K&B; Tops Southland Residential Builders : Home building: Focusing largely on first-time buyers, leading L.A.-based developer reports sales volume increase of 55% from 1992 in Times' survey.

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March 6, 1994 12 AM PT

From a Times Staff Writer

Building more houses than its next two closest competitors combined, Kaufman & Broad Home Corp. has claimed the No. 1 spot on The Times’ 23rd annual survey of Southern California home builders.

The Los Angeles-based developer built 2,642 houses and condos in 1993 and sold all but 348 of them, for a sales volume of $434 million, up an astounding 55% from its 1992 sales volume of $279 million.

K&B; builds primarily entry-level homes, in a price range of $100,000 to $200,000. The first-time buyer segment of the market has been treated much more gently by the four-year housing recession than the move-up market.

“The entry-level market has and will continue to be the engine that drives the market,” said Bruce Karatz, the chairman and chief executive officer of K&B;, “as lower prices and interest rates have made home ownership a reality for a broader range of buyers.”

In 1994, K&B; expects its sales to increase 18% to $512 million. “For well-capitalized builders with the right product for today’s buyers, 1994 should be an excellent year,” Karatz said.

Kaufman & Broad moved up from the No. 2 ranking in the 1992 survey.

The William Lyon Co. of Newport Beach, which had topped the builders’ survey for six consecutive years, did not participate in this year’s survey. The Lyon Co. has been trying to work its way out of financial troubles that date back to slow homes sales in 1990 that made it difficult to meet the carrying costs of a huge inventory of land.

The Times mailed nearly 300 surveys to builders in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Ventura and Kern counties. A total of 89 builders responded to the voluntary survey, down from 100 respondents in 1992.

The No. 2 builder was the Fieldstone Group of Companies, based in Newport Beach, which built 1,084 houses and condos and reported 1993 sales volume of $254.4 million, down 15.6% from ’92 sales. The company had 49 unsold houses at year’s end.

Fieldstone chief executive Keith A. Johnson is forecasting that the company will do $236 million in sales this year.

Despite Fieldstone’ predicted decline, Johnson said, “the upturn for first-time buyers is under way, and will increase in higher price ranges as the year improves.” Fieldstone is a move-up developer, building most of its homes in the $200,000 to $350,000 range.

Fieldstone’s 1992 sales results were omitted from last year’s survey, but the company would have ranked second.

The No. 3 builder is Los Angeles-based Pardee Construction Co., which moved up from No. 8 in the 1992 survey. The company reported 1993 sales volume of $226.5 million, up a whopping 44% from its 1992 results. The company, which built 1,402 houses, condos and apartments last year and sold all but 131 of them, is predicting a 26% increase in business this year.

In the No. 4 spot is Upland-based Lewis Homes of California, which built 1,031 single-family homes and condos and reported 1993 sales volume of $221.6 million, a decline of 4% from ’92 results. The company had 111 unsold homes at year-end.

The company is predicting its sales revenue will grow to $250 million this year. “Increases in interest rates and the pickup in the national economy will motivate many shrewd buyers to purchase now, while the window of opportunity is open,” said Randall W. Lewis, executive vice president of the family-owned company.

The No. 5 builder is the Presley Companies of Newport Beach, which built 1,178 houses and condos and reported 1993 sales volume of $213.9 million, up 20% from 1992. Presley had 80 homes in year-end inventory. The company is predicting a slight drop in business in 1994 to $204 million.

