KRMGRadio says the first modular units for the Red Clay Casino have arrived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just southeast of Tulsa. Being developed by the 450 member Kialagee Tribal Town from Wetumpka, OK, the project has become a lightning rod for opponents of the casino, including a state lawsuit to …
The AspenTimes reports non-profit Roaring Fork Community Development Corp. (RFCDC) bought the Pan and Fork Mobile Home Park in Basalt, Colorado last year and has submitted preliminary plans to the town government to redevelop just under half of the property into a 112,000 square-foot combination retail, hotel, classroom, non-profit organizations, …
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At the Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) annual conference in Orlando, Florida last week, the president of Whitley Manufacturing, Simon Dragan, was inducted into the association’s Hall of Fame as part of its World of Modular event. A veteran of the modular industry for over 30 years, Dragan came to the …
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WisconsinRapidsTribune tells MHProNews.com Ferkey Builders has received preliminary approval for a modular home community for people 50 and older in the central Wisconsin town of Saratoga. The 48 homes would each be sited on a half-acre with one bedroom models starting at $100,000. A resident who said the town’s ordinance …
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 …
From Illinois and the Orion Gazette comes a story about the Lustron Home. Workers there recently installed siding on a home made by Lustron, a prefabricated house was built with enamel-covered steel panels on the outside and more steel panels on the inside. Built in 1948 at the company’s plant …
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From DelmarvaNow.com and Virginia, MHProNews.com learns that homes conceived there are finding welcome occupants in Haiti. Known as the Shelter 2.0 project three 10-by-14 foot wooden shelters were recently assembled in three days, using only a wrench and a cordless drill. The third was assembled in just five hours, including …
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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 …
StLToday says the Joplin Globe reports some homeowners in tornado-ravaged Joplin, Missouri are up in arms because modular homes are being sited next to more expensive houses. In one case a Habitat for Humanity low-income home was built across from a $280,000 house, and a modular home of lesser value …
In a short video, Baristanet informs MHProNews, Fredco Modular Homes of Passaic, New Jersey details the erection of an Excel four bedroom, two bath, two-story modular home in one day. Since 1979 the Fredco Group has been involved in site development, golf course/sports field construction, and landscaping/hardscaping, including the construction …
A legal debate is brewing in a Mississippi court regarding the distinction between a modular home and a manufactured home as it pertains to a restrictive covenant in a subdivision. In a case going back to 2006, developers Hudson Holliday and Darrin Harris filed a complaint to have home owners …
According to The Wall Street Journal, the manufactured housing industry may be poised for a rebound. Noting the 42.1 percent increase in MH sales Jan. 2012 over Jan. 2011, and the corresponding six percent decrease of new single-family stick built homes in 2011, the article says home buyers may be …
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 …
The National Association of Home Builders tells MHProNews.com the Board of Trustees for its Building Systems Councils (BSC) has chosen Kevin Flaherty as its vice chairman. A 28-year veteran of the building systems industry, Flaherty is vice president of marketing for Genesis Homes and Champion Home Builders in Troy, Michigan. …
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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 …
NorthBayBusinessJournal informs MHProNews.com new California modular kid-on-the-block Healthy Buildings Technology Group finished the first of two showcase Ohome homes in Napa, CA. The roof and wall panels of a 640 square-foot dwelling were hauled to a site in North Napa and assembled in two days. A second Ohome nearly twice …
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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 …
While noting modular villas being built in in one day in southern Iraq by Rotondo Weirich of Pennsylvania, as we published here March 6, 2012, FraserCoastChronicle of Australia reports Hutchinson Builders is constructing a modular three-story accommodation (residential) building for Central Queensland University (CQU) in northeast Australia for their Mackay …
