With Capital Backing From China, Landsea Homes Grows U.S. Footprint

Builder Online

By Brian Croce

When John Ho was given direction to launch Landsea Homes the operation didn’t have so much as a company computer. It was 2013, and one of China’s largest home builders, Landsea Group, felt it was the opportune time to expand. Executives at the public company began examining the U.S. market in 2011 when the country was working its way out of the depths of the Great Recession. Ho, who worked for a real estate consulting firm in the U.S. before joining Landsea Homes, says the choice to open operations in the Western Hemisphere simply made sense.

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