agreement with one of its Mojave Airport neighbors to acquire a large hangar to accommodate future growth. BAE Systems Integrated Defense Solutions plans to acquire from Avtel Services Inc. a complex that includes a 73,000-square-foot hangar and several adjacent buildings. Under the proposed agreement, Avtel Services, an aircraft maintenance and aircraft storage company, will lease one of BAE Systems' hangars to continue its current operations at Mojave Airport. Bob Swanson, BAE Systems' IDS president, said the sale was undertaken to facilitate the growth of the Mojave operations by providing the facilities to perform a wider range of aircraft modifications. "We believe this facility promotes expansion of our business and allows us to pursue new opportunities we have not been able to accommodate in our current facilities," Swanson said. BAE Systems, which employs about 180 people, anticipates 10 percent annual growth at the Mojave Airport. "The airline industry has suffered the past few years, and we are optimistic that it is on the upswing," said Paul Nafziger, vice president and general manager of the Mojave operations, in the announcement. "Mojave is the ideal location for our customers -- we have the people, weather and facilities to service their needs." The Mojave plant's main source of business now is the conversion of Vietnam-era F-4 jet fighters into target drones for the U.S. military. On April 12, the Pentagon announced the awarding of a $17.1 million contract to provide 13 QF-4 aerial target drones and associated technical support. The new target drone contract runs through July 2006. The company is also a subcontractor on the F-35 joint strike fighter program. The company is modifying a Boeing 737 jetliner for Lockheed Martin to serve as a test bed for electronic equipment for that program. BAE Systems is an international company with major operations across five continents and customers in some 130 countries. The company employs more than 90,000 people and generates annual sales of more than $20 billion through its wholly owned and joint-venture operations. BAE Systems' Integrated Defense Solutions unit, headquartered in Austin, Texas, employs more than 1,000 people.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>FAA APPROVES THE MOJAVE AIRPORT AS THE NATION'S FIRST INLAND SPACEPORT</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to Desert News, June 26, 2004, the FAA approved the Mojave Airport as the first inland commercial spaceport in the U.S.A. This approval grants the Mojave Airport the right to support "suborbital reusable launch vehicle" missions to take-off and land at Mojave Airport like the flight of SpaceShipOne. Joann Painter, President of the East Kern Airport District, said the Spaceport offers great economic benefits to East Kern County. "I really believe this is the beginning of a new era - civilian space travel is going to open-up opportunities for new businesses and jobs, and I think the whole community, East Kern, and the Antelope Valley will benefit from this," Painter said. "We have seven rocket companies at the Mojave Airport- you have an inland spaceport — we have a bid right here on my desk from a company that wants to build a spaceport and wants to do a $100 million project at Mojave this year. This will open up the spaceport frontier to the commercial sector.” FAA spokesman Hank Price said the Mojave’s Spaceport License gives the Airport the ability to conduct space flights by companies holding current launch licenses. Scaled Composites and XCOR currently hold such launch licenses. XCOR's license differs somewhat from the first license issued to Scaled Composites in that it authorizes a rocket vehicle take-off from the ground. Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne, in contrast, is air-launched from a carrier aircraft. Announcement of these licenses at the Mojave Airport has drawn interest in these Companies and their efforts from around the world. The FAA has issued five other spaceport licenses. Mojave’s license is the first for a commercial spaceport located away from a coast, and the first that is not located on a federal government site. The other three commercial spaceports licensed by FAA are at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Cape Canaveral, Wallops Island, Virginia, and on Kodiak Island, Alaska.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>MICROSOFT FOUNDER INVESTS $20 TO $30 MILLION IN MOJAVE AIRPORT SPACESHIP</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> According to the Los Angeles Daily News, 5-1-04, Burt Rutan's financial backer for SpaceShipOne is Microsoft's Co-Founder, Paul Allen. Aerospace observers estimate that Paul Allen will invest between $20 million to $30 million in the project. In the international competition to win the $10 million X Prize for the first privately financed and reusable spaceship, eyes are turned toward Mojave's famed aircraft designer Burt Rutan. Rutan's company, Scaled Composites, appears to be the X Prize space race front-runner. On SpaceShipOne's latest flight test, on April 8, it hit a top speed of about 1,000 mph and climbed to over 105,000 feet. SpaceShipOne is a 25-foot-long rocket-powered craft that can accommodate three people. Scaled Composites received the nation’s first space license issued to a private company. To win the $10 million X Prize, a spacecraft must make two suborbital flights within two weeks. During each flight, the spacecraft has to reach an altitude of 100 kilometers -- 62 miles above Earth. Mojave Airport officials are developing plans to accommodate visitors for the launch and the X Prize Foundation is planning to conduct a Webcast of the flight. "It's a big deal for the nation, a big deal for California, and a big deal for Mojave," said Mojave Airport Manager, Stu Witt.