BUILDING LEADERS

Sales in millions 1993 Company 1993 1994 Rank City, Key Officer Volume Projection 1 Kaufman & Broad Home Corp.* 434 512 Los Angeles, Bruce Karatz 2 Fieldstone Group of Companies, The 254.4 235.9 Newport Beach, Keith A. Johnson 3 Pardee Construction Co. 226.5 285.4 Los Angeles, David E. Landon 4 Lewis Homes of California 221.6 250 Upland, Richard A. Lewis 5 Presley Companies, The 213.9 204 Newport Beach, Wade H. Cable 6 Bramalea California Inc.* 155.1 174.6 Newport Beach, Leon C. Swails 7 Warmington Homes 148 183.8 Costa Mesa, Timothy P. Hogan 8 Shea Homes 136.9 168 Walnut, Roy Humphreys 9 Akins Companies, The 132.2 111.3 Irvine, Bruce K. Akins 10 Pacific Greystone Corp. 124 175 Los Angeles, Jack R. Harter 11 Forecast Group* 123.3 75 Rancho Cucamonga, James P. Previti 12 Centex Real Estate Corp.* 114.3 204.3 Riverside, Larry Ludwig 13 Goldrich & Kest Industries 113.8 100 Culver City, Jona Goldrich 14 Van Daele Development Corp. 95 100 Riverside, Micahel B. Van Daele 15 Barratt American Inc. 93.9 110 Carlsbad, Michael D. Pattinson 16 Brock Homes 88.9 185.5 Glendale, Frank Scardina 17 Baldwin Co., The 88.6 0 Newport Beach, Alfred E. Baldwin 18 Inco Homes Corp. 85 0 Upland, Ira C. Norris 19 Sunrise Co. 78 40 Palm Desert, William Bone 20 UDC Homes* 77 85 Corona, Curt Ensign 21 Del Webb’s Sun City Palm Springs 62.5 0 Bermuda Dunes, Frank D. Pankratz 22 Western National Group 61 59 Orange, Michael K. Hayde 23 Century Homes Communities 56.9 60 San Bernardino, John Pavelak 24 Laing (John) Homes (California) 55.7 69.8 Laguna Hills, Robert E. Fritts 25 Coscan Davidson Homes 55.1 120 Del Mar, William A. Davidson 26 West Venture* 55 60 Encino, James I. Sorensen 27 Taylor Woodrow Homes California 45 50 Laguna Hills, Richard E. Pope 28 Sares Regis Group 40.2 63.9 Irvine, Geoffrey L. Stack 29 Coleman Homes* 33.2 26.3 Bakersfield, Thomas M. Coleman 30 McMillin Companies 28.8 37.1 National City, Corky McMillin 31 Grupe Construction Co. 28.4 27.4 L.A./Newport Beach, Mark Fisher/Dan Pedley 32 Pennhill Co., The 15 7 Irvine, Thomas E. Tucker/Ronald E. Tendler 33 EPAC Housing 27.1 38.2 Costa Mesa, Rick Doremus 34 Meeker Land & Development 26.3 48.3 Camarillo, William V. Meeker 35 Costain Homes Inc. 26.1 29.6 Newport Beach, Julie Newcomb Hill 36 Cal-Coast Development Group Inc. 24.7 28.5 Los Angeles, Edward J. Miller 37 Paragon Homes Inc. 24.7 36 Santa Monica, Irwin Garfield 38 J.C.C. Homes 24 35 Torrance, Gregory L. Delgado 39 TriMark Development Co. 22.6 47.3 Woodland Hills, Clinton R. Stevenson Jr. 40 Sunland Communities Corp. 21.3 32.4 San Diego, Ure R. Kretowicz 41 Braemar Homes 20.5 26 Agoura Hills, Sidney H. Dinow 42 Griffin Companies 18.5 27.8 Calabasas, Paul E. Griffin, III 43 R G C 18.4 36 Newport Beach, E. James Murar 44 Larwin Co. 16.5 36 Encino, Michael I. Keston 