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IMPACTFUL
P l a n n e r
FivePoint Holdings’
Emile Haddad
builds success
with his long-term,
forward-looking
vision for housing
November/December 2020
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14 From the Editor
Up Front
18 Pulse
26 Products
30 Operations
34 Design Trends
Project
36 Ultimate Upcycle
NAHB Notes
57 Chairman’s Letter
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58 Home Innovation
Research Labs
36
60 Dietz’s Economy
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F E AT U R E S
48
The Right Mix
52
Community Builder
In mixed-use communities, FivePoint Holdings’ Emile Haddad,
developers and owners work with recipient of the Legends Award in
commercial tenants to keep October during the Future Place
amenities in place for residents. virtual conference, is challenging
By Joe Bousquin people to think more holistically
52
about housing. By Lydia Lee
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Community Confidence
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hen finalizing this issue for the printer, the latest “When you live like that and you realize the pain that comes
NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index—which gauges from the separation of families, a community being torn apart,
builder perceptions of current single-family home sales you have this drive to bring people back together,” he says.
and sales expectations for the next six months as “good,” “fair,” or That’s a powerful message, particularly as the virus has brought
“poor”—appeared in my inbox. The index in November increased about its own separation of families and communities. BUILDER
five points to 90, its all-time high across its 35 years of existence. contributor Lydia Lee offers more insight (p. 52) on Haddad’s
This shows builder confidence in the market for newly built impressive career, throughout which he has worked to build “the
single-family homes is soaring. world that he dreams of,” based off advice from his father.
Each home being built by your companies plays an important When speaking at Future Place, Haddad referenced a favorite
role in building community. Housing repeatedly has been referred quote of his that essentially says when one door closes, we often
to as a bright spot for the economy in recent months as the spend so much time looking at and thinking about the closed
COVID-19 pandemic has raged across the United States. And while door that we don’t notice the other door that just opened. “I real-
it might seem that community and the idea of coming together are ized a long time ago that change is not scary,” he says. “Change
currently jeopardized by a virus that requires physical distancing is good, if you are willing to embrace it. If you have the courage to
to slow its spread, it’s clear that community is needed now more realize that out of change, good things happen.”
than ever—and builders are clearly confident in its future. It’s anyone’s guess as to just how high builder confidence can
But while new single-family homes are in demand, mixed-use go before it starts its descent. And it will descend. But if we go into
development is struggling in some areas seeing as how the new year looking for the just-opened doors and working
retail, restaurants, and office space have taken a hit from the toward continuing to build community, we’ll be on a good path. B
coronavirus. One of the features in this issue (p. 48) notes that
the residential portions of these developments are soldiering on—
and all are hopeful that the commercial tenants can hold out for
when the worst of the pandemic is behind us. In the meantime,
some owners and developers have pivoted their existing retail
space for alternative uses, while others are utilizing outdoor space
as best they can and trying to offer help with rental and lease
agreements to keep tenants in place.
During the Future Place virtual conference in October, Five-
Point Holdings chairman and CEO Emile Haddad received the
Legends Award, which honors visionaries in the master-planned
community space for accomplishments achieved throughout their
career. During an interview with my colleague Tim Sullivan,
senior managing principal at Zonda, Haddad reflected on how his Jennifer Lash
childhood in Beirut before and during the civil war set him on a Editor-in-Chief,
path toward a career in development—or, rather, in bringing Residential Content Group
people together.
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‘Baby Chasers’ Zero In
on the Charlotte Market
today’s top home buyers, millennials,
play an important role in where the second top
buyers, baby boomers, choose to live. Retire-
ment often comes with a complete change in
lifestyle, and many baby boomers are using
their children and grandchildren to determine
where they next put down roots. In fact, a
Zonda survey shows roughly 25% of baby
boomers plan to retire in a location near their
grandchildren, a decision that earns them the
name “baby chasers.” Migration trends are
important to understand as they fuel housing
demand, and the latest Zonda Baby Chaser
Index captures just that.
