Killam Properties, Inc. of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada announces it will release financial results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2012 on Tuesday, May 8 after the close of the market. A conference call discussing the results will ensue the following day, Wed. May 9, 2012 at 10:00 AM …
Simcoe reports from north of the border a multi-story modular home comprised of 15 modules, was assembled in one working day in Meaford, Ontario, Canada, north of Toronto. “This one was a particularly large one. We wanted to put something together that shows what is possible with modular homes,” says …
MHProNews.com has learned from Calgary, Alberta, Canada Okaply Industries has opened a new factory in Calgary. Based in Oka, Quebec, just north of Montreal, Okaply manufactures pre-finished gypsum, MDF, plywood, particleboard, shelving and moulding for the manufactured and modular housing industries. The company services clients in Canada, parts of the …
Following up on a story we published Sept. 8, 2011, ReinforcedPlastics says Toronto, Canada-based Innovative Composites International, Inc. (ICI) has completed its Orangeburg, South Carolina plant designed to produce five million square feet of modular homes annually. The 880 square-foot EcoScape homes, a modular unit especially designed for affordable housing …
ATCO Structures and Logistics of Alberta, Canada, is opening its third plant in the U.S., a 200,000 square foot facility in Pocatello, Idaho to meet growing demands for its modular buildings, according to IndustryWeek. Over 150 plumbers, electricians, and carpenters, plus office staff and additional production workers will be employed …
Devereaux Homes and Developments in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada is busy assembling multi-unit modular apartments at Sky Harbour Estates. CEO Denis Jones says while single-family and two story modular building has been around a long time, it’s only recently the technology has been applied to multi-unit developments. Upon completion, Sky Harbour …
Calgary-based Black Diamond Group Limited announced recently the company will webcast its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. MDT on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in the Devonian Room at the Calgary Petroleum Club at 319-5 Avenue S.W., Calgary, AB T2P 0L6. Those shareholders …
The AtikokanProgress reports to MHProNews.com from just north of Duluth, Minnesota, in Canada, the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) dismissed a homeowner’s appeal of a bylaw that would have restricted placement of modular homes. The town had approved the amendment requested by owners of a former MHC who want to build …
As a follow-up to a story we published Feb. 28, 2011, TheNowNewspaper in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada tells MHProNews.com modular units used for housing athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, just north of Vancouver, have been converted into 52 rental apartments for seniors and people with disabilities. Timber …
MHProNews.com has learned from IntelligencerCanada Royal Homes Ltd. of Wingham, Ontario won the contract to supply the Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA) at CFB Trenton with a two-story modular home. The 1,437 square foot dwelling will have three bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, an attached garage, and a fire suppression system …
CTVBC in Canada reports Ikea is producing a flat-packed do-it-yourself modular home for sale in the U.S. furnished with their signature cabinetry, flooring and wardrobes as well as Energy Star appliances. Priced at $86,500, the 745 square-foot space-saving home, the Aktiv, has an open living/dining/kitchen area, a single bedroom and …
Following up on a story we published Dec. 22, 2011, the WinnipegFreePress tells MHProNews.com nearly a year after floods forced several thousand First Nation Manitoba, Canada, residents from their homes, 2,255 people continue to live in hotels in Winnipeg or with family and friends. The government pays the evacuees for …
From Bloomberg, MHProNews.com finds that mortgage defaults are on the rise in Canada. Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp. (CMHC) defaults have soared nine-fold in 20 years, the business paper says, approaching levels reached by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the U.S. at the height of the housing boom. Bloomberg …
Just north of eastern Montana and north of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, a modular town of 2,500 residents will emerge to provide workforce housing to build BHP Billiton’s Jansen potash mine, near the Gordon First Nation. MHProNews.com has learned from GlobalRegina that Craig Alloway of Calgary-based Atco, says it will be …
There don’t appear to be any shortage of Internet connections in Attawapiskat, or at least not for those in Canada concerned about the conditions there. From the Toronto Sun, MHProNews.com learns that the prime minister’s office and the office of the aboriginal affairs minister were recently flooded with e-mails about …
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WesternOne Equity Income Fund has announced that the first modular buildings are rolling off the production line in its Waco, Texas facility of its WEQ Britco LP division. The plant in Texas, which had been idle for three years before Britco purchased it in September 2011, now has 80 employees. …
One of the largest manufacturers of commercial modular buildings in North America, WesternOne Equity Income Fund’s Britco division acquired a new facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and one in Waco, Texas in recent months. Headquartered in Langley, British Columbia, the company is currently involved in producing 280,000 square feet of …
From north of the border Sys-Con says Innovative Composites International, Inc. (ICI) has inked a deal to provide RedLeaf Homes, Ltd. with modular housing to distribute to mining camps, First Nations, and in other rural areas. RedLeaf will maintain exclusivity providing they generate $5 million worth of revenue annually. ICI’s …
Four modular apartments to be built in Naramata, British Columbia (BC), Canada will provide affordable housing for seniors and persons with disabilities, continuing an ongoing trend of the Senior’s Rental Housing initiative. Federal and provincial governments contributed a combined total of approximately $720,000 through an amendment to the Canada-British Columbia …
ModularHomeCoach informs MHProNews.com Canadian modular home builder Alouette Homes has been acquired by Quebec modular homes manufacturer Bonneville Homes. According to Danny Bonneville, co-president of Bonneville, “This acquisition will double the size of our production facilities and allow us to move forward with the ambitious growth program we introduced a …