45 California Community Builders Inc. 15.5 35.2 Santa Monica, William A. Fruehling/Frank H. Countner 46 Selby/Fowlkes Partners 15.4 49.9 Los Angeles, Richard W. Selby 47 Legare Homes 15 10 Redondo Beach, Steve Legare/Dennis Moloney 48 Buie Communities 14.8 14 San Diego, Robert F. Buie 49 AMCAL Homes 14.5 24 Westlake Village, Percival Vaz 50 Trider Corp. 14 4 Anaheim Hills, Alan Trider 51 Broadmoor Homes* 13 14 San Diego, George J. Nicholas 51 Sunburst Corp. 13 16 San Diego, James A. Clarke 52 Rockfield Development Corp. 12.3 29.5 San Juan Capistrano, Timothy L. Unger 53 Rhoades (J.P.) Development 11.7 7.6 Santa Ana, Jeffrey P. Rhoades 54 Cunningham Barisic Development Corp. 11 16 Orange, David M. Cunningham 55 Republic Development 10 9.1 Anaheim, Jack Hartung 55 Ross Homes 10 18.8 Brea, W. Ross Mollard 56 Stratham Group, The 9 23 Newport Beach, Ali Razi 57 Pacifica Development Inc. 8.4 4.1 Costa Mesa, Jeffrey K. Francis 58 MWH Development Corp. 8.2 24.2 Bel Air, Mark Handel 59 Alpha Construction Company Inc.* 8.1 9.1 Van Nuys, Irvin Laxineta 60 Cornerstone Developers 7.7 9.1 Palm Springs, Michael Marix 61 Robinhood Homes Inc.* 7.6 0 Solana Beach, Barry J. Ross 61 Weiss Engineering & Dev. Co. Inc.* 7.6 9.6 Sherman Oaks, Bernard S. Weiss 62 Hix Development Corp. 7.5 10 San Dimas, Ernest H. Hix 63 Alexander/Catania Dev. Inc. 7.3 11.5 Azusa, Guy Alexander/Philip Catania 64 Rancho Vista Development Co. 7.1 9.1 Palmdale, R. Gregg Anderson 65 Richard Thomas Companies 6.4 3 Laguna Niguel, Thomas Archbold 66 Calprop Corporation 6.3 0 Los Angeles, Victor Zaccaglin/Ron Petch 67 Trent Meredith Inc.* 6 9 Oxnard, Michael E. Giordano 68 American Companies, The 5.7 5 Corona, Donald G. Murray Jr. 69 888 Development Co. 5.1 9.5 Tustin, Tsutomu Fukushima 70 Showcase Homes 4.9 8.5 Westminster, William J. Krueger 71 Inland Empire West 4.7 0 Upland, Russell E. Blewett 72 Sandpiper Homes Ltd.* 4.2 5.3 Palm Desert, Thomas F. Schmidt 73 C.A.S. Development Corp. 3.7 3.2 Fountain Valley, Terry Smith 74 Institutional Property Investors 3.2 26 Laguna Beach, David Michelson 74 LanRon Builders 3.2 4 Laguna Hills, Grover C. Brown Jr. 75 WDS Development Inc. 2.7 2.3 Montclair, Wayne Simonian 76 Jeffrey Group Inc. 2.6 6.5 Dana Point, Doyle J. Barker 77 D.L. Griffin Co.* 2.5 6.9 Calabasas, David Griffin 78 RWR Development 2.4 17 Van Nuys, Bill Rheinschild 79 Kylcor Development Corp. 2.1 7 Long Beach, B. Lynn McCune 80 Franciscan West Development* 2 8 Santa Barbara, John J. Schuck 81 New View Development Inc.* 1.8 2.9 Santa Monica, Richard E. Vamos 82 Reynolds Development 1.3 16.5 El Cajon, Michael W. Reynolds 83 Century West Development 1.1 0 Santa Monica, C. C. Mow 84 Moreno Valley Development Co. .9 .8 Moreno Valley, Marshall J. Kagan 85 Fucci Construction Co. .8 0 Palos Verdes Estates, Dominic Fucci