The index considers longer-term migra-
"There are Charlotte Checks All the Boxes
tion patterns as well as current trends for both Similar to prior years, the Southeast and Southwest continue to be the
demographic cohorts. While the latest migra-
housing options most desirable locations for baby chasers. Many of the top markets have
tion data used in the index captures trends that range from commonalities including diversified economies, either an established
pre-COVID-19, we believe the coronavirus starter homes in or growing tech presence, desirable weather, and relatively affordable
will only exaggerate these patterns. new housing. This year’s top-ranking metro, Charlotte, checks all of
the $200,000s
those boxes.
The index shows: to lakefront Charlotte offers job opportunities across industries and is home to
• Charlotte, North Carolina, regained its properties that Bank of America, Truist, Belk, Lowe’s, and Honeywell, among others.
position as the top baby chaser market can be found for Furthermore, a favorable tax environment, increasing entertainment
after falling to No. 2 last year; opportunities, and being geographically close to both the mountains and
around $1 million."
• Phoenix, the No. 3 baby chaser market the beaches makes Charlotte a magnet for new growth.
in 2020, didn’t make the list in 2018 and Shaun McCutcheon, Zonda’s vice president of advisory in the South-
moved up from No. 5 last year; and east, says: “Charlotte is a hot spot for baby chasers because of all the afore-
• Three new markets joined the top 10 mentioned reasons plus the diversity of the housing stock.” He explains
for 2020: Atlanta, Indianapolis, and that Charlotte offers low-end and high-end standard homes as well as
San Antonio. low-end and high-end active adult communities, enabling those moving
from the Midwest and California alike to be happy with their choices.
“I’m not surprised to see Charlotte, Austin, “There are housing options that range from starter homes in the
and Phoenix top the list as all three are great $200,000s to lakefront properties that can be found for around $1 mil-
relocation markets for millennials,” notes lion, the latter of which would be five times that price in other markets.”
Tim Sullivan, Zonda’s senior managing prin- McCutcheon himself is a real-life example of this index. He relocat-
cipal of advisory. “These markets also allow ed to Charlotte from San Diego in mid-2016, and just one year later his
many baby boomers to live a classic retire- parents left their home of 40 years and moved across the country to
ment consisting of downsizing their home, North Carolina, primarily because they wanted to be near their only
Adobe Stock
saving some money, being near their family, granddaughter. When asked why he moved, McCutcheon explains that
and, in some cases, having a better quality after visiting different major metropolitan areas in the country, he felt
of life.” Charlotte provided the highest quality of life for the lowest price.
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Tech, Climate, and Character Drive Austin ONE OF THE
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Austin, the runner-up for the latest Baby Chaser Index, boasts one
of the fastest-growing tech economies in the nation. It is home to a
variety of startups as well as significant employment centers for
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THE PLANET
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and biking as well as water activities downtown and at nearby Lake
Travis. Live music, though temporarily impacted by COVID-19,
and diverse dining options add to the appeal.
Given the strong migration patterns, it is no surprise that Austin’s
housing market continues to impress, even amid a nationwide hous-
ing boom. The Zonda New Home Pending Sales Index shows a
54.9% year-over-year increase in contract sales in September for
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As previously mentioned, we believe the COVID-19 pandemic
has only exaggerated moving trends. Zonda’s top baby chaser
markets have gained steam since the start of the pandemic as the
work-from-anywhere shift allows some freedom to where people
live. Moving forward, the biggest concern will be how builders
can keep pace on supply with how quickly demand is shifting.
—ali wolf, chief economist at zonda
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LIVE AND IN-PERSON
If the liquidation route is chosen, Houston-based
Builders Auction Co. has helped builders across
the country with auction services since 1996.
Leading national builders annually represented
on the Builder 100 list, including David Week-
ley, Lennar, Meritage Homes, Mattamy Homes,
Taylor Morrison, M/I Homes, NVR, and more,
have all used the company’s services to liquidate
a model’s contents.
