citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message standard pacific homes type corporation traded as nyse spf industry home construction founded 1961 headquarters irvine california key people scott d. stowell ceo number of employees approx . 750 website calatlantichomes.com irvine california based standard pacific homes is the america s 11th largest homebuilder as of 2015 . 1 engaged in the development of single family and multi family homes standard pacific has built homes for more than 113 000 families during its 46 year history . the company constructs homes within a wide range of price and size targeting a broad range of homebuyers . standard pacific operates in many of the largest housing markets in the country with operations in major metropolitan areas in california florida arizona the carolinas texas colorado and nevada . in june 2015 standard pacific homes and ryland homes announced the companies were merging . the combined company is expected to be the nation s fourth largest home builder . 2 following the merger the name will be changed to calatlantic group inc. 3 contents 1 history 2 corporation 3 references 4 external links history edit the company now known as standard pacific homes was incorporated in 1961 by arthur svendsen and ronald foell and began construction of its first subdivision in 1965 . operations expanded to include san diego in 1969 northern california in 1970 texas in 1978 and arizona in 1998 . since then the company has expanded into new markets primarily by acquiring established homebuilders in those areas . between 1969 and 1997 the company built most of its homes in orange san diego and riverside counties . bob allan started standard pacific of san diego in 1969 and built over 5000 homes until retiring in 1998 . standard pacific of san diego built more homes in the cities of carlsbad and poway than any other builder . corporation edit shares of standard pacific homes are traded on the new york stock exchange with the ticker symbol spf . the chairman of the board of directors is ronald r. foell . scott d. stowell is president and chief executive officer and jeff j. mccall is executive vice president and chief financial officer . references edit the top 100 2015 . builderonline.com . retrieved 2015 06 15 . stocks of standard pacific ryland jump after merger plans announced . latimes.com . 2015 06 15 . retrieved 2015 06 15 . ryland and standard pacific to become calatlantic group inc . prnewswire.com . 2015 08 03 . retrieved 2015 08 24 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title standard pacific homes & oldid 740773529 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies based in irvine californiaconstruction and civil engineering companies of the united stateshome buildershidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2010all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 september 2016 at 05 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view