As follow-up to a story MHProNews posted Feb. 27, 2013 concerning Universal Forest Products, Inc. (UFPI) taking over a former manufactured housing facility in Silverton, Ore., city officials now say UFPI has put those plans on hold. Silverton City Manager Bob Willoughby says the 126,000 square-foot building, once occupied by Redmond Homes, was set to combine UFPI’s operations in McMinnville and Woodburn, Ore. As statesmanjournal reports, the project has been delayed indefinitely, and calls to the company did not elicit a response. UFPI, a major component supplier to the manufactured housing industry, had filed an application with the town’s planning commission that would have created 100 jobs.

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