ClosetsDaily tells MHProNews.com Salem, Oregon modular home builder Ideabox offers factory-built homes designed to incorporate IKEA interiors. Working with an IKEA dealer in Portland, OR, co-owner Cindy Russell says, “We design the layout and our clients can select the colors. Homes are complete when they leave the factory, ready to …
MHProNews.com has learned a National Modular Housing Council report indicates shipments for modular homes were up 7.9 percent fourth quarter 2011 over the same period 2010, to 3,030 units. During that year, eleven states showed increases, eleven had decreases, and seven states had insignificant change. Nebraska, Maryland, Texas, and Virginia …
IndyStar reports that Shrum’s Manufactured Housing Center on U.S.40 west of Indianapolis was bought by real estate investment firm Platinum Financial Trust at auction Wednesday. The 12.4 acre site on a major commercial corridor near the Indianapolis International Airport went for $230,000 at the bank-ordered sale. MHProNews.com has learned the …
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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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 …
The ChillicotheNews in Chillicothe, Missouri tells MHProNews.com a public hearing will be held by the city council to consider a zoning ordinance amendment so differentiation can be made between manufactured, mobile, and modular housing, and where they may be sited. City Engineer Ron Urton says the current ordinance is outdated …
Westminster Patch in Westminster, Maryland, tells MHProNews.com modular housing units have reached the battlefront in Afghanistan. Thomas Beyard, Westminster’s Department of Planning, Development and Zoning Director, is serving a 400 day assignment with the Maryland National Guard in Afghanistan. He reports the modular barracks at the Kandahar Air Base are …
In his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, while noting the per share book value of their Class A and Class B stock gained 4.6 percent in 2011, says he jumped the gun on the housing recovery. As Business Insider tells MHProNews.com, “We have five businesses whose …
OzarksFirst tells MHProNews.com the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has begun selling some of the temporary manufactured housing units brought to Joplin, Missouri following the deadly hurricane that struck May 22, 2011. 586 total homes have been brought to Joplin, 470 of which remain occupied. Residents have 18 months to …
Turquoise Investments of San Antonio, Texas, will be providing modular housing units for oil field workers in west Texas if the Pecos Economic Development Council (PEDC) gets its way. According to CBS7KOSA, Pecos mayor Venetta Seals says people coming to town cannot find a hotel room. The Pecos City Council …
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From Massachusetts and Metro West Daily News, MHProNews.com learns that an affordable housing project long underway will soon bear the fruit in the form of new modular homes. Undertaken by the Sudbury Housing Authority, the project adds affordable housing units without the expensive proposition of buying new land. The project …
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NineMSN of Australia tells MHProNews.com the Fleetwood Corporation, a producer of RVs and modular accommodations for residential and commercial applications, announced its profit for the six months ending Dec. 31, 2011 rose ten percent to $26.89 million. CEO Steven Price attributes the earnings report to increased demand for temporary accommodations …
This 1,400 square foot modular home in Wimberley, Texas,has three bedrooms, two baths, and lots of deck space. Produced by Ma Modular of Austin, TX the home has Energy Star appliances and HVAC, 2X6 exterior wall studs, a Galvalume double-lock standing-seam metal roof, Gerkin windows, and other energy efficient features. …
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 …
Noting that manufactured homes of today are superior to the “single-wides” of 40 years ago, MHProNews.com has learned from MSNRealEstate that MH appeals to a variety of home buyers. Kevin Flaherty, vice president of marketing at Champion Home Builders says at the affordability level, “People are looking for a comfortable, …
The DailyPress of Escanaba, Michigan, informs MHProNews.com of the passing of longtime manufactured and modular housing dealer Philip L. “Phil” LaMarch on Feb. 14 at age 92. He began in the automobile business, than switched to RVs and mobile homes, and developed Far View Estates, the first manufactured home community …
According to SeniorHousingNews, with health care costs rising and the economy still not thriving, “Granny pods” may start appearing in your neighbors’ backyards. Small modular homes, Med-Cottages, 288 square feet, outfitted as needed for the particular resident, assembled in a backyard, can give seniors a sense of independence while keeping …
MHProNews.com has learned through GizMag Bellomo Architects has designed a modular house that arrives in a ten-foot box and is assembled much like IKEA furniture. Bent steel tubes form the base structure of House Arc, which comes with an easy-to-follow graphic manual and requires no special training to assemble. When …
After the Bryan, Texas City Council and inspectors from various departments toured the 37 LLCs in the city in 2010, 117 factory-built homes had their utilities cut for safety reasons and 14 were demolished. 32 of the communities were affected. The ordinance to regulate the communities had been on the …
