With innovative home plans, builder caters to evolution of 'single-family' housing

The Chicago firm has capitalized on a burgeoning trend in the region: multigenerational housing. New challenges await, including a battle for land.

  • By Brian Hartz
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 23, 2019
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Mark Wemple. William Ryan Homes Tampa area executive Jeff Thorson says competition in the region is high.
Mark Wemple. William Ryan Homes Tampa area executive Jeff Thorson says competition in the region is high.
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Anyone shopping for a home has specific criteria that guide the search for new and improved living quarters. For Amarilis Zambrana, her new home had to satisfy her and her 14-year-old daughter, as well as her younger brother, 26, and her retired parents.

 

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