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Skender Plans Apartment Factory
As part of its plan to become a vertically-integrated company, including construction, design and building component manufacturing functions, Skender has announced plans to open a facility that will fashion modular building components. The facility will be located on Chicago’s southwest side, and Skender expects to begin operations in the fourth quarter.
The idea is that relocating some or most of the onsite construction process to the manufacturing facility will centralize and stabilize labor, bring a standardized assembly line process to producing higher-quality building components, and eliminate weather-related delays during much of the construction process. Skender said this will lead to increased flexibility, shorter schedules, reduced costs and greater speed to revenue.
“We are not just rolling out a new business model—we’re rethinking everything about building design and construction, from concept to completion and beyond,” said Skender president Justin Brown. Site selection is now underway.
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