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Developer Ginn Group, VHA, Boys & Girls Clubs partner for east Vancouver housing, club facility
Published: May 25, 2021, 6:04am
Share: Ginn Group, which has a number of projects under construction in Clark County including Miles Terrace, is partnering with the Vancouver Housing Authority and a Boys and Girls Club on an affordable housing project. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian files)
Vancouver-based developer Ginn Group has submitted a preliminary application for a commercial and residential subdivision in east Vancouver called Tapestry Square, located near the Walmart Supercenter toward the eastern end of the Fourth Plain corridor.
Ginn Group is partnering with the Vancouver Housing Authority and Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington for the project, which would include two, three-story affordable housing apartment buildings and a new 20,000-square-foot Boys & Girls Clubs facility.
Spiking lumber costs splinter Clark County homebuilders’ budgets
Published: May 15, 2021, 6:04am
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3 Photos Stacks of lumber sit on the lot ready to be used to construct apartment buildings on Friday at the Latitude 45 apartment complex in Vancouver. Local builders have had to navigate rising lumber prices amid a national spike in demand. (Joshua Hart/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
When Vancouver-based Ginn Development began work on the Latitude 45 apartments in 2019, the cost of lumber per unit for the east Vancouver complex was $8,188.
Phase 2 of the project kicked off this year a similarly sized cluster of similarly designed apartment buildings on an adjacent parcel of land. The lumber cost per unit: $22,805.
Vancouver-based Ginn Group takes on community-focused approach in new projects
Homebuilder works on senior and low-income housing with nonprofits to address homelessness and affordable housing
Published: April 6, 2021, 6:01am
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3 Photos Construction work continues at Miles Terrace in Vancouver. The senior housing project is a partnership between the Vancouver Housing Authority and Ginn Group. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Vancouver-based Ginn Group has become an outsized presence in just a few years by positioning itself as an aggressive builder of entry-level and workforce single-family homes at a time when Clark County is struggling with an inventory shortage and rising prices.
Clark County homebuilders decry timing of new energy standards, say home prices will go up
Published: January 28, 2021, 6:06am
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3 Photos A worker lends a hand at a house under construction in the Felida Overlook neighborhood Wednesday morning. A set of energy code updates is set to take effect Feb. 1, and builders have expressed concern that the new rules could drive up construction costs at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has already pushed up home prices. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
Vancouver-area homebuilders say a new round of energy-efficiency standards could add $15,000 or more to the price of new houses, according to the Building Industry Association of Clark County. The timing appears to be their biggest complaint.