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 …
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
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 …
The owners of Hall Wines in Napa Valley, California purchased the 18 homesite Vineland Vista Mobile Home Park in 2008 with plans to redevelop the space, finally closing it in 2012 after legal wrangling with tenants, according to napavalleyregister.com. Providing the Napa Valley Planning Department approves a use-permit modification and …
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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 …
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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 …
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A 49-unit modular apartment building is rising in the Belltown area of Seattle, Washington. Calling itself the “future of in-city living,” NHabit is squeezing the 14 X 30 foot studio apartments between a high-rise apartment building and a grocery store. Each unit will have a balcony, kitchen, bath and an …
Champion Home Builders has been contracted to supply two modular apartment buildings to North Dakota’s Bakken oil formation, providing Watford City and Williston with over 100 apartments and townhomes, according to ourmidland.com. Marking Champion’s ninth and tenth project in the area, the Wolf Run Village in Watford City will consist …
Modular home manufacturer Ritz-Craft Homes of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania has become the first modular home builder to develop an iPad app for their network of builders, allowing them to access information about pricing, options, floor plans and specification sheets. Noting builders are spending more time away from their offices, Ritz-Craft’s Reed …
Following up on a story MHProNews posted Oct. 11 concerning a Camden, New Jersey warehouse that is being transformed into a modular housing factory, 2,000 showed up at the ribbon-cutting ceremony looking for work. ACTS Industries, LLC intends to hire 1,000 people at $15 an hour. ACTS CEO Irv Richter …
Austrian students from Vienna University of Technology won top honors at the U S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Decathlon, besting 18 other entries from around the world for “designing, building, and operating the most cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive solar-powered house.” The modular wooden frame home, Austria’s first ever entry …
A group of businessmen seek to turn a a long-vacant warehouse in Camden, New Jersey into a global manufacturer of modular homes, with the potential of hiring 1,000 employees. The $30 to $40 million for the project is expected to come from private, state and federal sources, with a planned …
Empty Building will come to Life Producing Modular Homes Read More
Founded in 1971 as a manufactured home retailer, Oak Creek Homes of Texas began building manufactured homes in 1993 and recently celebrated the production of its 50,000th home, as MHProNews has learned. With manufacturing facilities in Fort Worth and Lancaster, Texas and Lynn, Alabama the 705 employees build homes ranging …
A housing business plan for the city of Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada indicates a moderate to high growth plan through 2025 will require between 1,800 and nearly 2,600 new housing units, including available land. As part of that estimate, the estevanmercury.ca informs MHProNews that affordable housing and entry-level dwellings, including purpose-built …
The Wisconsin Housing Alliance has learned a “stop work” directive has been issued from the Obama Administration to the Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS) that may choke off shipment of new HUD Code manufactured homes (MH). IBTS is a non-profit that provides contractor support for monitoring services of …
A modular affordable housing project for 16 low-income people with mental illnesses will be dedicated Wed., Oct. 9 in Closter, New Jersey, in the far northeastern corner of the state. After seven years and $3.5 million from the state’s special needs housing trust fund and other state sources, the Van …
M SPACE Holdings LLC formed in 2001 to provide emergency modular housing for catastrophic events, but has since branched into building up-scale and workforce modular housing, especially in the Williston Bakken oil and gas development in North Dakota. The company currently has seven developments located across six different locations, and …
Company Moved from Single Modular Homes to Housing Developments Read More
The Washington County (Virginia) Habitat for Humanity has received a donation that will allow the organization to establish a Land Bank and help sustain it in coming years, according to tricities.com. Two professors from Emory and Henry College had left a legacy fund with Emory United Methodist Church which has …
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An 80-acre commercial and residential development a half-mile from Killdeer, North Dakota will include two apartment buildings and a modular hotel, all in response to nearby oil drilling in the Bakken field. The $3.9 million hotel will sport 60 rooms aimed at electricians and plumbers who are engaged in short-term …
Britco, one of the largest modular construction businesses in the industry, has announced plans to build a workforce housing project in northern Alberta, Canada for Devon Energy Corp. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark met with Britco officials to launch the $100 million modular project with over 1,500 rooms to be …
