K&B; Reclaims No. 1 Home-Building Title

It’s baaaaaack! Bumped out of the lead in 1998, Kaufman & Broad Home Corp. is back in the No. 1 spot on The Times’ 1999 survey of residential building in Southern California.

K&B;, which completed its purchase of Lewis Homes last year and is now the nation’s largest builder, reported sales volume of $890 million on sales of 3,618 single-family homes in the Southland.

Lennar/Greystone, which topped the ’98 survey, ranks No. 2 in the ’99 survey, with revenue of $754 million on sales of 2,113 homes and condos.

Building Leaders

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Year-End Inventory Sales in millions Units constructed in 1999 1999 Company 1999 2000 Single Rank City, Key Officer Vol. Projection Total Family Condos Apts 1 Kaufman and Broad Home $890 $984 3,618 3,618 0 0 ** Corp.* Los Angeles, Bruce Karatz 2 Lennar/Greystone* 754 794 2,113 2,084 29 0 90 Mission Viejo, Jon Jaffe 3 Standard Pacific Corp. 565.3 648.5 1,191 1,191 0 0 49 Costa Mesa, Stephen J. Scarborough 4 Shea Homes 544.6 776.1 1,785 1,785 0 0 ** Walnut, Roy Humphreys 5 Centex Homes 493.8 754.2 1,665 1,665 0 0 ** Concord, Tim Eller 6 Pardee Construction Co.* 415.6 429.6 1,147 1,147 0 0 24 Los Angeles, David E. Landon 7 William Lyon Homes 369.8 396 1,441 1,273 168 0 49 Newport Beach, William Lyon/Wade H. Cable 8 Western Pacific Housing* 325.1 408 988 707 281 0 25 El Segundo, Craig Manchester 9 Richmond American Homes of 340 368 1,122 1,122 0 0 0 CA, Inc.* Irvine, Robert T. Shiota 10 W L Homes LLC 271 346 1,058 1,012 46 0 13 Irvine, Larry Webb 11 Pacific Bay Home 263 299 780 660 0 120 24 Newport Beach, John Markley 12 Warmington Homes CA 253 291 766 582 184 0 18 Costa Mesa, Timothy P. Hogan 13 Sares-Regis Group 232 262 913 129 154 630 45 Irvine, Geoffrey L. Stack 14 Corky McMillin Cos., The 204 150 677 677 0 0 0 National City, Corky McMillin 15 Taylor Woodrow Homes Inc. 190 290 253 253 0 0 0 Laguna Hills, Richard Pope 16 Beazer Homes Southern CA* 177 227 594 499 95 0 27 Orange, Gerald A. Gates 17 Ryland Homes 137.4 08.5 506 506 0 0 ** Woodland Hills, Mike Forsum/Mark Beisswanger 18 California Pacific Homes 136.2 149.4 282 282 0 0 12 Irvine, Cary Bren 19 New Urben West Inc. 133 137 271 271 0 0 7 Santa Monica, Stephen Gunther 20 Fieldstone Communities Inc. 132.8 163 467 467 0 0 4 Newport Beach, Keith A. Johnson/Frank S. Foster 21 Forecast Group, The* 127.5 149.1 711 711 0 0 31 Rancho Cucamonga, James P. Previti 22 Del Webb California Corp.* 117.5 135.1 482 482 0 0 45 Palm Desert, Helen McEnerney 23 Van Daele Development Corp. 114.5 161.3 857 400 10 447 8 Riverside, Michael B. Van Daele 24 K. Hovnanian Cos. of CA* 110.1 165.4 524 445 90 0 100 Irvine, Nicolas Pappas 25 Capital Pacific Homes 104 287 126 119 7 0 ** Newport Beach, Hadi Makarechian 26 Barratt American Inc.* 91.7 140 206 206 0 0 ** Carlsbad, Michael D. Pattinson 27 Century Crowell Communities 80.5 90 365 365 0 0 26 San Bernardino, John Pavelak/Harry Crowell 28 RWR Cos. 72 122 121 121 0 0 15 Van Nuys, Bill Rheinschild 29 Pacific Century Homes 71.5 160.2 375 375 0 0 36 Temecula, Bill Lo/Neil Gascon 30 Christopher Homes 71 195 140 140 0 0 2 Newport Beach, Christopher C. Gibbs 31 Trimark Pacific Homes 62.1 88.9 188 188 0 0 ** Westlake Village, Clinton R. 32 Olson Co., The 56.9 141.6 248 126 122 0 0 Seal Beach, Mark Buckland 33 JCC Homes 55 75 125 35 90 0 2 Torrance, Gregory L. Delgado 34 Pacific Heritage Development 53.8 45 63 63 0 0 7 Irvine, Gary R. Emsiek 35 EPAC Estates Inc. 53.4 119.3 186 20 166 0 3 Costa Mesa, Rick Doremus 36 Larwin Co. 53.2 64.3 78 78 0 0 0 Encino, Michael I. Keston 37 Stratham Homes 50 52 250 250 0 0 0 Irvine, Ali Razi 38 RGC 49.8 60 147 147 0 0 0 Newport