The site of the former Phoenix Ironworks Steel Factory in West Oakland, Calif., has sat empty for 35 years even as a housing crisis has gripped the area and led to accidents such as the Ghost Ship ...

The phoenix: a mythological bird that symbolizes resurrection, rebirth, and life after death. Demolished in 1989, The Phoenix Ironworks Steel Factory left a five-acre hole in West Oakland, Calif.

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Lad Dawson, the now-retired founder of Guerdon, says the process is faster, cheaper and better than site-built construction. Like any assembly line, he explains, everything is done on ground level and ...

Resia’s latest apartment complex in Florida opened with a twist: Its kitchens and bathrooms were manufactured 500 miles away in Georgia. The vertically integrated developer is among a growing cohort ...

How did Related California and St. Joseph Community Land Trust solve a tight building season for the biggest affordable housing project in Lake Tahoe? Truck the homes from 160 miles away. The ...

Will these modular apartment buildings help the Bay Area handle its housing crisis? Several affordable projects in the area are assembling apartments off-site and then simply locking them into place.

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