Western Europe since the 11th century, divided Christianity in Europe, and consequently the world, into Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. With certain simplifications, Western Europe is thus Catholic or Protestant and uses the Latin alphabet. Eastern Europe is Orthodox and uses the Greek alphabet or Cyrillic script. According to this definition, Western Europe is formed by countries with dominant Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, including countries which are considered part of Central Europe now: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
CalAtlantic Homes year. In August 2016, the company announced plans to develop 250 homes near Charlotte, North Carolina. In June 2017, the company acquired Oakpointe, LLC and entered the Seattle market. In July 2017, the company paid $10.94 million for a property in Miami-Dade County, Florida that was approved for 220 homes. In October 2017, CalAtlantic and Lennar Corporation agreed to a $5.7 billion merger. The combined company would become America's largest homebuilder, with combined revenues of $17 billion. CalAtlantic Homes CalAtlantic Group, Inc. is a home construction company based in Arlington, Virginia and was America's 4th largest homebuilder as of 2016.