DocStoc reports billionaire investor Sam Zell has donated $5 million to the University of Michigan, his alma mater, for a comprehensive entrepreneurial law clinic called ZEAL, the Zell Entrepreneurship and Law Program. Zell says: “My goal with entrepreneurial ventures at the university has always been to create cross-pollination across multiple …
According to sacbee, Drew Industries, Inc., will release its second quarter financial results prior to the market opening on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. At 11 AM Eastern Time that same day the company will host a conference call to discuss the financials and other business matters. A question and answer …
staceypageonline reports the Syracuse (Indiana) Town Council honored a request from Patrick Industries for a ten year tax abatement on personal property and a three year real estate abatement for expanding its operations into the former Liberty Homes facility, which will bring 65 new jobs to the area. The state …
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Contributions to the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum have reached 90 percent of the $100,000 Ingram Family Challenge Grant. When Darryl Searer, president of the Hall, asked for a couple of angels to step forward on July 3, he got his wish: Roy Beck, retired co-founder of The Beck …
RVDailyReport says Kinro, Inc., a subsidiary of Drew Industries, Inc. and supplier of components for the recreational vehicle (RV) industry, announces that it has acquired the thermoforming design and production operation of Agile Vehicle Modifications, which produces plastic components for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the aftermarket industry. Acquisition …
MySanAntonio tells us the western edge of the Eagle Ford Shale near Interstate 35 south of San Antonio is drawing workers to the drilling fields where an additional 7,900 workers will be needed by 2025, but housing remains a problem. Banks are generally reluctant to lend money for rural housing …
RVBusiness tells us that Ellen Kelleher, vice president-property management at Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS) for almost 20 years, is retiring at the end of the year. Her duties will be assumed by others in the organization. Other personnel changes, and their new positions include: Peter Underhill, senior vice president-revenue management; …
RVBusiness reports the RV/MH Hall of Fame & Museum has garnered $62,740 since the initiative began May 1 in its fundraiser goal to meet the Ingram family’s $100,000 Challenge Grant. June donations totaled $6,800 including $2,750 in the Hall’s “Walk of Fame” Brick Program donations. Darryl Searer, president of the …
SmarTrend tells MHProNews.com 63,000 shares of Sun Communities (NYSE:SUI) traded hands early today as the stock hit a 52-week high of $45.19. Trading in a range from $30.49 to $45.19 over the past year, the stock has risen 47 percent over the lowest share price. The 50-day moving average (MA) …
REIT (real estate investment trust) Sun Communities, Inc. reports from Southfield, Michigan its board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.63 per share for the second quarter of 2012, payable July 20, 2012 to share holders of record July 10, 2012. According to RTT News, Sun reported a …
MarketWatch tells MHProNews MH component supplier Patrick Industries, Inc. (PATK) announces it has been added to the U.S. broad-market Russell 3000® Index and small cap Russell 2000® Index, “…honored to to have joined the prestigious group of companies that comprise the Russell 3000® Index,” says Patrick’s CEO Todd Cleveland. The …
The RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana announces anyone purchasing a brick in the Hall’s Walk of Fame before Aug. 31, 2012 will receive tax deductible status for the donation, and it will be matched by the Ingram’s family $100,000 challenge grant to reduce the debt. Vice …
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From semissourian we learn the Cape Girardeau (Missouri) City Council will hold a public hearing at tonight’s (June 4, 2012) meeting to consider rezoning what has been zoned Residential Manufactured Home District (RMH) to Highway Commercial District for an RV/travel trailer park. Mark Rademaker of the Landing Point RV Park …
SeekingAlpha‘s Tim Plaehn, who has 25 years experience with the stock market, ranks Sun Communities, Inc. as one of the top performing high yield real estate investment trusts (REITs) that is below the radar of the Vanguard REIT Index ETF (exchange-traded fund), which measures the performance of the larger REITs. …
PRWeb says International Insurance Group, Inc. (IIGI) has created a website to inform consumers of unique insurance risks and coverages for owners and landlords in the MH and RV market. The interactive website allows searches of and quotes from different insurance providers, as well as the opportunity to customize the …
As follow up to a story we last covered March 16, 2012, RVBusiness tells MHProNews.com the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Indiana has initiated a new campaign to raise $100,000 by Aug. 31 to reduce its $200,000 bank loan with 1st Source Bank. The Boots Ingram family …
In its report of earnings for first quarter 2012, Drew Industries, Inc.’s manufactured housing division registered $3.1 million operating profit on sales of $28 million first quarter 2012, versus profit of $2.2 million on sales of $23 million for the same period 2011. The company marked an MH sales increase …
Following a story we posted April 25, Indiana’s Gov. Mitch Daniels met with RV industry leaders in Elkhart, Indiana to commend them on their industry turn around and discuss the future of the industry. He says 83 percent of all RVs are made in Indiana, an increase from the 60th …
MarketWatch reports net sales for T.J.T., Inc. fell 24 percent for the second quarter ending March 31, 2012, resulting in a net loss of $286,000 for the quarter compared to a net loss of $296,000 for the same quarter a year ago. Net loss for the six months ending March …
MHProNews.com has learned from Reuters MH and RV community operator Sun Communities, Inc. reports net income for Quarter 1 2012 over Q1 2011 increased from $2.4 million to $5.4 million. Funds from Operations (FFO) rose from $18.8 million in the first quarter of 2011 to $25.7 million for the quarter …