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT APPROVES THE MOJAVE AIRPORT AS A FOREGN TRADE ZONE</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>According to the Antelope Valley Press, 2-11-04, the U.S. Department of Commerce has approved the Mojave Airport as a foreign trade zone. A foreign trade zone allows goods to be imported without the typical federal excise taxes and custom duties. This is a major edge for international trade. Foreign goods can be admitted without dealing with any formal customs entry or duties till the assembled goods leave the foreign trade zone. It's possible for carriers to transport from one foreign trade zone to another or to a foreign country and save a lot of money. There are 230 foreign trade zones in the 50 states with goods valued at $175 billion annually. These foreign trade zones support over 365,000 jobs throughout the United States. Mojave Airport's approval as a foreign trade zone could prove to be a major benefit to existing businesses and new businesses that locate at the Airport. A significant benefit will be in fuel sales to customers. For example, to save as much as 30 cents per gallon in taxes, airline companies previously would send 747 jetliners and other planes maintained at Mojave Airport elsewhere to fill up. In the long run, the foreign trade zone could prove to be a major incentive for many more new businesses to locate at the Mojave Airport. This puts the Mojave Airport in a position to be the next economic driver for the Antelope Valley and East Kern County.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>CALIFORNIA CITY IS THE 3RD LARGEST CITY IN CALIFORNIA, ENCOMPASSING 204 SQUARE MILES</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>California City has a population of about 11,000 residents, and lies north of Mojave and south of Ridgecrest in the Kern County portion of the Antelope Valley. The California City limits run east to Highway 395, south to Highway 58 and west to the 14 Freeway. California City is the third largest city in California, encompassing 204 square miles or 130,200 acres. It has an elevation of approximately 2,400 feet above sea level. As one of the fastest-growing regions in Southern California, California City has been undergoing significant change. More people are moving into California City, because they have discovered affordable housing prices, excellent weather, clean air, good schools, safe streets, shopping, a Central Park and a professionally designed PGA 18-hole golf course.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>California City also has an evolving and diverse business base. One of the more recent additions is the $60 million, 4300-acre Hyundai KIA Proving Grounds, which recently opened in California City. The Proving Grounds include a 6.4-mile oval track, a 2 million square-foot Vehicle Dynamics Area (VDA), a 2.75-mile winding track, a 3.3-mile hill road, and various special surface roads constructed to duplicate U.S. highways. The facility also includes a 30,000 square-foot office complex for its staff members. “The Hyundai-Kia Motors California Proving Grounds will ensure that Hyundai and Kia continue to develop the highest quality vehicles,” said Dong Jin Kim, Vice Chairman of Hyundai Motor Company. “Hyundai and Kia are committed to the U.S., and this facility will help us design vehicles that appeal to consumers in this market as well as worldwide.”</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Other recent additions to California City include a McDonald’s restaurant, a Rite Aid store, and a planned 40-acre industrial park near the California City Municipal Airport. The City owns and runs the California City Airport, which contains a 6,030-foot lighted runway with terminal facilities and a restaurant. The Airport also has 20,000 sq. ft. of privately owned industrial buildings.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>According to the Antelope Valley Press, June 16, 2005, City leaders and developers say they were well received recently at the International Council of Shopping Centers annual conference in Las Vegas. "We got some good leads" on businesses that may be interested in locating in the city, he said. One of those making a push to bring more businesses to California City is San Diego-based developer Michael Ellison, who is working on bringing his Ellison Plaza shopping center to fruition in California City. Ground has been broken on one cornerstone of the plaza, the Microtel Inns and Suites Hotel. Future plans for the center include a grocery store, retail stores, restaurants, a bowling alley and gas station.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>THE CITY OF RIDGECREST ALREADY HAS 27,000 RESIDENTS</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The city of Ridgecrest is in the Kern County portion of the Antelope Valley, and has a population of about 27,000 residents. It encompasses about 21 square miles. It is situated about 40 miles north of California City, about 80 miles north of Lancaster, and about 125 miles northeast of Bakersfield. Traveling to all of these nearby urban centers from Ridgecrest is easy, because of the proximity of U.S. Highway 395, Highway 178 and the 14 Freeway.