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Units constructed in 1993 1993 Company Single Rank City, Key Officer Total family Apts. 1 Kaufman & Broad Home Corp.* 2642 2642 0 Los Angeles, Bruce Karatz 2 Fieldstone Group of Companies, The 1084 957 0 Newport Beach, Keith A. Johnson 3 Pardee Construction Co. 1402 502 472 Los Angeles, David E. Landon 4 Lewis Homes of California 1031 853 0 Upland, Richard A. Lewis 5 Presley Companies, The 1178 1076 0 Newport Beach, Wade H. Cable 6 Bramalea California Inc.* 589 553 0 Newport Beach, Leon C. Swails 7 Warmington Homes 561 553 0 Costa Mesa, Timothy P. Hogan 8 Shea Homes 467 372 0 Walnut, Roy Humphreys 9 Akins Companies, The 656 158 0 Irvine, Bruce K. Akins 10 Pacific Greystone Corp. 491 491 0 Los Angeles, Jack R. Harter 11 Forecast Group* 1031 1031 0 Rancho Cucamonga, James P. Previti 12 Centex Real Estate Corp.* 644 644 0 Riverside, Larry Ludwig 13 Goldrich & Kest Industries 655 19 557 Culver City, Jona Goldrich 14 Van Daele Development Corp. 600 600 0 Riverside, Micahel B. Van Daele 15 Barratt American Inc. 443 339 0 Carlsbad, Michael D. Pattinson 16 Brock Homes 363 355 0 Glendale, Frank Scardina 17 Baldwin Co., The 398 148 0 Newport Beach, Alfred E. Baldwin 18 Inco Homes Corp. 796 796 0 Upland, Ira C. Norris 19 Sunrise Co. 267 99 0 Palm Desert, William Bone 20 UDC Homes* 383 308 0 Corona, Curt Ensign 21 Del Webb’s Sun City 328 328 0 Palm Springs Bermuda Dunes, Frank D. Pankratz 22 Western National Group 400 170 230 Orange, Michael K. Hayde 23 Century Homes Communities 506 506 0 San Bernardino, John Pavelak 24 Laing (John) Homes (California) 384 110 0 Laguna Hills, Robert E. Fritts 25 Coscan Davidson Homes 259 239 0 Del Mar, William A. Davidson 26 West Venture* 425 425 0 Encino, James I. Sorensen 27 Taylor Woodrow Homes California 200 150 0 Laguna Hills, Richard E. Pope 28 Sares Regis Group 542 0 463 Irvine, Geoffrey L. Stack 29 Coleman Homes* 232 232 0 Bakersfield, Thomas M. Coleman 30 McMillin Companies 210 10 200 National City, Corky McMillin 31 Grupe Construction Co. 125 80 0 L.A./Newport Beach, Mark Fisher/Dan Pedley 32 Pennhill Co., The 75 75 0 Irvine, Thomas E. Tucker/ Ronald E. Tendler 33 EPAC Housing 128 59 0 Costa Mesa, Rick Doremus 34 Meeker Land & Development 97 97 0 Camarillo, William V. Meeker 35 Costain Homes Inc. 161 161 0 Newport Beach, Julie Newcomb Hill 36 Cal-Coast Development Group Inc. 125 17 0 Los Angeles, Edward J. Miller 37 Paragon Homes Inc. 210 210 0 Santa Monica, Irwin Garfield 38 J.C.C. Homes 37 37 0 Torrance, Gregory L. Delgado 39 TriMark Development Co. 124 124 0 Woodland Hills, Clinton R. Stevenson Jr. 40 Sunland Communities Corp. 141 66 0 San Diego, Ure R. Kretowicz 41 Braemar Homes 34 28 0 Agoura Hills, Sidney H. Dinow 42 Griffin Companies 78 78 0 Calabasas, Paul E. Griffin, III 43 R G C 148 0 0 Newport Beach, E. James Murar 44 Larwin Co. 