Meritage Homes designs and builds homes and communities that are innovative, built with care and craftsmanship and deliver enduring value. Over the years, the company has built more than 55,000 homes across the southern and western United States. Its commitment to quality has helped the company become the 12th largest homebuilder in the U.S.. Meritage Homes has been included among the Forbes Platinum 400 Best Big Companies of America, the Fortune 1000 largest corporations of America and has been named Texas Builder of the Year five times. Meritage Homes offers a wide range of styles and sizes of homes, from first homes to luxury homes and urban townhouses, built under various brand names, such as Legacy Homes, Meritage Active, Meritage Homes, Monterey Homes, Meritage Metropolitan and Texas Big Homes. Meritage Homes has a location in Fort Myers, Fla.