July 1999
Feature
It may not be cost-effective for smaller builders to hire a team of color consultants, and custom builders, by definition, work with their buyers to achieve individual color schemes.
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Lewis Kostiner's pride and joy is 850 West Adams, five blocks west of the Seart Tower.
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One of the main tools in builders' efforts to create the best possible residential environment is higher-density housing, including townhouses and apartments as well as detached houses.
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Fannie Mae and NAHB are demonstrating their continued support of green building through a new partnership that will test and develop a menu of mortgage financing products based on environmentally-efficient criteria.
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The green building concept has been catching on so well that web sites devoted to the topic are cropping up everywhere.
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Lennar's Team [8]
Of the publicly-traded home builders in the top tier of PB's Giants rankings, none is held in higher esteem by Wall Street analysts than Miami-based, Sun Belt-focused Lennar Corp.
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There are two common reasons the majority home builders' offer for not embracing green building and sustainable design: They don't want to throw out everything they know and re-learn how to build green houses. It costs too much to build green...
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Management Matters [10]
It is hard to believe that the first personal computer was developed just 20 years ago.
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Last year was one of the best years home builders have seen in a long time.
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Being a green builder isn't only about the homes built.
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Home building is unique because it is the only industry that strives for customer satisfaction without expecting to profit from repeat sales.
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Burgess Park, a high-density neighborhood of 33 detached homes near downtown Menlo Park, California is a good candidate for the benchmark against which all infill developments should be measured.
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South Carolina neotraditional developer Robert Turner built a national reputation by extending Beaufort's beautiful and historic neighborhoods replicating classic period architectureon adjacent land assemblies.
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In what some have called a landmark case, the U.S. Supreme Court has braced individual property owners' rights over government regulation.
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Builders and developers have been winning arguments before the Supreme Court for several years now, each time building on the legal ground of their previous victory.
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One thing more than any other convinced me to pursue a career in journalism--the variety.
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A new Internet-based service is providing hiring muscle to builders feeling the labor crunch.
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