Manufactured Homes | MFH News and Views: Zeman Homes Buys Michigan MFH Community, Lexington Homes Gets FEMA Contract For 155 Units, and UMH Opens Indiana Manufactured Home Center

MFH News and Views: Zeman Homes Buys Michigan MFH Community, Lexington Homes Gets FEMA Contract For 155 Units, and UMH Opens Indiana Manufactured Home Center

Posted October 3, 2016

As Zeman Homes Inc. expands it’s footprint in Michigan’s premier manufactured housing sector, Lexington Homes of Mississippi won a $6.76 million FEMA contract to provide 155 manufactured homes for Louisiana’s recent flood victims. Meanwhile, in the Hoosier state, UMH Properties Inc. held its Grand Opening event for their new Lafayette, Indiana manufactured model home and sales center.

It’s Monday, October 3, 2016 … how about we start the week by drilling down on some of the more interesting manufactured housing headlines for the past week.

MFH News: Glenmoor Village Acquired by Zeman Homes –

Explaining to The Battle Creek Enquirer, that Zeman Homes Inc., of Battle Creek, Michigan was ecstatic over the recent purchase of Glenmore Village, the company’s CEO, Jeff Fannon noted the company is “thrilled to add such a highly regarded neighborhood” to its portfolio of 40 manufactured housing communities. Founded in 1983, Zeman Homes has grown to become one of the largest and most respected manufactured home operators in the country. Over the years, Zeman Homes has won dozens of industry’s most prestigious sales, management and operations awards, including Gold and platinum awards from Skyline Homes and Fleetwood Homes, respectively.

MFH News: Lexington Homes Receives $6.76 Million Contract for Manufactured Homes –

Providing help and hope for those now homeless and Louisiana’s 22 flooded parishes, Lexington Homes of Lexington, Mississippi has been awarded a $6.7 million contract by The Federal Emergency Management Agency (a.k.a. FEMA) to provide some much needed temporary housing in the overly saturated region, according to the Waco Tribune. Profitable and burdensome, Lexington Homes was one of seven manufactured housing providers to successfully compete for this open-ended delivery/indefinite quantity contract and one that includes a four-year option. MFH Note: The other six bid award manufacturing companies have not been announced at this time. One major manufactured home company, Sunshine Homes of Red Bay, Alabama, did not submit a bid for FEMA manufactured homes. Sunshine Homes has a large retail outlet presence in the state of Louisiana, but in deference to the replacement stocking inventory needs of those loyal retailers, Sunshine Homes bypassed the lucrative opportunity to compete for these FEMA contracts. “We anticipate our normal business in the market to be — unfortunately — — spectacular,” said John Bostick, President, and CEO of Sunshine Homes. “I believe our Lafayette retailer is going to call and say everything is sold.” Bostick did add that the industry does have “unlimited capacity’ to fulfill the needs of the recovery efforts in Louisiana.

MFH News: UMH Properties Inc. Announces Grand Opening for Manufactured Home Sales Center in West Lafayette, Indiana –

Rolling out October in style this past Saturday, UMH Properties Inc., held its Grand Opening at their new Wood Edge Sales Center, Located At 550 Woods Edge Court, West Lafayette, Indiana, according to Akken.com. With a portfolio of 98 manufactured home communities around the United States, UHM Properties Inc., is a REIT (real estate investment trust) that currently operates in New York, Tennessee, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana. Offering homes like the ‘Dutch Diamond,’ UMH Properties Inc., hopes to provide a more upscale, yet affordable, housing option for the greater Lafayette area in the years to come.

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