Housing Giants

2017 Housing Giants Rankings
Features
May 01, 2017

Professional Builder’s annual Housing Giants list, ranked by revenue, includes 240 of the nation’s largest builders.

Illustration: Adam Simpson

Slow, But Steady
Features
May 01, 2017

A slow but steady rise from the depths of the recession has stood the housing industry in good stead so far, but will higher rates of employment, rising wages, and increased demand deliver results more quickly?

Illustration: Adam Simpson

In An Age of Acquisition
Features
May 01, 2017

What should an acquired builder expect from new ownership? Here’s a look at how three companies integrated their additions

Illustration: Adam Simpson

Jurisdiction Jujitsu
Features
May 01, 2017

Advice on navigating the maze of regulations and opposition in order to keep a project moving.

Photo: Pixabay

15 Ways to Solve Your Trade Shortage
Features
May 01, 2017

A message for the Housing Giants to move the needle on addressing the trade shortage

Are You a Fox or a Hedgehog?
Features
May 01, 2017

As you ponder a unified, long-term strategy for your company, ask these essential questions 

Housing Giants Faced Strong Headwinds This Year
Features
May 04, 2016

In a home building landscape filled with obstacles and challenges, the Housing Giants strive to discover new avenues leading to increased growth

Swainson House at Serosun Farms

Serosun Farms near Hampshire, Ill., is a community zoned for farmland preservation and limited development. The plan calls for 114 lots amid at least 165 acres of farmland and additional acres for greenspace, woodlands, and community gardens. Above is Serosun's first model home dubbed the Swainson House (Photos: Jill Buckner).

A Traditional Idea Made New: Agrihoods
Features
May 04, 2016

Access to locally-grown, organic food is emerging as the hottest tool for building communities. 

Illustration: Michael Kirkham

The Reinvention of the Master Planned Community
Features
May 04, 2016

Cookie-cutter streetscapes are giving way in master planned communities, and the Housing Giants that build them are focusing on product diversity, quality of life, and neighborhoods.

New Rainier Vista micro community

Dwell Development spent more than five years building a 42-home sustainable micro community in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood

Thinking Big With a Micro Master Plan
Features
May 04, 2016

Dwell Development enhances a Seattle infill master planned community with sustainable houses

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