Beach, E. James Murar 39 Paragon Homes Inc. 48.8 64.2 286 166 120 0 23 Santa Monica, Irwin E. Garfield 40 Premier Group Inc. 47 100 116 116 0 0 8 Corona, Pierre Le Pendeven 41 Pacific Communities Builder 46.6 46.6 192 192 0 0 0 Newport Beach, Nelson Chung 42 Ellias Construction Co. Inc. 45.2 27 510 0 0 510 0 Calabasas, Victor Ellias 43 Sheffield Homes 43.7 75 148 148 0 0 20 Riverside, Ed Hupp/John Abel 44 Monarch Communities of CA 42.5 88 110 110 0 0 18 Laguna Niguel, R. Gordon Craig 45 Braemar Group, The 37 61 124 124 0 0 6 Agoura Hills, Lew Maler/Sid Dinow 46 Lucas & Mercier Dev. Inc. 36.4 78.4 136 136 0 0 15 Vista, Robert H. Thorne 47 MBK Homes Ltd. 36 73 135 135 0 0 ** Irvine, Stefan Markowitz 48 Calprop Corp. 34 ** 136 136 0 0 0 Marina del Rey, Victor Zaccaglin/Ronald S. Petch 49 Cal-Coast Homes 33.8 35.6 23 23 0 0 0 Rolling Hills Estates, Edward J. Miller 50 Dunn Development Inc.* 32.8 46.9 259 127 24 108 11 Ontario, Mitchell Dunn 51 Woodbridge Development 30.1 86.1 40 40 0 0 1 Mission Viejo, Todd Cunningham/Michael Kerr 52 Young Homes 30 39 202 202 0 0 10 Rancho Cucamonga, John R. Young 53 Meeker Cos. Inc. 27.8 37.7 78 78 0 0 7 Irvine, George R. Meeker Jr. 54 Steven Walker Homes 24.9 51 72 72 0 0 7 Riverside, Steve Berzansky/David Peery 55 Alexander/Catania Dev. Inc. 24.2 46.7 101 59 42 0 18 Santa Ana Heights, Guy C. Alexander Jr. 56 Granite Homes Inc. 21 42 142 142 0 0 15 Irvine, Daniel Kassel/B. J. Delzer 57 James Ratkovich & Associates Inc. 20.1 17 59 0 59 0 41 Pasadena, James Ratkovich 58 Spiegel Development 19.2 26.8 131 79 52 0 13 Sherman Oaks, David Spiegel 59 Archwest Development 19.1 24.8 10 10 0 0 3 Santa Monica, John Kilbane 60 Investec 18.1 51.3 55 55 0 0 2 Santa Barbara, Ken Slaught 61 Jeffrey Homes Inc.* 17.5 22.6 65 65 0 0 4 Dana Point, Doyle J. Barker 62 Baywood Development Group Inc. 17 ** 72 72 0 0 0 Newport Beach, William R. Watt 62 Wilshire Builders Inc.* 17 35.8 50 50 0 0 0 Santa Monica, Howard Press/Raymond A. Watt/J. Scott Watt 64 HQT Homes 16.7 28.6 62 62 0 0 8 Tustin, Donovan D. Huenneken 65 Avalon Homes 16 22.7 45 45 0 0 1 Mission Viejo, Scott B. Redsun 65 Joseph Nicholas Homes 16 38.7 56 56 0 0 0 San Bernardino, Joseph Carman 67 Alpha Construction Co. 14.6 14.8 169 0 0 169 ** Inc.*, Van Nuys, Irvin Laxineta 68 Ashbrook Communities 13.8 55.5 85 85 0 0 4 Carlsbad, Timothy McGowan/Richard Crook 69 Landmark Cos. LLC 13.3 124 212 27 0 185 7 Newport Beach, Richard H. Packard 70 Mitchell Development Inc.* 13.1 14.5 38 38 0 0 0 Westlake Village, Michael P. Mitchell 71 Brandywine Development Corp. 12.4 28.1 28 28 0 0 0 Santa Ana, James L. Barisic 72 Fiesta Development Inc. 10.4 29.2 73 73 0 0 0 Huntington Beach, Richard K. Ashby 73 J D Pierce Co. Inc. 10.1 6.4 61 61 0 0 1 Irvine, Jennings D. Pierce Jr. 74 Colmer Development 9.9 15.4 43 43 0 0 12 Calabasas, Wayne Colmer 75 Saddleback Homes & Development 8.9 24 20 20 0 0 0 Newport Beach, Tom Williams 76 Moloney Development 8 10.3 6 6 0 0 0 Manhattan Beach, Dennis Moloney 77 Bulmer Development Corp. 7.6 14.8 51 0 51 0 2 Westlake Village, Stan Bulmer 78 Pacific Alliance Capital Group 7.4 13 60 60 0 0 5 Anaheim Hills, Dr. Jay Ved 79 Manhattan Holding Co. 5.4 10.4 5 5 0 0 3 Long Beach, Robert Davis 80 Zebu Construction 5.2 7 16 16 0 0 0 Fallbrook, Jonathan Reich 81 New View Development Inc.* 4.9 6.6 2 2 0 0 0 Santa Monica, Richard E. Vamos 82 Fenn Construction & Development 4.5 9.6 2 2 0 0 0 Laguna Niguel, John F. Wilson III 83 Abell-Helou, GP 3.9 11 19 19 0 0 0 Covina, Carol Helou/John B. Abell 84 West Pointe Homes Inc. 2.6 29.7 2 2 0 0 0 Westlake Village, James Rasmussen

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* Firm reporting on fiscal-year basis. ** Not reported.