Auction Transition For the traditional, in-person auction that
the company had practiced for over 20 years,
the builder would collaborate with the auction
team to set a date and send out notices of sale
When COVID-19 hit, Builders Auction Co. pivoted—with to local prospective bidders. Then on the day
much success—its in-person business to online of, the team would arrive at the model, arrange
and catalog the furnishings, cover the floors to
reduce the risk of damage, register bidders,
b y S Y MON E G A RV E T T and sell the contents within a couple of hours.
“From the start, there were plenty of people
to fill the house, but that eventually became a
B
uilders, large and small, know the advantages of After a 40-hour concern of mine, and it was a pain point for the
building and designing model homes in their communi- online bidding period, builders,” says Bruce Sutter, president and CEO
winning bidders
ties. Even in the age of pioneering technology, a fully fur- at Builders Auction Co. “Rightfully because
must select specific
nished model serves as the first in-person impression and allows pickup times to collect they were fearful of too many people in the
buyers to physically envision themselves living in the space. their items curbside house, mostly for what could be the damage or
When the community sells out or when the model is no longer from the model to perceived damage for the new homeowner.”
needed, it goes up for sale. Builders, motivated to raise profits and ensure proper social When the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier
distancing.
reduce expenses, then have several options for dealing with the this year, Sutter and the Builders Auction team Eddie Harper, on behalf of Builders Auction Co.
staged pieces within the home. Top choices include selling the were unable to host in-person auctions at
furniture to the model buyer with the home purchase, moving the models and decided to quickly shift the process
items to another model, storing it for a future model, or liquidat- to online, in order to continue serving builders
ing the assets by selling to employees, using an auction company, at a peak time of uncertainty.
or giving to local resale or consignment companies. Before COVID, Sutter had considered mov-
“We do a couple different things,” says Chrissie Hartle, re- ing the company’s operations online, but he
gional sales specialist at Ryan Homes, an NVR brand. “We do “felt that a lot people would lose their jobs or
reuse our furniture in our models at times, and there are times some folks in the company wouldn’t want to go
where we do just say we’ve used this furniture long enough and in that direction,” he says. “So, when the COVID
let’s liquidate it.” crisis happened, there was no choice.”
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VIRTUAL BENEFITS ipating builders have been surprised at the damage or wear and tear to both the
To move its services online, Builders Auction results. Some of the benefits include: goods and property.
Co. discovered an online bidding platform • Better traffic management. Builders
and decided to post photos, dimensions, and • Potential higher revenues. On a per-item Auction Co. assigns winning bidders a
descriptions of the various model’s contents basis, builders using online auctions are pickup time and limits curbside pickups
to its website during set auction times. earning 10% to 20% more—and some- to 10 people per hour.
Users are able to view upcoming auctions, times up to 50% more—than with a live
register for email alerts, and bid for items auction. “You would never know that anything
directly from the website. When an auction • More bidders. The number of bidders changed, as far as the process is concerned,”
starts, locals have 40 hours to bid and rebid has also increased with a live auction, explains Hartle. “It still is the same process,
on items of their choosing. From there, since bidders don’t have to leave home. except you’re bidding on a computer instead
winning bidders will pick a time slot to pick • More time for bids. With a 40-hour bid- of in-person. Everything else has been
up their furniture curbside or they may elect ding period, bidders have plenty of time seamless.”
to utilize a mover and have it delivered. to research the items and make their bids. Alicia Schwarze, director of operations
Besides a few staff members and the profes- • The ability to sell more items. Because at Dallas-based Trophy Signature Homes, a
sional movers, no one is allowed in the home the model is full of people during a live subsidiary of Green Brick Partners, agrees.
to ensure proper social distancing. auction, safety dictates a limit on the Her first online auction with Trophy made
“People don’t necessarily want to go and number of items that can be sold. In an more revenue than the traditional, in-
spend time at a live auction, even though it’s online auction, builders can bring in person approach, due to more interested
entertaining,” says Sutter, noting that the items from other models and fill the online bidders.
