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Movers and Shakers: Watermark Communities

Watermark Communities Inc. (WCI) of Bonita Springs, Fla., is different from many of the Giants in two ways: it owns and operates most of the amenities in its communities, and it has been very successful with a market niche most home builders avoid: hig..

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Movers and Shakers: Village Homes

Denver’s healthy housing market, a product line that requires no exterior maintenance, and the integration of diversified businesses helped Littleton, Colo., builder Village Homes climb to 69th in the Giant 400 this year, up from 82nd last year.

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Movers and Shakers: Lennar Corp.

Lennar Corp. of Miami ranks first in the Giant 400 this year, reporting 22,560 closings in 2000 for housing revenues of $4.9 billion.

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Sex, Lies and Backup Tape

It started a few months before this year’s NAHB Show. A phone call here, an e-mail there and a quick question in a hallway: “We’re going to NAHB to find a really good software package—what do you recommend?”

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Security Alert!

Imagine losing all of your professional experience in an instant. Say you go to sleep and you wake up and you have no memory of your company’s operations, the people, the processes, the customers, the systems and how it all operates.

Management

From the Ground Up: Framing Fidelity

In this second installment of our year-long series on the start-up of a new home building company in Sarasota County, Fla., we look at the Total Quality Management underpinnings upon which the firm is founded.

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Movers and Shakers: Christopher Homes

Christopher Gibbs has seen a lot of changes during his 30-plus years in the home building business. Arriving in California in 1969, Gibbs worked for Trammell Crow Residential Partners and JM Peters.

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An Eye on E-Leaders Beazer and Del Webb

On the B-to-B side, Beazer is going national with MH2 Technologies, after testing that firm’s hand-held scheduling devices for superintendents in Las Vegas and Dallas.

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Movers and Shakers: Emerald Builders

Rather than seek new geographic areas for expansion, Emerald Builders sees plenty of new opportunities in its established markets—Houston and Phoenix—and in its two newest markets, Dallas and Austin.

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Workspaces: On My Laptop

With his job requiring him to always being on the move, Bernie Glieberman's laptop has become more of a necessity than a convenience.

Home Builders Institute's Schools to Skills Grant Application Open Through December

As Mortgage Rates Rise, Buyers Lose Purchasing Power

Renters Are Choosing Single-Family Homes for These Features