Builders: Nailed to the Wall -- Again
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By Kate Schott, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Sep. 14--HOLMEN, Wis. -- The village of Holmen board will discuss tonight a study that shows how and why development fees are set.
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When I put the accompanying quotes (below) side by side... ("You can&#146;t just ask customers what they want and then try to give them that. By the time you get it built, they&#146;ll want something new." -- Steve Jobs "Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning." -- Bill Gates)
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By Chris Mazzolini, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Jun. 5--Developers waiting to build in Wilmington's North Side might  discover that being first in line isn't good enough.
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Home Depot gets the headlines, but Builders FirstSource has the value.
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After decades putting up -- and tearing  down -- hundreds of thousands of cheap identikit homes, Britain  is planning a new wave of housebuilding with a major challenge:  to produce communities that last.
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Build it (and make it free) and will they come? AOL likes to think so.
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By Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Dec. 11--Gone are the days of the Master Builder, or even the Master Planner. For better or worse, Long Island will never again see the likes of Robert Moses or Lee Koppelman, who, in their separate ways, left indelible marks.
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After decades putting up -- and tearing down -- hundreds of thousands of cheap identikit homes, Britain is planning a new wave of housebuilding with a major challenge: to produce communities that last.
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A sculptor, an architect, a photographer and a writer were involved. Collisions may have been inevitable.
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Blog: Some developers must have too much time on their hands
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By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Sep. 11--Could land use control become a demilitarized zone amid the sectarian violence at the Virginia General Assembly?   No way, you might say, if you've tracked the weighty influence of the Virginia homebuilders in that august body.
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WASHINGTON -- Construction of new homes fell in May as the nation's homebuilders continued to struggle with a steep housing slump that has been exacerbated by rising problems with mortgage defaults.
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It was Rowes Wharf's signature arch that bothered Sal DiMasi. Now, years later, Mr. Speaker is OK with the arch, which he says he helped make bigger and better. But he still doesn't like Rowes Wharf, which he says walls off the harbor from the city. "You can't tear it down now," he says.
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ORLANDO -- The cavernous convention center, the site of this week's International Builders Show, is lined row after row with slick display booths and polished sales reps peddling retro-style ovens, state-of-the-art foam insulation and a vegetable-oil-based product that plugs leaky ponds.
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There are two homes for sale in my neighborhood. One has curb appeal, the other does not. Both are the same four-bedroom model.
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By Janice L. Habuda, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 4--Parking no longer is an issue, but People Inc. faces continuing delays in its plan to build a group home on land it owns in the City of Lackawanna.
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By SCOTT VAN VOORHIS  Massachusetts can be a tough place to get things built, developers have long complained.  And Gov.