A story MHProNews last published Sept. 10, 2015 concerning a business in Brewer, Maine that has been converting shipping containers into modular buildings since 2011, was ordered to cease and desist. The attorney general’s office said it was making manufactured homes (MH) without a license. It has now received a …
SnapSpace may Move Modular Container Building Operation to South Carolina Read More
As part of a statewide allocation of $22.6 million in grants that will help create affordable housing, deliver social services and revive downtown communities covering 1,166 different projects, more than $2 million will be going to communities in western New York state to improve homes and help create a path …
Block Grants will Replace Manufactured Homes in Western NY Read More
Continuing a pattern set in motion Nov. 2014, one which MHProNews has reported on numerous times since, Jeffrey L. et al Gendell (a.k.a. Jeffrey Gendell) unloaded 66,753 more shares of Patrick Industries, Inc. stock, as told by dakotafinancialnews. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, required of …
Following a story MHProNews last posted Oct. 14, 2015 regarding the arrival at the Ellsworth Air Force Base of manufactured homes to house flood victims on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, a private professional services firm, Dewberry, is assisting with the installation of the homes for the Oglala Sioux Tribe. …
Manufactured Homes Destined for Oglala Sioux Staged at Ellsworth Air Base Read More
MHProNews has learned from dakotafinancialnews that Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW) Chairman Emeritus Leigh J. Abrams sold 5,400 shares of Drew stock for $60.10 per share for a net transaction of $324,540.00. Disclosed in a transaction with the SEC, Abrams now owns 71,311 shares valued at $4,285,791.10. The company’s earnings for …
National Cooperative Bank (NCB) of Arlington, VA and New York’s MetLife have collaborated with ROC (resident-owned communities) USA to invest $40 million to provide loans for resident-owned manufactured home communities. According to justmeans, NCB and MetLife will each invest $15 million and ROC will put in $10 million to finance …
Institutional Capital Garnered to Finance Resident-owned Communities Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Local Star Chambers Wage War on Affordable Housing What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Thugs threaten modular homeless housing in Dublin. Dodd-Frank reform dropped from bill. Fowl foul manufactured home expansion. Ordinance classifies 3 types of MH. Site-built starts & permits …
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Allan Wallis, writing in Wheel Estates, says: “The mobile home may well be the single most significant and unique housing innovation in twentieth-century America. No other innovation addressing the spectrum of housing activities- from construction, tenure, and community structure to design- has been more widely adopted nor, simultaneously, more widely …
Vertical Manufactured Home Community Built, then Scrapped Read More
Following a story MHProNews published Dec. 18, 2015 regarding a proposed addition to Carrington Pointe MHC in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Fort Wayne Board of Zoning Appeals postponed a decision on the project to allow the applicant, Sun Secured Financing LLC, more time to review staff concerns over a retention …
Flying Fowl Foul Fort Wayne Formula for Expanding Manufactured Home Community Read More
From midsouthnewz, MHProNews has learned Terra Nova Asset Management has increased its holdings in Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) by 4.8 percent in Q3 2015, according to an SEC Form 13F filing. The institutional investor added 410 shares during the quarter and now owns 8,900 shares of …
MHProNews has learned that Sun Secured Financing LLC, a subsidiary of Sun Communities, Inc. of Southfield, MI is seeking to expand Carrington Pointe manufactured home community (MHC) in Fort Wayne, IN (MHC) by 36 acres to accommodate 165 manufactured homes (MH). A rezoning that allows homes to occupy rental sites …
Expansion of Carrington Pointe MHC Planned for Fort Wayne Area Read More
MHProNews has learned from villages-news that the owner of Water Oak manufactured home community (MHC) in Lady Lake, Florida will reportedly be subject to a $250 daily fine if it does not mend or remove a diseased tree by Christmas. Lady Lake Special Magistrate Valerie Fuchs ruled on Dec. 15 …
Sun Communities ordered to Remove Tree or be Fined Read More
Following a pattern since Nov. 2014, as MHProNews has reported numerous times, Jeffrey L. Gendell is shedding more Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) stock, this time 6,835 shares for $40.12 per share for a net of $274,220.20. Major shareholders that own ten percent or more of a stock are required to …
MHProNews has learned from newswire.ca that SpruceLand Properties, Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has agreed to sell its portfolio of manufactured home communities (MHC) and commercial properties to two independent buyers for $101.6 million. The sale agreement for the two MHCs carries a price of $40.6 million, to be satisfied …
Spruceland of Canada selling both Manufactured Home Communities Read More
Word has arrived from New South Wales (NSW), Australia that manufactured home community (MHC) owner Ingenia Communities has acquired South West Rocks Tourist Park in NSW for $8.5 million ($6.03M USD), but only the business and not the land, reports abc.net.au. As MHProNews posted Oct. 21, 2015, Ingenia acquired Lakeside …
Ingenia Buys Tourist Park, Adding 54 Manufactured Homes Read More
As MHProNews reported April 25, 2014, Stonecliff Properties was replacing the infrastructure at its Port Edward manufactured home community (MHC) in the far northwest of British Columbia, Canada in Port Edward, just south of Alaska. Stonecliff restricted access to the community to work vehicles and equipment only, from April 28 …
Residents Removed from Land Lease Community in north British Columbia Read More
In Brooklyn for nearly 20 years, modular builder Capsys will close their manufacturing plant in Brooklyn’s Atlantic Navy yards, laying off 54 union employees, according to what Crain’s New York tells biztimes, as the company looks for a more affordable location. As MHProNews published March 12, 2014, Tom O’Hara, the …
Modular Builder Capsys closing Brooklyn Navy Yards Facility Read More
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Manufacturer and distributor of component products for the manufactured housing and recreational vehicle industries, Patrick Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq:PATK) has announced that Andy Nemeth will be the firm’s new president as of Jan 1, 2015, moving up from Executive Vice President of Finance and CFO. According to insideindianabusiness, Joshua Boone, who …
MHProNews has been informed by analystratings that CEO of Skyline Corp (NTSE:SKY) Richard Florea bought shares of Sky for $3,120, which increases his holdings by 5.71 percent. Florea bought the stock, according to Skyline’s website, at $3.12 per share for the 1,000 shares, and now owns 18,500 shares. MHProNews last …
