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Active Adult

NAHB Report: Home Builders Turning to Remodeling, Land Development in Downturn

Nearly three-quarters of NAHB members built 10 or fewer single-family homes in 2009.
Delaware Builder’s Team Approach Reaps Rewards and Awards

Schell Brothers concentrates on making its customers happy.
For Boomers, Age is a State of Mind

They’re launching second careers, stretching their brains, and postponing retirement, according to additional data from Del Webb survey.

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Adaptive Reuse

Builders Seek New Work in Older Homes

Historic preservation training program teaches valuable skills in a bad economy.
Developer Devises Temporary Solution For Delayed Project

The Red Barn Co. and the city of Hercules, Calif., installs “moveable” food, retail and entertainment area.
Vintage Details Lend Character to New Homes

Builders and architects turn to reclaimed materials and historic elements to build tradition into high-performance new homes and remodels.

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Affordable Housing

Housing Policy Discussion Finds Little Common Ground

Lenders, affordable housing experts, financiers, and others focus on vastly different priorities and factors during Treasury housing summit...
Philadelphia Housing Authority chief Carl Greene facing foreclosure

Aug. 13--The mortgage foreclosure crisis has claimed an unlikely victim: Carl R. Greene, executive director of the Philadelphia Housing...
More than 42,000 laid-off Californians will get help with mortgages

Aug. 12--More than 42,000 laid-off California homeowners are about to get a break.

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Attached Development

2010 Gold Nugget Awards: Mirador

Durango, Colo.
Bay Area Builder Bucks The Recession

Regis Homes is averaging at least one sale per week in each of its four active communities.
City Place Live-Work Lofts, Santa Ana, Calif.

2009 Builder's Choice, Grand Award, Live/Work project

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Custom Builders

New Disney Community Planned in Orlando

Builder hopes custom homes located within Magic Kingdom's resort boundaries will spur new business.
Flexibility Equals Survival For California Custom Builder

Froehlich Signature Homes diversifies into apartment construction, office condominiums, and foreclosure rehabs.
Vista Dunes Courtyard Homes, La Quinta, Calif.

2009 Builder's Choice, Grand Award, Affordable housing project; Green/Sustainable community

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Custom Homes

2008 Builder's Choice Awards: Lake Washington Residence

2008 Builder's Choice Grand Award Winner
2008 Builder's Choice Awards: Kelly Residence

2008 Builder's Choice Grand Award Winner
2008 Builder's Choice Awards: Piedmont Farm

2008 Builder's Choice Grand Award Winner

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Infill

Kitson Buys Rare Vacant Florida Land

Developer picks up 60-acre ready-to-go parcel in the middle of Pinellas County.
Habitat for Humanity rehabbing foreclosed homes

Aug. 16--Long known for building homes from scratch for the needy, Habitat for Humanity has begun doing rehab work on the nation's growing...
'It looks hideous': Some say PHA's Francisville rehabs ignore neighborhood's look

Aug. 04--THE PHILADELPHIA Housing Authority was praised in Spring Garden for the recent makeover of rowhouses in the neighborhood.

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Infill Development

Kitson Buys Rare Vacant Florida Land

Developer picks up 60-acre ready-to-go parcel in the middle of Pinellas County.
Former Pulte Execs Launch New Building Company

Meritus Homes kicks off with significant land holdings, made possible by a private equity partnership.
Innovations in Home Building Rethink Status Quo

New residential design concepts challenge old rules relating to suburban zoning, construction methods, and neighborhood planning.

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Mixed-Use Development

Pricey condos in foreclosure

July 23--CHARLESTON Â-- Lenders are foreclosing on the newly built Anson House luxury condominiums, a four-story, 32-unit complex on the...
Pinn Brothers projects crumble around Bay Area

July 09--The real estate kingdom built by Pinn Brothers has crumbled into a wreckage of foreclosures, bankruptcies and vacant homes...
Developer Devises Temporary Solution For Delayed Project

The Red Barn Co. and the city of Hercules, Calif., installs “moveable” food, retail and entertainment area.

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Multi-family

Trio bets on Wakefield flats

July 22--When Frank Robuck and Frank Morisey met Mark Barker last year, they didn't know their discussion would lead to the creation of a...
Philadelphia apartment building has a checkered past

July 19--Eleven floors above Northern Liberties, Jake Winigrad carefully studied the vast expanse of the Delaware Riverfront, bathed in the...
Phoenix Infill Project Comes Back to Life

When the bottom fell out of the condo market, JAG Development went back to the bank, but they didn't go back to the drawing board. Their...

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Multi-family Building

NAHB Report: Home Builders Turning to Remodeling, Land Development in Downturn

Nearly three-quarters of NAHB members built 10 or fewer single-family homes in 2009.
Steady Growth in Residential Construction, Upkeep Spending Forecast Thru '14

FMI sees consistent climbs in single-family building, home updates and renovations.
Future-Proofing Garages for Electric Cars

Plug-in vehicles may finally be hitting the mainstream. Are your garages ready?

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