To be developed around a beautiful 40-acre lake, Summerlake will have a total of 250 homes when completed. The first phase consists of 77 one-half acre plus lots, 20 of which are on the lake. There have already been nine homesite reservations, all of them lake lots, and work has started on the first houses.

Located off Hwy. 155, Summerlake is in rolling, wooded countryside only two miles from Exit 69 of the interstate highway. Amenities will include a junior

Olympic-sized swimming pool, tennis courts, sidewalks and streetlights. Two golf courses, Green Valley and Cotton Fields, are nearby.

Homes in the community are priced from $139,900 to the $250,000s. Thirteen different house plans, both one-story and two-story designs, are being offered, and some basement lots are available. The exteriors of the homes utilize low maintenance vinyl with brick, stucco and stone accents.

Marketing agent in Summerlake is Janet Frame, an associate broker who was a multi million dollar producer last year and who holds the coveted CRS designation. Active in real estate in the Metro South area for the past 29 years, she just joined Knight Realty Inc.

Mary Wineland, the broker for Knight Realty, is also helping market the community on weekends.

The Summerlake sales center can be contacted by calling (678) 432-9233.

The Knight Group, formerly known as Knight Development, is a family business based in Jonesboro. The company had its beginning in 1973, when brothers Scott and Perry Knight starting framing houses for Metro South builders. The Knight brothers got into the home building business in the late 1970s. Perry's son Jay, who has been with the company since 1982, is now the president of The Knight Group. Scott's son Chris, who joined the company last year, is now vice president.

At the present time, the company is building approximately 250 homes a year. During the 1990s, the company has been a consistent winner of Professionalism Awards from the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association and the Greater Atlanta Sales & Marketing Council and has also won awards for customer service.