HistoryMaker breaks ground for GHBA Benefit home
Dozens of vendors, suppliers, trades and other guests joined HistoryMaker Homes as it broke ground recently on a lot where they are building a Greater Houston Builders Association’s Benefit Home. The lot is located in Sierra Vista, a Land Tejas community off Texas 288.
This is HistoryMaker’s first Benefit Home and Land Tejas’ 17th lot donation for this 39-year-old charity fundraiser. Proceeds from the sale of the home will benefit two local charities.
Each year two or three homes are built for the Benefit Homes Project with donated land, materials and services by GHBA members. The homes offer a variety of the most popular features and amenities on the market today. They are sold at market value and proceeds benefit HomeAid Houston and Operation Finally Home. Since the fundraiser began, more than $11 million has been raised.
“We are excited to begin construction of our Alder Plan in Sierra Vista,” said HistoryMaker Houston division president Mickey Pizzitola. “We value the work that the two charities who will benefit, provide our community. It is an honor to work with the Land Tejas team and our generous vendors, trades and suppliers.”
Joining the groundbreaking ceremony with Pizzitola from HistoryMaker were Lane Wright, the company’s president; Angela Schoening, vice president of marketing; Billy Staudt, construction manager and numerous staff members. Tim Johnson and Susan Brown represented the developer, Land Tejas.
Casey Morgan, CEO of the GHBA, led the ceremony with help from Lee Kirgan, Operation Finally Home, and Patrick Mayhan, HomeAid Houston. Vendors in attendance included Deep Blue, Advantage Gutter, Builders First Source, Excell Foundations, Texas Window Industries, MHS Electric LLC, DPIS Engineering, Universal Forest Products, Reyes Painting, Hurricane Construction, Flooring Services of Texas, Creative Landscape Solutions, Allpoints Surveying and Rock Materials.
Operation Finally Home recipient, Staff Sgt. Stephen Comeau, USMC (Retired), spoke about how Operation Finally Home changed his family’s life with the opportunity to become homeowners after dealing with the challenges he faced returning from duty.
Family owned and operated since 1949, HistoryMaker Homes launched in Dallas-Fort Worth and expanded over the decades to become a builder of more than 800 homes across the region in 16 developments.
Two additional Benefit Homes are also under construction. M/I Homes is building its Roseville plan in Bridgeland. The Howard Hughes Corporation donated the homesite. Chesmar Homes recently completed the Mesquite plan for the Project in the Toll Brother’s community of NorthGrove. All houses are on the market.
For more information about the Benefit Homes Project, visit www.ghba.org or call 281970-8970.