Real estate developer and builder Jeff Lopez, owner of Sandbox Homes LLC of Manahawkin, is scheduled to have a prominent spot on the Dec. 2 episode of HGTV network’s “House Hunters.” Lopez’ company built one of three homes that a house-hunting couple explored when considering their future needs.

Educated in architecture and structural engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and holding a master of Science degree in real estate development and investment from New York University, Lopez took a departure from the corporate world in the late 1990s…