</font></font> <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The Inyokern Airport serves Ridgecrest, and lies about 8 miles to the west. In a strong indication of the city’s residential growth in recent years, Home Depot arrived in late 2003. Other major retail companies are keeping a close eye on Ridgecrest, and the city’s industrial base continues to expand. Also opening is a new business and technology park to accommodate the city’s growing number of locally grown businesses and defense contractors. The China Lake Naval Air Weapons Division at China Lake further serves Ridgecrest with a large number of armed service personnel who contribute to the consumer base of the city. China Lake is also important to the country’s national defense.</font></font> <br>  <br>  <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The city of Ridgecrest can also take pride in its Ridgecrest Regional Hospital that is a state of the art hospital with plans for major expansion, which include a new cafeteria, a new entrance and lobby, a new Outpatient Services Center, and a 3-story tower that will contain a new surgery suite, ICU/CCU, inpatient beds, and pediatric beds.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>WHY IS EASTERN KERN COUNTY GROWING?</font></font> <br><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Government Regulations</font></font> <br>  <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>The answer is prohibitive government regulations and expensive land costs in the larger cities are pushing companies and new residents to the Eastern Kern County region of the Antelope Valley.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>In Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties, businesses have to deal with all the requirements of the South Coast Air Quality Management Agency (SCAQMD) and other agencies, where it could take up to 2 years to get a permit to begin development. In Eastern Kern County, businesses can expand with the friendly, cooperative Kern County Air Pollution Control District (APCD) and other government agencies that have a reputation for being very, very pro-business.</font></font> <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Affordable Land</font></font> <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1> In Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange Counties, the median priced home has soared to an average of about $600,000. In Eastern Kern County, the median comparable new home sells for about $200,000. With homes being offered in Lancaster and Palmdale at prices over $300,000, the communities in Eastern Kern County offer a more affordable housing option. In Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange Counties, undeveloped commercially zoned land parcels sell from about $20.00 to $60.00 per square foot, which is about $870,000 to $2.6 million per acre. Even in Lancaster and Palmdale, undeveloped land prices have already become expensive. Commercially zoned vacant land in Lancaster and Palmdale may be priced from about $7 to $20 per square foot or about $305,000 to $870,000 per acre, and many residentially zoned vacant land parcels in these cities have already gone through the roof. On the other hand, the communities of Eastern Kern County offer reasonably priced property in a dynamic growing region.</font></font> <br>  <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Antelope Valley Home and Land Specialists specializes in choice, close in land parcels in prime locations in the Eastern Kern County Region of the Antelope Valley. Many of these properties are zoned residential, industrial or commercial. Prime acreage parcels can be purchased with affordable long term financing.</font></font> <br>  <br>  <br>  <p><font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Hesperia Victorville Antelope Valley</font></font> <br>  <p><b><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+3>California City Real Estate</font></font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">"Your California City Home and Land Specialists"</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">6508 California City Blvd., California City CA 93505</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">Tel (760) 373-2662 Fax (760) 373-2663</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">20301 California City Blvd., California City CA 93505</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">Tel (760) 373-4567 Fax (760) 373-4444</font></b> <br><b><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+3>Rosamond Properties</font></font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">"Your Antelope Valley Real Estate, Home and Land Specialists"</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">4401 Rosamond Blvd. Suite #4, Rosamond, CA 93560</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">Tel (661) 256-2744  Fax (661) 256-2497</font></b> <p><b><font color="#000000">Open Daily  9 AM to 5 PM</font></b> <br><b><font color="#000000">"Open 24/7 by Appointment"</font></b> <p><font size=-1><font color="#000099">Seller reserves the right to change prices, floor plans, features and specifications without notice or obligation. 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