112 112 0 Encino, Michael I. Keston 45 California Community Builders Inc. 91 87 0 Santa Monica, William A. Fruehling/Frank H. Countner 46 Selby/Fowlkes Partners 44 0 0 Los Angeles, Richard W. Selby 47 Legare Homes 20 20 0 Redondo Beach, Steve Legare/Dennis Moloney 48 Buie Communities 68 65 0 San Diego, Robert F. Buie 49 AMCAL Homes 98 46 0 Westlake Village, Percival Vaz 50 Trider Corp. 117 0 117 Anaheim Hills, Alan Trider 51 Broadmoor Homes* 65 65 0 San Diego, George J. Nicholas 51 Sunburst Corp. 57 57 0 San Diego, James A. Clarke 52 Rockfield Development Corp. 103 103 0 San Juan Capistrano, Timothy L. Unger 53 Rhoades (J.P.) Development 32 32 0 Santa Ana, Jeffrey P. Rhoades 54 Cunningham Barisic 58 34 0 Development Corp. Orange, David M. Cunningham 55 Republic Development 50 50 0 Anaheim, Jack Hartung 55 Ross Homes 20 20 0 Brea, W. Ross Mollard 56 Stratham Group, The 75 75 0 Newport Beach, Ali Razi 57 Pacifica Development Inc. 58 58 0 Costa Mesa, Jeffrey K. Francis 58 MWH Development Corp. 63 63 0 Bel Air, Mark Handel 59 Alpha Construction Company Inc.* 138 0 106 Van Nuys, Irvin Laxineta 60 Cornerstone Developers 55 55 0 Palm Springs, Michael Marix 61 Robinhood Homes Inc.* 68 0 0 Solana Beach, Barry J. Ross 61 Weiss Engineering & Dev. Co. Inc.* 15 1 0 Sherman Oaks, Bernard S. Weiss 62 Hix Development Corp. 38 38 0 San Dimas, Ernest H. Hix 63 Alexander/Catania Dev. Inc. 34 34 0 Azusa, Guy Alexander/Philip Catania 64 Rancho Vista Development Co. 26 26 0 Palmdale, R. Gregg Anderson 65 Richard Thomas Companies 40 40 0 Laguna Niguel, Thomas Archbold 66 Calprop Corporation 18 18 0 Los Angeles, Victor Zaccaglin/Ron Petch 67 Trent Meredith Inc.* 39 39 0 Oxnard, Michael E. Giordano 68 American Companies, The 40 40 0 Corona, Donald G. Murray Jr. 69 888 Development Co. 56 56 0 Tustin, Tsutomu Fukushima 70 Showcase Homes 70 0 0 Westminster, William J. Krueger 71 Inland Empire West 24 24 0 Upland, Russell E. Blewett 72 Sandpiper Homes Ltd.* 12 12 0 Palm Desert, Thomas F. Schmidt 73 C.A.S. Development Corp. 0 0 0 Fountain Valley, Terry Smith 74 Institutional Property Investors 170 4 166 Laguna Beach, David Michelson 74 LanRon Builders 35 35 0 Laguna Hills, Grover C. Brown Jr. 75 WDS Development Inc. 16 16 0 Montclair, Wayne Simonian 76 Jeffrey Group Inc. 2 2 0 Dana Point, Doyle J. Barker 77 D.L. Griffin Co.* 4 4 0 Calabasas, David Griffin 78 RWR Development 6 6 0 Van Nuys, Bill Rheinschild 79 Kylcor Development Corp. 0 0 0 Long Beach, B. Lynn McCune 80 Franciscan West Development* 10 0 0 Santa Barbara, John J. Schuck 81 New View Development Inc.* 2 2 0 Santa Monica, Richard E. Vamos 82 Reynolds Development 0 0 0 El Cajon, Michael W. Reynolds 83 Century West Development 10 0 10 Santa Monica, C. C. Mow 84 Moreno Valley Development Co. 6 6 0 Moreno Valley, Marshall J. Kagan 85 Fucci Construction Co. 3 2 1 Palos Verdes Estates, Dominic Fucci

