The crumbling Packard Motor Plant in Detroit, built in 1905 but closed in 1956, had tenants until the late 1990s and is now set to become a facility to build modular homes and offices. A family doctor from Texas, along with several investors, won the bid at $6 million for …
Mark Wilson of non-profit affordable housing developer Community Frameworks in Spokane, Washington, noting that multi-generational living is coming back, is seeking a family to purchase an elder cottage as a model for the organization. He says, “An elder cottage is a small, energy-efficient, self-contained home designed to be placed adjacent …
According to marketwatch.com, Cavco Industries, Inc. (CVCO) will release its financials for the second quarter of fiscal 2014 on Thurs., October 31 after the close of the market. Senior management will discuss the results in a webcast the following day, Fri., Nov. 1 at 12:00 noon EST. Interested parties may …
Patrick Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:PATK) reports net sales for Q3 2013 increased 29.8 percent over the same quarter 2012, from $112.9 million to $146.6 million. While sales to the manufactured housing (MH) industry rose 16 percent, the sales increase was due primarily to the 35 percent increase in revenues from the …
An ongoing dispute between the British Columbia Safety Authority (BCSA) in Canada and modular home builder Riske Creek Manufacturing and its owner Andy Tower has resulted in a recall of the company’s homes by the BCSA, which alleges the park model homes do not comply with gas and electrical certification …
Universal Forest Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:UFPI) has been upgraded from neutral to outperform, according to a Zacks analyst as published by Zolmax.com. Zacks says, “Universal Forest’s earnings more than doubled year over year to $0.71 per share in the third quarter 2013. Revenues grew 22% on the back of healthy performances …
Southern Energy Homes has finalized plans to move its homebuilding facility from Double Springs, Alabama to a 176,000 square foot plant in an industrial park in Russellville. The 200 employees of this manufactured housing builder will be transferred to the new operation in the northwest part of the state. The …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) and builderonline.com report that Clayton Homes of Maryville, Tennessee is the nation’s largest homebuilder. With over 1.5 million homes built since 1934, and numerous awards for design and construction, Clayton builds manufactured and modular homes, as well as commercial and educational buildings, through 35 facilities …
Clayton Homes Billed as Nation’s Largest Homebuilder Read More
Atlanta, Georgia-based investment advisory brokerage firm ARA announces the sale of Saratoga Hills manufactured housing community in Stillwater, New York, 24 miles from Albany. Saratoga is an all-age community of 300 homesites sitting on 91 acres with a mix of single and multisection homes. According to nreionline.com, the seller is …
Canadian Apartment Properties (CAP) REIT of Canada owns and operates a portfolio of real estate primarily around larger urban markets that includes apartments and townhomes as well as 14 manufactured housing communities (MHC) comprised of 3,370 homesites. As seekingalpha informs MHProNews Cap REIT reduces financial risk by having 38,000 residential …
Portfolio in Canada includes Manufactured Housing Communities Read More
Time magazine reports a former Austin, Texas developer of high end houses now blogs about his small homes built from salvaged materials. Brad Kittel, owner of Tiny Texas Houses, who has built around 75 tiny homes of 400 square feet, ranging from $20,000 to $40,000, now plans on building a …
Zolmax.com reports Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (NYSE:ELS) will announce its financial results for the third quarter of 2013 Tuesday, Oct. 22 during a conference call at 11 AM. Analysts anticipate ELS will post earnings of $0.38 per share and revenue of $173.38 million for Q3. With a market cap of …
Following up on a story MHProNews posted Oct. 15 concerning The Carlyle Group’s acquisition of two Florida manufactured housing communities (MHCs), arabianbusiness.com reports Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Development Group owns 7.5 percent of Carlyle. Based in Washington, this is Carlyle’s first foray into MHCs, and is paying $30.5 million for the …
U. S. Land Lease Communities attracting Foreign Investors Read More
The Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto, California, currently home to 104 factory-built homes, and recognized in the city’s comprehensive plan as one of the largest sources of low-income housing, may be sold for over $30 million if owners Toufic and Eva Jisser’s plan is approved by the …
California Land Lease Community on Track to Convert Read More
Drew Industries, Inc. (DW) will release its Q3 2013 financials on Fri., Nov. 1 before the market opens, followed by a conference call at 11 AM the same day to discuss the results. A question and answer session of the call will be limited to institutional investors and analysts. As …
Canada’s Killam Properties Inc (TSX:KMP) reports its board of directors has declared a monthly dividend of $0.04833 per common share to be paid on Nov. 15, 2013 to shareholders of record Oct. 31, 2013. Killam’s Dividend re-investment plan (DRIP) allows shareholders the opportunity to re-invest their dividends in additional common …
When hearing of the need of older military veterans for housing, former Green Beret and successful home builder Richard Simonian took up the challenge and now has 7,000 homesites in 40 manufactured housing communities across the western U. S. that openly caters to veterans. As lakecountrysun.com reports, John Stryker Meyer, …
Builder Provides Manufactured Housing for Fellow Vets Read More
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy damaging or destroying 346,000 homes in New Jersey, for people who are replacing their homes, modular homes are some of the most popular “hurricane proof” choices. Ocean City, NJ-based Zarilli Homes built on average two homes a month, mostly large luxury homes, before Sandy’s …
Excel and Zarilli Site Modular Homes in New Jersey Read More
The chairman of the Putrajaya affordable housing agency PR1MA in Malaysia has announced a joint effort with Japanese modular home builder Sekisui Chemical to build 500,000 affordable homes within the next five years, which would help fulfill the promise of the Barisan Nasional government. Datuk Jamaluddin Jarjis says, “ The …
Malaysia Partners with Japanese Firm on Modular Homes Read More
Updating a story MHProNews posted Oct. , concerning Universal Forest Products, Inc.’s (UFPI) release of Q3 financials, the company’s earnings exceeded analysts expectations by.17 cents per share to .71, and gross sales grew by 22 percent over the same quarter last year, according to Zacks.com. UFPI manufactures and distributes a …
