For 19 years, Chris Davies helped people move into a modular Jim Walter Home. On Tuesday, the manager of the company's Goose Creek branch learned that she won't have that opportunity anymore. Tampa, ...

The parent company of Jim Walter Homes, which operates a branch in Houston, has shut down its home-building business. Tampa, Fla.-based Walter Industries, a natural resource and energy company, said ...

There won't be anyone home at Jim Walter Homes for much longer. One of the largest single family homebuilders in the country, the company is shutting its doors for good.

Walter Industries of Tampa, Fla., closed its Jim Walter Homes business, which has a Beaumont office, but it's not a reflection on the Southeast Texas market, local builders said. Jim Walter Homes, ...

TAMPA | After building more than 350,000 homes since World War II, Jim Walter Homes is officially kaput. The builder, though based in Tampa, hasn't had a huge presence in the region for a while and ...

Walter Industries, the Tampa-based conglomerate that operates Tuscaloosa County coal mines, said today it will close its Jim Walter Homes subsidiary to concentrate solely on its energy businesses.

The parent company of Jim Walter Homes is closing nearly half of its sales centers, including its Virginia locations in Roanoke and Richmond. Officials of Florida-based Walter Industries told analysts ...

Jan 6 (Reuters) - Diversified company Walter Industries Inc said it would close its loss-making homebuilding unit, Jim Walter Homes, that would affect about 230 jobs, sending its shares up as much as ...

Diversified company Walter Industries Inc. said it would close its loss-making home-building unit, Jim Walter Homes, that would affect about 230 jobs, sending its shares up nearly 5 percent. Walter, ...

TAMPA | A decision by Walter Industries to close its subsidiary Jim Walter Homes means the company's sales center in Tuscaloosa has also closed. Three people worked at the sales center, and will be ...

For more than 50 years, Tampa-based Jim Walter Homes has built shell houses primarily for first-time home buyers on their lots. Now, the company — which has had a sales center on West Colonial Drive ...