In 2012, Shea also helped create Artisan Homes with a focus on buying tear-down homes in South Tampa and building luxury semi-custom spec houses in their place. He retains 50% ownership in the company that has had a hand in enhancing the desirability of the South Tampa market as the city grows. In 2015, Shea’s landscaping company was awarded the landscape and irrigation work for a large residential housing development that respected land developer Keith Groves was managing. Realizing how much they had in common – especially when it comes to their shared devotion to exceeding the expectations of others, it wasn’t long before the two parlayed their synergies and began creating imaginative new communities together.

With more than four decades of construction and land development industry experience to his credit, as one of the leaders at WaterStone Land Development, Shea provides the capital needed to acquire property, aids in concept development, and lends insight to the realization of those concepts into thriving communities. As one of their newest endeavors, WaterStone at Jonica Gap is set on a beautiful piece of land in North Georgia with stunning contours, breathtaking short and long-range views, and a stream running through the heart of the property. It’s a world away from the views of Tampa Bay Shea has known his whole life. Once fully realized, WaterStone will represent a high-end, expertly planned gated community that will provide its residents with a safe environment, tranquil feel, and enduring sense of space. As for the area that surrounds the community, Shea describes it as “God’s Country.” Believing there are no words to describe it truly, he invites prospective homebuyers to come “see it to believe it.”