Sun Announces Q4 2012 Results
According to phx.corporate, Southfield, Mich.-based Sun Communities, Inc. will release its quarter four 2012 earnings report prior to the opening of the market on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013. A conference...
View ArticleSkyline Facility Changes Hands
According to The Press Enterprise, a Chinese maker of scaffolds for the construction industry is purchasing a former Skyline Corp. RV plant in Hemet Calif., just southeast of LA. Skyline closed the...
View ArticleSun Shines on More Sun
MHProNews has learned from RVBusiness that Sun Communities, Inc. has purchased ten recreational vehicle communities in seven states from Wis. to Maine for $111.47 million. Of the 3,700 sites,...
View ArticlePatrick Industries Doubles Income over 2011
Etruth reports from Elkhart, Ind. RV and MH component producer Patrick Industries, Inc. announces fourth quarter 2012 net sales of $106.1 producing net income of $3.2 million, versus 2011 Q4 sales of...
View ArticleMuseum Whittling away at Debt
The RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum in Elkhart, Ind. still has until April 30 to reach the $150,000 contribution mark to meet the Robert “Boots” Ingram family’s challenge grant that would pay off the Hall’s...
View ArticleMH Community, Retailers and Builder/Developers Swell
MHProNews has learned that the latest totals for manufactured home community professionals as well as builder/developers registered for the 2013 Tunica Show has more than doubled over last year at this...
View ArticleManufactured Housing Industry Execs Meeting over ByLaws Controversy;...
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) is in the process of updating their bylaws, which was last done circa 2007, and led to controversy over proposed changes. The issue revolves in part around...
View ArticleSun Communities, Inc. Declares Dividend
ZolmaxNews reports Sun Communities, Inc. (SUI) of Southfield, Mich. says it will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.63 per share on Friday, April 19 to investors of record April 1, 2013. Representing a...
View ArticleRV/MH Hall of Fame Needs your Support
In the ongoing effort to support the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart, Ind., President Darryl Searer is offering the opportunity to become a lifetime member of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation for...
View ArticleMorgan Management Founder Honored
According to the brightonpittsfordpost, Robert Morgan, founder and CEO of Rochester, NY-based Morgan Management has been named recipient of the 2013 Herbert W. Vanden Brul Entrepreneurial Award by the...
View ArticleRV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony adds Events
Updating a story we reported Feb. 20, 2013 about the Class of 2013 inductees into the RV/MH Hall of Fame Aug. 5, 2013, RVBusiness informs MHProNews that Mark Wasson of Bluelinx Corp., the newest board...
View ArticleSun Rises in NY for First Time
BizJournals informs MHProNews Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park in New York’s Wyoming County has been acquired by Sun Communities, Inc. of Southfield, Mich. The 100-acre family camping resort, which includes...
View ArticleLast Minute Donations Tip the Scale
MHProNews has been informed by a special report the RV/MH Hall of Fame Museum’s “Burn the Bank Note” fundraiser succeeded in raising the final $20,000 with only hours to spare to meet the April 30...
View ArticleDrew Reports Record Sales
The sacbee tells MHProNews Drew Industries, Inc. reports record net sales for the first quarter ending March 31, 2013 of $253 million, producing net income of $8.4 million, $0.36 per diluted share. An...
View ArticleCity Council Approves Tax Breaks
As follow-up to a post MHProNews published April 8, 2013 about Lippert Components, Inc. requesting a tax break for expanding its operations at three plants in Goshen, Ind., according to the Goshen News...
View ArticleZell: Multifamily a Good Investment
Bloomberg reports Sam Zell, chairman of Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (ELS), says multifamily is the only sector of the real estate market that is a smart investment, and says his real estate...
View ArticleTexas Town Developing New Ordinance
As it is noted in the aransaspassprogress, the Ingleside on the Bay (IOB) City Council (Tex.) heard recommendations from a committee wanting to update the city’s MH/RV ordinance. They suggested no...
View ArticleRV/MH Museum part of Lincoln Highway Celebration
Honoring the centennial of America’s first paved transcontinental road, the Lincoln Highway, convoys representing a variety and age of motorized vehicles will set out both from Times Square in NYC and...
View ArticleIndiana County has Highest Job Growth in the Nation
Elkhart County in northern Ind. topped the nation for job growth in 2012 with a rate of 7.4 percent from Dec. 2011 to Dec. 2012, as compared to a national rate of 1.9 percent, according to the U. S....
View ArticleManufactured Housing Institute Head to Keynote RV/MH Induction
Dick Jennison, President and CEO of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), will be keynote speaker at the annual RV/MH Hall of Fame Induction Dinner for the Class of 2013 Aug. 5 in Elkhart, Ind....
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