«Fundamentally, ground - oriented housing is not efficient, and proportionately, too much of the cost is chewed up by high land cost,» Mattamy Homes COO Brian Johnston told Construction Dive. (greenbuildingadvisor.com)
I'm sure there are costs required for code, and higher land costs here than Asia... but they build them as basic churches without the flashy attributes taken for granted stateside. (redeeminggod.com)
And Heidi Burkhart, president of the affordable housing brokerage Dane Real Estate, warned that the higher construction wages negotiated by REBNY and the Building Trades Council could stifle development on projects with high land costs and thin margins. (therealdeal.com)