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Units constructed in 1993 1993 Company Year-End Rank City, Key Officer Condos Inventory 1 Kaufman & Broad Home Corp.* 0 348 Los Angeles, Bruce Karatz 2 Fieldstone Group of Companies, The 127 49 Newport Beach, Keith A. Johnson 3 Pardee Construction Co. 428 131 Los Angeles, David E. Landon 4 Lewis Homes of California 178 111 Upland, Richard A. Lewis 5 Presley Companies, The 102 80 Newport Beach, Wade H. Cable 6 Bramalea California Inc.* 36 55 Newport Beach, Leon C. Swails 7 Warmington Homes 8 53 Costa Mesa, Timothy P. Hogan 8 Shea Homes 95 78 Walnut, Roy Humphreys 9 Akins Companies, The 498 27 Irvine, Bruce K. Akins 10 Pacific Greystone Corp. 0 50 Los Angeles, Jack R. Harter 11 Forecast Group* 0 9 Rancho Cucamonga, James P. Previti 12 Centex Real Estate Corp.* 0 44 Riverside, Larry Ludwig 13 Goldrich & Kest Industries 79 251 Culver City, Jona Goldrich 14 Van Daele Development Corp. 0 24 Riverside, Micahel B. Van Daele 15 Barratt American Inc. 104 43 Carlsbad, Michael D. Pattinson 16 Brock Homes 8 135 Glendale, Frank Scardina 17 Baldwin Co., The 250 4 Newport Beach, Alfred E. Baldwin 18 Inco Homes Corp. 0 0 Upland, Ira C. Norris 19 Sunrise Co. 168 67 Palm Desert, William Bone 20 UDC Homes* 75 0 Corona, Curt Ensign 21 Del Webb’s Sun City 0 0 Palm Springs Bermuda Dunes, Frank D. Pankratz 22 Western National Group 0 12 Orange, Michael K. Hayde 23 Century Homes Communities 0 43 San Bernardino, John Pavelak 24 Laing (John) Homes (California) 274 92 Laguna Hills, Robert E. Fritts 25 Coscan Davidson Homes 20 38 Del Mar, William A. Davidson 26 West Venture* 0 60 Encino, James I. Sorensen 27 Taylor Woodrow Homes California 50 72 Laguna Hills, Richard E. Pope 28 Sares Regis Group 79 269 Irvine, Geoffrey L. Stack 29 Coleman Homes* 0 25 Bakersfield, Thomas M. Coleman 30 McMillin Companies 0 4 National City, Corky McMillin 31 Grupe Construction Co. 45 9 L.A./Newport Beach, Mark Fisher/Dan Pedley Carlsbad, Michael D. Pattinson 16 Brock Homes 8 135 Glendale, Frank Scardina 17 Baldwin Co., The 250 4 Newport Beach, Alfred E. Baldwin 18 Inco Homes Corp. 0 0 Upland, Ira C. Norris 19 Sunrise Co. 168 67 Palm Desert, William Bone 20 UDC Homes* 75 0 Corona, Curt Ensign 21 Del Webb’s Sun City 0 0 Palm Springs Bermuda Dunes, Frank D. Pankratz 22 Western National Group 0 12 Orange, Michael K. Hayde 23 Century Homes Communities 0 43 San Bernardino, John Pavelak 24 Laing (John) Homes (California) 274 92 Laguna Hills, Robert E. Fritts 25 Coscan Davidson Homes 20 38 Del Mar, William A. Davidson 26 West Venture* 0 60 Encino, James I. Sorensen 27 Taylor Woodrow Homes California 50 72 Laguna Hills, Richard E. Pope 28 Sares Regis Group 79 269 Irvine, Geoffrey L. Stack 29 Coleman Homes* 0 25 Bakersfield, Thomas M. Coleman 30 McMillin Companies 0 4 National City, Corky McMillin 31 Grupe Construction Co. 45 9 L.A./Newport Beach, Mark Fisher/Dan Pedley 32 Pennhill Co., The 0 3 Irvine, Thomas E. Tucker/ Ronald E. Tendler 33 EPAC Housing 69 12 Costa Mesa, Rick Doremus 34 Meeker Land & Development 0 13 Camarillo, William V. Meeker 35 Costain Homes Inc. 0 12 Newport Beach, Julie Newcomb Hill 36 Cal-Coast Development