Close to home: Builder attributes fast growth to focus on local market

Homes By WestBay entered the single-family new homes market at the worst time imaginable. Yet a decade later, it's selling 500 homes a year.

Mark Wemple. Homes By WestBay president Willy Nunn has overseen rapid growth at the Riverview-based homebuilder.
Mark Wemple. Homes By WestBay president Willy Nunn has overseen rapid growth at the Riverview-based homebuilder.
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Willy Nunn probably should have known better than to hitch his wagon to a new homebuilding company in October 2009.

 

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