By Diana Olick | CNBC.com
Summary:
— Amazon is opening “experience showrooms” in Lennar smart homes.
— The homebuilder’s new homes are Wi-Fi certified, making them perfect showrooms for Amazon’s smart home devices.
— Lennar also offers 90 days of Amazon tech services with the purchase of one of its new smart homes.
In Aldie, Virginia, about an hour’s drive from downtown Washington, the biggest name in retail and the biggest name in homebuilding are test-driving a collaboration that could benefit both in a very smart way.