TOP 50 BUILDERS

January 28, 2000

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Builder (by rank)	Year	Homes sold	Homes closed	Avg. price	$ volume (millions)
1. Cambridge Cos.
	1999	1,441	1,315	$213,400	$281
	1998	1,067	1,079	203,350	219
2. American Invsco
	1999	1,400**	1,200**	180,000**	216.0**
	1998	857**	706**	245,000**	173.0**
3. Concord Homes
	1998	920	827	260,000	213
	1999	747	655	232,000	152
4. Kimball Hill Homes
	1999	722	739	245,917	182
	1998	745	824	219,348	181
5. Town & Country Homes
	1999	761	707	252,180*	178.1*
	1998	617	651	240,172	156
6. Lakewood Homes
	1999	961	817	177,500	145
	1998	698	737	156,000	115
7. MCZ Development
	1999	809	470	271,000	127
	1998	806	581	202,000	117
8. DK/Equity LLC
	1999	582**	629**	187,676**	118.0**
9. Ryland Homes
	1999	750	570	199,774	114
	1998	560	530	188,000	100
10. Neumann Homes
	1999	802	669	166,100	111.1*
	1998	643	565	159,366	90
11. Centex Homes
	1999	600	500	150,000	110
	1998	400	400	150,000	70
12. Del Webb Corp.
	1999	500	500*	220,000*	110.0*
13. Pasquinelli Inc.
	1999	508	502	200,000	100
	1998	518	445	188,390	98
14. MCL Cos.
	1999	340	198	487,491	97
	1998	362	415	252,020	105
15. Pulte Home Corp.
	1999	450	500	175,000	88
	1998	550	550	155,000	89
16. Wiseman-Hughes Enterprises
	1999	491	405	214,000	81
	1998	425	295	190,000	56
17. Gallagher & Henry
	1999	220*	275*	286,650*	78.8*
	1998	200*	250*	273,800	68.4*
18. Royal Ridge
	1999	65	55	500,000	75
19. James Cos.
	1999	242	214	346,535	74
	1998	190	127	361,000	46
20. Hartz Construction Co.
	1999	400*	375*	190,000	71.2*
	1998	441*	411*	176,000*	72.3*
21. Enterprise Development Co.
	1999	347	190	327,500	69
	1998	376	14	297,500	3
22. Kirk Corp.
	1999	385	413	163,461	68
	1998	371	310	159,187	49
23. Red Seal Development Corporation
	1999	102	145	463,946	67
	1998	178	109	486,889	53
24. Zale Group
	1999	312	238	273,402	65
	1998	302	228	241,345	55
25. Montalbano Homes
	1999	345	315	184,000	59
	1998	280	260	196,154	51
26. Sho-Deen Inc.
	1999	207	188	2,926,000	55
	1998	163	122	267,000	33
27. Sundance Homes
	1999	320	269*	199,500*	53.6*
	1998	810	682	190,000	130
28. William Ryan Homes
	1999	240	235	225,000	53
	1998	210	172	198,500	34
29. Westfield Homes
	1999	267	212	240,851	51
	1998	185	148	228,000	34
30. Chicago Capital Consultants
	1999	120	110*	450,000	50
31. Optima Inc.
	1999	190*	185*	277,000*	50.0*
	1998	206	201	264,000	53
32. Thrush Companies
357 W. Chicago Ave.	1999	314	208	226,290	47
Chicago IL 60610	1998	164	29	180,755	5
(312) 787-5580
33. Norwood Builders
	1999	290	200	235,000	47
	1998	330	330	200,000	66
34. Vilas Development Corp.
	1999	245	205	220,000	47
	1998	153	114	284,000	32
35. Smykal Associates
	1999	264*	220*	210,000*	46.2*
	1998	240*	200*	200,000*	40
36. IGL Real Estate
	1999	332	273	134,189	37
	1998	183	138	108,196	16
37. United Homes
	1999	235	192	190,625	37
	1998	412	361	186,000	67
38. Realen Homes
	1999	110	118	302,000	36
	1998	122	112	258,885	27
39.Dartmoor Homes
	1999	66	83	401,684	33
	1998	115	94	384,362	36
40.Par Development
	1999	98	108	297,449	32
41. Hoffman Homes
	1999	107	161	198,150	32
	1998	174	149	224,567	33
42. Property Concepts
	1999	148	125	205,300	30
	1998	123	113	189,600	23
43. Historic Homes
	1999	80	140	216,900	30
	1998	152	132	207,000	27
44. Jacobs Homes
	1999	45	35	875,000	30
	1998	25	22	750,000	17
45. Burnside Construction Co.
	1999	322	196	175,000	28
	1998	75	50	170,000	9
46. Terrestris Development Co.
	1999	83	82	308,630	25
	1998	93	92	311,400	29
47. Bejco Development Corp.
	1999	116	107	375,550	29
	1998	177	54	316,179	24
48. Belgravia Group
	1999	83	93	300,000	27
	1998	52	27	291,000	7
49. Kenar Ltd.
1904 Wright Blvd.	1999	228	214	120,800	26
Schaumburg, IL 60193	1998	189	192	119,500	23
(847) 352-0100
50. LR Development Co.
	1999	189	63	365,000	23
	1998	256	50	521,939	26

*Chicago Sun-Times estimate
**Includes condominium conversions
SOURCE: Chicago Sun-Times survey