The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

But one developer is proposing a different solution: build the housing in Mexico, where materials and labor are significantly cheaper, then ship and assemble them to the United States. The company, ...

ATLANTIC CITY — It’s not less expensive to build a hotel with shipping containers — those multi-colored steel structures that carry goods to U.S. shores and then get driven around on tractor-trailer ...

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This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: The first of the shipping container homes will be ready to move in June 1, but is currently on the market. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – ...

House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning shipping containers into dwelling spaces like homes, cabins, and offices. House in a Box is a family-owned company in Cincinnati turning ...

A Missoula company that turns metal shipping containers into ready-to-move-in homes has begun a limited run of its first model at a production facility at the old Bonner mill site. Montainer, a ...

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - A new spin on development may be coming to one Biloxi neighborhood. Developer Ivan Spinner and Bloxx Building have partnered to construct seven container homes near the MGCCC ...

Building a home is often cheaper than buying an existing one, especially with today’s high home prices. Homes with prefabricated, factory-built features are less expensive to build than traditional ...

Lexi and Diego Newkirk built a two-story shipping container home on their land in Texas. They invested about $100,000 in the home, building a full-size kitchen and a luxury bathroom. The Newkirks plan ...

ST. LOUIS – Just down the street from the Crown Candy Kitchen in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood sits a home for sale that’s hard to miss. A house made of nine former shipping containers stacked ...