Group Inc. 108 18 Los Angeles, Edward J. Miller 37 Paragon Homes Inc. 0 40 Santa Monica, Irwin Garfield 38 J.C.C. Homes 0 7 Torrance, Gregory L. Delgado 39 TriMark Development Co. 0 19 Woodland Hills, Clinton R. Stevenson Jr. 40 Sunland Communities Corp. 75 12 San Diego, Ure R. Kretowicz 41 Braemar Homes 6 6 Agoura Hills, Sidney H. Dinow 42 Griffin Companies 0 17 Calabasas, Paul E. Griffin, III 43 R G C 148 35 Newport Beach, E. James Murar 44 Larwin Co. 0 6 Encino, Michael I. Keston 45 California Community Builders Inc. 0 8 Santa Monica, William A. Fruehling/Frank H. Countner 46 Selby/Fowlkes Partners 44 0 Los Angeles, Richard W. Selby 47 Legare Homes 0 5 Redondo Beach, Steve Legare/Dennis Moloney 48 Buie Communities 3 2 San Diego, Robert F. Buie 49 AMCAL Homes 52 20 Westlake Village, Percival Vaz 50 Trider Corp. 0 0 Anaheim Hills, Alan Trider 51 Broadmoor Homes* 0 0 San Diego, George J. Nicholas 51 Sunburst Corp. 0 1 San Diego, James A. Clarke 52 Rockfield Development Corp. 0 10 San Juan Capistrano, Timothy L. Unger 53 Rhoades (J.P.) Development 0 3 Santa Ana, Jeffrey P. Rhoades 54 Cunningham Barisic 24 0 Development Corp. Orange, David M. Cunningham 55 Republic Development 0 0 Anaheim, Jack Hartung 55 Ross Homes 0 0 Brea, W. Ross Mollard 56 Stratham Group, The 0 16 Newport Beach, Ali Razi 57 Pacifica Development Inc. 0 26 Costa Mesa, Jeffrey K. Francis 58 MWH Development Corp. 0 20 Bel Air, Mark Handel 59 Alpha Construction Company Inc.* 32 0 Van Nuys, Irvin Laxineta 60 Cornerstone Developers 0 8 Palm Springs, Michael Marix 61 Robinhood Homes Inc.* 68 0 Solana Beach, Barry J. Ross 61 Weiss Engineering & Dev. Co. Inc.* 14 0 Sherman Oaks, Bernard S. Weiss 62 Hix Development Corp. 0 4 San Dimas, Ernest H. Hix 63 Alexander/Catania Dev. Inc. 0 0 Azusa, Guy Alexander/Philip Catania 64 Rancho Vista Development Co. 0 3 Palmdale, R. Gregg Anderson 65 Richard Thomas Companies 0 5 Laguna Niguel, Thomas Archbold 66 Calprop Corporation 0 0 Los Angeles, Victor Zaccaglin/Ron Petch 67 Trent Meredith Inc.* 0 9 Oxnard, Michael E. Giordano 68 American Companies, The 0 0 Corona, Donald G. Murray Jr. 69 888 Development Co. 0 8 Tustin, Tsutomu Fukushima 70 Showcase Homes 70 66 Westminster, William J. Krueger 71 Inland Empire West 0 16 Upland, Russell E. Blewett 72 Sandpiper Homes Ltd.* 0 0 Palm Desert, Thomas F. Schmidt 73 C.A.S. Development Corp. 0 1 Fountain Valley, Terry Smith 74 Institutional Property Investors 0 166 Laguna Beach, David Michelson 74 LanRon Builders 0 5 Laguna Hills, Grover C. Brown Jr. 75 WDS Development Inc. 0 7 Montclair, Wayne Simonian 76 Jeffrey Group Inc. 0 0 Dana Point, Doyle J. Barker 77 D.L. Griffin Co.* 0 1 Calabasas, David Griffin 78 RWR Development 0 0 Van Nuys, Bill Rheinschild 79 Kylcor Development Corp. 0 3 Long Beach, B. Lynn McCune 80 Franciscan West Development* 10 0 Santa Barbara, John J. Schuck 81 New View Development Inc.* 0 0 Santa Monica, Richard E. Vamos 82 Reynolds Development 0 12 El Cajon, Michael W. Reynolds 83 Century West Development 0 619 Santa Monica, C. C. Mow 84 Moreno Valley Development Co. 0 0 Moreno Valley, Marshall J. Kagan 85 Fucci Construction Co. 0 0 Palos Verdes Estates, Dominic Fucci