switch to online makes much more sense from entire space with merchandise. “To me, I like it better,” says Schwarze.
a business standpoint. • Fewer people in the home. Limiting “Even if COVID goes away, which I hope it
Although the transition from in-person to access to the model to just staff and pro- does, I think I would still want to do virtual
online was unanticipated and quick, partic- fessional movers lessens the chance for auctions.” B
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Construction and design practices Values That
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Classic
Modernization
Painted brick is popular right now—especially
in the South
b y AU RO R A Z E L E D O N
W
ith the modern farmhouse look still red-hot, it’s easy
to imagine that siding—either vinyl or fiber-cement—
would have overtaken brick and stucco in popularity. But
that’s not the case.
Looking at NAHB’s recent reporting of Census data on the exte-
rior materials used in new construction, there’s been some shift-
ing—stucco has gained in popularity—but the overall balances
remain fairly fixed, and geographically quite diverse. In the South
Central region (including Texas), traditionally a hot zone for house
plan sales, siding has grown in popularity in recent years, but brick
is still the No. 1 choice.
That aligns with what Southern designers report. Explains Mis-
sissippi-based designer Jonathan Boone: “White painted brick
designs are as hot as ever and somewhat of a refuge from the white
farmhouse siding look that has been the go-to for the last few years.
It gives the client an option of a more modern (clean) feel, with the
peace of mind of a brick home.”
This design from Boone’s firm House Plan Zone illustrates his
point beautifully. Carriage-style garage doors jazz up the front-facing
garage, while a stately, but not over-the-top, entryway creates a
grand first impression.
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Furniture, lighting, and
decorative elements were
also sourced from
deconstruction projects from
Massachusetts to
Florida.
36 B U I L D E R ⚫ N O V E M B E R / D EC E M B E R 2 0 2 0 B U I L D E R O N L I N E .C O MUltimate Upcycle
Nonprofit Second Chance designed an entire concept home
using recycled building materials
b y S Y MON E G A RV E T T
F
or many typical remodeling projects, home- S E C O N D ’ S S TA R T
owners hire a contractor to remove the old and bring Founded in 2001, Second Chance is a 501(c)(3) non-
in the new. But at a time when supply challenges sur- profit that “provides people, materials, and the environ-
round certain building products, what if some of the mate- ment with a second chance.” The social enterprise
rials used in new-home builds or remodeling projects deconstructs old buildings and homes, salvages usable
weren’t brand new? materials and additional donated items, and uses the
In the past couple of decades, people have come to see revenue generated to provide job training and workforce
Courtesy Hometrack Real Estate Marketing
how disposable society can be and many have started to development for people with various employment obsta-
favor reusing items because it’s environmentally conscious, cles in the Baltimore region.
is more affordable, and can offer different design styles. Founder and president Mark Foster began with a
Companies like Craigslist, Goodwill, Facebook Market- team of four employees that specialized in deconstruc-
place, and local consignment shops are examples of where tion and has quickly grown to a company that employs
to buy used household items, such as furniture, appliances, 250 people in deconstruction, salvage, retail, operations,
or decor, but Baltimore-based nonprofit Second Chance transportation, and customer service.
takes the concept further by salvaging unwanted building “We started off with architectural salvage and pre-
materials from single-family homes. serving historical elements, ensuring they don’t go away,”
B U I L D E R O N L I N E .C O M N OV E M B E R / D EC E M B E R 2 0 2 0 ⚫ B U I L D E R 37PROJECTS
says Foster. “Fortunately, over a period of the organization picks up more than 1,000 COMPLETE CONCEPT
time, it diversified. Now, when you come in to donations of materials and furniture from To fulfill his dream, Foster bought a 1,600-
our store, you see the full gamut of things that small remodeling projects by professionals square-foot home north of Baltimore in
would be part of building and furnishing a and DIYers. Towson, Maryland, in 2013 with the intent
house—that could be artwork, furniture, All of the items gathered are displayed in to deconstruct the existing property, rebuild
floors, doors, windows, appliances, pretty the company’s 250,000-square-foot retail with materials collected from other decon-
much the whole spectrum.” location in downtown Baltimore, which sells struction projects, and utilize the home as a
On average, the organization deconstructs the wide selection of donated and reclaimed Second Chance concept house.
