Kier Group focuses on construction (around 70% of revenues), building management, property development, home building, and private finance initiative (PFI) projects. Sectors served include government, health care, education, retail, energy, and transportation. Kier also builds and refurbishes schools through PFI contracts. The company's support services operations provide building and grounds maintenance for the public and private sectors. Its Partnership Homes arm builds private homes and social housing. In 2010 Kier formed a new unit to provide renewable energy installation services. Kier has more than 50 offices around the UK, and it also operates in the Middle East, Caribbean and Eastern Europe.

M J Gleeson Group has gleefully shedded its noncore operations. The company has sold or otherwise cut loose its rail, concrete, and engineering businesses to focus on three areas: housing regeneration, commercial property development, and strategic land trading. Gleeson Regeneration works with local governments to build urban planning projects under private finance initiatives. Gleeson Commercial Property Development has some 16 properties in development. Gleeson Strategic Land manages the company's land bank, currently at around 2,500 acres. Michael Joseph Gleeson, who was the great-uncle of current chairman Dermot Gleeson, founded the firm in 1903.

M/I has its eye on the homebuilding prize in 10 markets throughout the midwest, mid-Atlantic, and Florida regions. M/I Homes sells single-family detached homes to first-time, move-up, empty-nest, and luxury buyers under the M/I Homes and Showcase Homes names. It delivers more than 2,000 homes a year, at prices ranging from about $90,000 to $1.3 million (averaging $231,000) and sizes ranging from 1,200 to 4,400 sq. ft. The company has an exclusive arrangement with retailer Sherwin-Williams to supply paint, stain, and other coatings for its homes. M/I Homes also builds attached townhomes and condominiums in select markets. Its M/I Financial mortgage banking subsidiary provides title and mortgage services.

Mapledean Developments Limited develops real estate and builds homes in the South Hampshire area in and around Southampton, Winchester, the Meon Valley, and Bishop's Waltham. Mapledean offers homes at Vears Lane, Colden Common for about 370,000 as well as one- and two-bedroom apartments in Bishops Waltham that range in price from 125,000 to more than 167,500. The company actively seeks development sites from single plots to larger schemes. Mapledean also assists customers with plot development. Mapledean Developments was established in 1991 by directors Jeff Adams and Nigel Freemantle.

McGuyer Homebuilders, Inc. company annually builds some 3,000 single-family residential homes in Texas in the Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio areas. The company markets its homes under the Coventry Homes, Pioneer Homes, Carmel Homes, and Plantation Homes brands, with prices ranging from the low $100,000s to more than $1 million. It operates from four offices in its service areas. Chairman and CEO Frank McGuyer and president and COO Mike Love, founders of MHI and MHI Partnership, Ltd., have worked closely since the start-up of the businesses in 1988.

McInerney Holdings has its grips on European real estate. Its flagship subsidiary McInerney Homes develops and builds homes in Ireland, where it is one of the largest home builders, and in the North and Midlands regions of England. The company targets first-time buyers with affordable offerings ranging from apartments to four-bedroom detached houses. In Spain, subsidiary Alanda Group develops and builds luxury residential and resort properties. The company is also engaged in commercial and public facilities through subsidiary Hillbert Developments.

Mercedes Homes won't put you up in a Benz, but it can set you up in a stylish dwelling. The employee-owned company builds and sells single-family homes in 80 communities in Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas. One of its largest markets is the Orlando area. Mercedes Homes operates through three primary subsidiaries: MHi Mortgage, BDR Title, and Space Coast Truss, which offer everything from mortgage financing to truss design and building materials. Mercedes Homes' properties range in price from about $100,000 to more than $500,000. The family of founder Howard Buescher controls the company he began in 1983. Faced with mounting debt and liquidity problems, Mercedes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.

Michael Crews Development designs and builds single-family homes and suburban communities in Southern California, Utah, and Texas. Its Tyson-Crews Development partnership develops residential properties in and around Phoenix. Michael Crews Development also offers services that include financing, marketing, purchasing, and selling of homes. Its Emerald Crest Engineering division provides land planning and environmental assessment, project feasibility, engineering, construction management, and structural design services. Its Michael Crews Commercial Development unit manages commercial properties, from buying, building, and selling to leasing and tenant build-outs. President Michael Crews owns the company.

NVR offers homebuyers everything -- including the kitchen sink. The company builds single-family detached homes, townhomes, and condominiums, mainly for first-time and move-up buyers, primarily in the eastern US. NVR markets its homes as Ryan Homes, Fox Ridge Homes, Rymarc Homes, and NVHomes. Its largest markets, the Washington, DC, and Baltimore areas, account for nearly half of sales. NVR sells about 15,000 homes annually. Sizes range from 1,000 sq. ft. to 7,300 sq. ft., and prices range from $56,000 to $2 million, averaging about $296,000. Subsidiary NVR Mortgage Finance offers mortgage and title services.

Orchard Homes and Developments' homes are blooming across the South Coast of England. The regional builder constructs homes and apartments in Dorset and the South Hampshire region. The company also refurbishes and converts brownfield properties. Orchard Homes was established in 1997 and plans to further expand its residential developments along the South Coast.

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