From: BUILDER April 2009
Posted on: April 6, 2009

Tile Watch

Even in a bad market, tile is still a good way to create value.

By:: Nigel F. Maynard

Cobble Cobble: The handmade products of the Cobblestone Series are made by dropping molten glass onto a flat metal surface. The color is then fired into the underside. Available in white or variegated gray, the tiles are mesh-mounted, feature 30 percent post-consumer waste glass, and come in a polished or tumbled finish. Hakatai Enterprises. 888-667-2429. www.hakatai.com.

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Subject: Products, Finishes and Surfaces, Tile, Recycling
Person: Lori Kirk-Rolley
Organization: Dal-Tile Corp., GranitiFiandre USA, Level, . . .

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John McManus

Standard Pacific Strides Into the Black in Q1

Builder Pulse

John McManus is an award-winning editorial director for the Residential Construction Group at Hanley Wood in Washington, D.C. In addition to the BUILDER digital, print, and in-person editorial and programming portfolio, the group includes strategic content direction for AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE, APARTMENT FINANCE TODAY, CUSTOM HOME, EcoHome, MULTIFAMILY EXECUTIVE, and residential architect.

Standard Pacific released first-quarter earnings post market close last night that beat Wall Street analysts' posted predictions. After a near brush with death in 2008, and life-support from MatlinPatterson's real estate funds, Standard Pacific's strategic, operational, and tactical planning and execution are playing well in what continues to be an adverse market environment in most of its competitive arenas.