Spain & Cooper Homes

Few Gainesville-area builders carry a longer family thread. Spain & Cooper Homes was founded more than 50 years ago by Tom Spain, and in 2022 third-generation builder Tyson Riggins became sole owner. The company now operates as Riggins Design + Build, a luxury custom home builder serving Gainesville, Florida, with spaincooper.com resolving to the new brand. The name has changed; the lineage has not. Buyers considering a custom home in North Central Florida are looking at a firm whose roots in the local market stretch back half a century and continue under its next generation.