Business Digest for Aug. 21, 2015

August 21, 2015 12:56 pm Leave a comment

National nonprofit organization Operation FINALLY HOME joined local Wisconsin builders Belman Homes and Tim O’Brien Homes, along with representatives from the Structural Building Components Association and Neumann Cos., at the Wisconsin State Fair on Aug. 15 to deliver a surprise announcement to U.S. Army Sgt. Drew Wroblewski.

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Contractors can help build homes for veterans

May 22, 2015 12:10 pm Leave a comment

U.S. Army Sgt. Marco A. Dominguez was injured in Baghdad when an explosively formed penetrator struck his military vehicle. Operation Finally Home is building a house for him and his family in Denver that they can move into this year (image courtesy of Operation Finally Home)

A non-profit organization wants Wisconsin contractors to help give wounded war heroes a home.

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We Energies case puts solar firm on alert

October 6, 2014 4:08 pm Leave a comment

A Wisconsin homebuilder is making sure all his houses are prepped for solar equipment despite utility companies' proposing rate increases that threaten to upend the economics of renewable energy.

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Green building stuck in a gray area

March 14, 2014 10:46 am Leave a comment

Len Blundon, an employee of Brad’s Custom Carpentry LLC, Hartford, frames an entry arch March 7 at a home under construction at Concord Creek Reserve in Mequon. Pewaukee-based Tim O’Brien Homes Inc. is building the home, which will include green elements. (Staff photos by Kevin Harnack)

Predictions that the nation’s residential market will take on a more verdant shade in the next three years have forced appraisers and real estate agents to confront confusion over just what those green homes are worth.

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Neumann, O’Brien Homes to combine on Linfield Crossing

October 28, 2013 9:21 am Leave a comment

A six-acre site in Brookfield that once housed Linfield Elementary School will become Linfield Crossing, a 25-home neighborhood.

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Rising lumber costs jack up housing prices

April 30, 2010 2:01 pm Leave a comment

By Sean Ryan The price of lumber products has doubled in Wisconsin over the past two months, pushing against builders’ efforts to rein in housing prices. “I don’t like it,” said Scott Thistle, president of Brookstone Homes Inc., Oconomowoc. “It ...

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Housing downfall buries earthmovers

April 30, 2010 1:42 pm Leave a comment

By Sean Ryan Grader LeMoine Construction Co. Inc. has shut down after falling victim to the lack of new subdivision construction that is pummeling the earthmoving industry. “Our primary work was building subdivisions,” said Bruce LeMoine, owner and president of ...

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