No one in America knows more than Perry Bigelow, chairman of Aurora, Ill.-based Bigelow Homes, about the challenges suburban home builders face trying to use their production building know-how to help inner-city neighborhoods meet the need for affordab..
Site plans are as important as home plans in rural settings where communing with nature is as important as community.
As a part of what veteran Chicago-area home builder David Hill refers to as 'a project unlike any in the nation,' Hill has teamed up with Walsh Construction, Mesa Development and the Davis Group to create Park Blvd. - a unique, fast-tracked, mixed-inco..
Landscaping can have a huge effect on the energy efficiency and comfort of a home, says consultant David Johnston, president of What's Working, based in Boulder, Colo.
Strong partnerships make a lot of affordable housing happen, but some builders prefer to go it alone.
Atlanta-based Homestar Mortgage Services is luring builders with free feasibility reports.
Land buys should be an integral part of your five-year business plan - so lots keep coming onstream as needed for the product lines you build.
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Perry Bigelow demonstrates how evenflow production can help bring affordablilty to a Chicago inner-city neighborhood.
Understanding and managing customer expectation is one of the biggest factors in buyer satisfaction.
