If you wonder why Warren Buffett and Apple are part of a headline on a manufactured housing industry focused market page, maybe you’ve been on vacation? Or missed those recent special Daily Business News reports… PreFab housing moves are being made – and/or are potentially poised to be made – …
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This report should be viewed as a book-end to yesterday’s Daily Business News report that Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, is planning a ‘state of the art’ city of the future west of Phoenix, AZ. It’s only been four months since the Daily Business News spotlighted, Blokable. That firm also has …
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45 Minutes west of downtown Phoenix, AZ is the site. An operation called Belmont Partners, owned by one of the richest men in the world has just bought 25,000 acres for $80 million dollars. Bill Gates, Microsoft’s founder, is making a splash. The plan, the operation said in a press …
On MHProNews, we strive to test and tinker with the news work product, always with the goal to see if we can make it ever more useful and relevant to the manufactured housing industry professional, investors and other pros. We cover news in a volume and pace no one else …
It isn’t just the coasts or oil boom areas that are in need of quality, affordable housing. While places such as California, New York, Chicago or the latest energy find may attract more headlines, an economic development office in Arizona has reached out to inform MHProNews, that they have a …
“At Kasita we believe that every aspect of your living space should make your life simpler and fuller. That’s why we reinvented the home for the way you actually live. Now available in the United States,” says their video. Kasita’s founder – Jeff Wilson, the so called “dumpster dweller” who …
The New York Times, and others like the Sarasota Herald Tribune carried a recent news story about using modular construction in NYC’s “Build It Back” program. The story provided an opportunity to highlight the pros and cons of off-site construction in a storm surge prone zone. “We are excited to …
“One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them.” ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World “In almost every act of our daily lives, whether in the sphere of politics or business, in our social conduct or our ethical thinking, we are dominated by the relatively small number of persons…who understand …
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Here in the U.S., it’s the RV MH Hall of Fame that industry professionals are the most likely to know. In jolly old England, what’s starting to get its footing is the PreFab Museum. “Opened for one month in March 2014, it is now supposed to last for a few …
The PreFab Museum, Celebrating the Past, Pointing to the Future? Read More
For much of the U.S., the on-site building season can take place almost year-round. But not so more northern climates in the United States, or Canada, where the conventional construction season is fairly short. So, when a widely known organization like Habitat for Humanity turns to modular construction in a …
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This could be either a threatening game changer, or the wakeup call that the manufactured housing industry needs. You can now buy factory-built homes on Amazon. That report on Futurism and on other mainstream media was confirmed by MHProNews. The video promoting this particular model shown is being viewed at about …
The latest twist in the story of a modular home that was going to be forced out of a development took an interesting turn. To understand the issue, Daily Business News readers will recall the factory-built housing industry’s most complete report, linked here. What looked like a sad win for …
Power of Pushback, Spotlighting – “Controversial” Modular Home Placement Reversed Read More
Social media lit up with comments from factory-built housing professionals. They were commenting on what local media claimed was a nearly completed modular home that was being forced out off its home site and out of a reportedly hostile neighborhood. “A new home erected in an Allendale Township neighborhood less …
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Marama Fox has ambitious plans to deal with homelessness among the Kiwis’ Māori by using flat-packed prefab housing, Stuff and the Press Reader tell the Daily Business News on MHProNews. The plan calls for initially 3,000 homes, out of a total goal for 60,000 housing units. Fox is known as a …
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Green Living Homes modular builder, Frank Dertzbaugh, brought his concerns about a modular home placement problem to the attention of the Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) Tom Hardiman. Dertzbaugh, a Daily Business News on MHProNews reader, cited the article linked below, as he explained to Hardiman – the executive director of …
“Wow! What an achievement,” says cardiologist David Murdock, M.D. Dr. Murdock was referring to a report that a Chinese robot has successfully done a medical procedure with no human involvement, per the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The robot used 3D printing and precision techniques to do a dental implant …
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Big horn sheep and mountain goats. Mixers. Meals. Networking. Gaming. Dining. Local and nearby tourist sights. Buffalo burgers. And let’s not forget business, golfing, presentations, deal making, auctions, and meetings. All this and more were found at the popular 5 State Convention in Deadwood, South Dakota. Some snapshots from the …
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A six-story modular/prefabricated apartment building was installed in just 10 days, by using an off-site building system. Australia’s Hickory Group were the provider for developers Goldmaster Enterprises and general contractors Goodland Building Company. The video gives a time-elapsed view of how the project unfolded. The project was in the city …
“Offsite Manufactured Housing is an innovative, forward-looking and exciting way to close the gap,” said Nicky Gavron, author of the London Assembly report, per Construction Enquirer. Prefabricated housing is about to make a major comeback in London, England. A recent London Assembly report calls on Mayor Saqid Khan to encourage …
London Explores “PreFab Revolution,” and the U.S. Connection Read More
“I’ve always believed there must be a way to get better quality and build quicker,” says Tom Bloxham, chief executive of Urban Splash. The need for more affordable housing in London has been more apparent since the Grenfell Tower fire, according to City Metric. That globally publicized fire tragedy caused …
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