* Firm reporting on fiscal-year basis.

ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS

Following is an alphabetical listing of the building leaders included in The Times’ 23rd annual survey, with the rank of each firm.

Company Name 1993 Rank Akins Companies 9 Alexander/Catania Dev. Inc. 63 Alpha Construction Co. Inc. 59 Amcal Homes 49 American Companies, The 68 Baldwin Co. 17 Barratt American 15 Braemar Homes 41 Bramalea California Inc. 6 Broadmoor Homes 51 Brock Homes 16 Buie Corp. 48 California Community Builders Inc. 45 Calprop Corp. 66 Cal-Coast Development Group Inc. 36 C.A.S. Development Corp. 73 Centex Real Estate Corp. 12 Century Homes Communities 23 Century West Development Inc. 83 Coleman Homes Inc. 29 Cornerstone Developers 60 Coscan Davidson Homes 25 Costain Homes Inc. 35 Cunningham-Barisic Development Corp. 54 D.L. Griffin Co. 77 Del Webb’s Sun City 21 888 Development Co. 69 EPAC Housing Corp. 33 Fieldstone Group, The 2 Forecast Group 11 Franciscan West Developments 80 Fucci Construction Co. 85 Goldrich & Kest Industries 13 Griffin Companies 42 Grupe Construction Co. 31 Hix Development Corp. 62 Inco Homes 18 Inland Empire West Co., The 71 Institutional Property Investors 74 JCC Homes 38 Jeffrey Group 76 Kaufman & Broad Home Corp. 1 Kylcor Development Corp. 79 Laing (John) Homes (California) Inc. 24 LanRon Builders 74 Larwin Co. 44 Legare Homes 47 Lewis Homes of California 4 McMillin Companies 30 Meeker Land & Development Co. 34 Moreno Valley Development Co. 84 MWH Development Corp. 58 New View Development Inc. 81 Pacific Greystone Corp. 10 Pacifica Development Inc. 57 Paragon Homes Inc. 37 Pardee Construction Co. 3 Pennhill Co. 32 Presley Cos. 5 Rancho Vista Development Co. 64 Republic Development Co. 55 Reynolds Development 82 RGC 43 Rhoades (J.P.) Development 53 Richard Thomas Cos. 65 Robinhood Homes Inc. 61 Rockfield Development Corp. 52 Ross Co. 55 RWR Development 78 Sandpiper Homes Ltd. 72 Sares Regis Group 28 Selby/Fowlkes Partners 46 Shea Homes 8 Showcase Homes 70 Stratham Group, The 56 Sunburst Corp. 51 Sunland Communities 40 Sunrise Company 19 Taylor Woodrow Homes 27 Trent Meredith Inc. 67 Trider Corp. 50 TriMark Development Co. 39 UDC Homes Ltd. 20 Van Daele Development Corp. 14 Warmington Homes 7 WDS Development Inc. 75 Weiss Engineering & Dev. Co. Inc. 61 West Venture Development Co. 26 Western National Group 22