Del E. Webb Construction Company

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Del E. Webb Construction Company

Del E. Webb sidewalk plaque
Company type	Private Company (1928-1960) Public company (1960-2001)
Traded as	NYSE: WBB
Founded	1928
Founder	Del Webb
Defunct	2001
Fate	Acquired by Pulte Homes
Successor	Del Webb a brand of Pulte Group
Headquarters	Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Area served	United States, Honduras, El Salvador, East Asia
Key people	Del Webb, L. C. Jacobson, R. H. Johnson
Services	Construction, Development, Property Management
Number of employees	1,800
Divisions	Del Webb Hotels
Subsidiaries	Del E. Webb Development Co. formed 1952, Del E. Webb Realty & Management Co. formed 1970, Sahara-Nevada Corporation acquired 1961

The Del E. Webb Construction Company was a construction company that was founded in 1928 and developed by Del Webb. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, it became the Del E. Webb Corporation a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange in 1960. The same year, the corporation unveiled Sun City, outside Phoenix, as the first community designed for senior citizens. Many more Sun Cities were built by the corporation in the following decades. Along with construction, the corporation was also involved in real estate and owned several hotels and casinos which were built and/or expanded by the company. The company was purchased in 2001 by Pulte Homes.^[1] Pulte Homes since merged with Centex Corp. and became PulteGroup.^[2] Del Webb continues as a brand of PulteGroup.^[3][4]