roughly 250 homes—with an average size of items to builders, designers, collectors, and Although the project took over six years to
2,500 square feet—each year stretching from the general public. complete, the team started by stripping the
Maine to Florida, with many requests from In the store, the organization designs small property to its studs. They were able to leave
home builders that are clearing away an exist- vignettes to showcase how several items with the foundation wall in the front and two
ing property to make room for a new struc- various histories can be grouped together chimneys and build 6,000 square feet on the
ture. Second Chance employees also take to create a new space, but Foster wanted to back to bring the new home close to roughly
apart partial projects, including interior guts produce a larger-scale project that could tell 8,200 square feet.
or remodels, where they will strip everything the whole story of what Second Chance is “It’s been a labor of love, but we wanted to
but leave the framing and foundations. Plus, able to accomplish. do it thoughtfully,” says Foster. “We did it all
38 B U I L D E R ⚫ N O V E M B E R / D EC E M B E R 2 0 2 0 B U I L D E R O N L I N E .C O MSecond Level Floor Plan
RECYCLED WOOD
The boards lining the
interior niche are from
a barn in Monkton,
Maryland, while the
perimeter beams
came from Greenwich,
Connecticut.
First Level Floor Plan
REUSED WINDOWS
All of the windows and
doors, except the one
in the barrel ceiling
hallway, were sourced
from a project in York,
Pennsylvania.
FOCAL POINT
The kitchen island
countertop is
100-year-old pine
beams rescued from
the Maryland Chemical
Co. warehouse in
Baltimore.
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internally within our organization—none of
whom are designers or architects—to show
others they can do this, too.”
The organization sourced a large percent-
age of the building and design materials—
such as the floors, doors, windows, cabinetry,
countertops, mantels, and railings—from
previous homes.
For example, there are 10 different kinds of
flooring in the house, each with a different
history. The flooring in the office was sourced
from an old Baltimore basilica and the cherry
flooring in one of the secondary bedrooms
was from the former home of actress Anne
Bancroft in Queenstown, Maryland.
More obvious design details, such as the
marble mantel in the library, also have unique
stories. The architectural piece, signed and
dated by the artist in the 1930s, was taken
out of a Philadelphia–based project.
“It’s those kind of things that drive us to
continue to save items from the landfill and
teach people the value of those materials that
have come before us, because we may never see
that kind of work again,” continues Foster.
All of the windows were sourced as well,
except one. The team purchased the half
round one in the barrel ceiling hallway, due to
the specific curvature of that space.
Drywall, molding and millwork, and up-
dated technology also were purchased to sup-
plement the reused materials. The home has
additional environmental elements, includ-
ing geothermal and solar features and electric
car charging in the garage, to continue the
organization’s commitment to environment
beyond reuse. ASSORTED
Going forward, Foster plans to develop a FLOORING
There are 10
Matterport to showcase the home to people different flooring
across the country. Anyone will be able to tour species throughout
the home virtually, click on the materials to get the house, including
the story behind a particular item, and possibly heart pine from a
basilica in the office.
click further to Second Chance’s inventory
where designers could purchase similar mate-
rials for their projects. FORMAL LIBRARY
“Hopefully, this creates a venue that we can The library’s marble
mantel is from a
bring people in to see, but at the same time home in Philadelphia,
they also get to hear about who got the materi- while the cabinets
als from where and why this has been an im- were sourced from
portant element of their pathway on to a better Washington, D.C.
future,” he concludes. “It’s really a second
chance for people and a second chance for
materials.” B
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