Heartland Homes
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Real Estate and Construction |
| Founded | Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania, in 1984 |
| Founder | Alan Gillespie (CEO) |
| Headquarters |  Cecil Township, Pennsylvania |
Area served | Pennsylvania and West Virginia |
Key people | Marty Gillespie (President) |
Number of employees | Greater than 70 |
| Website | [1] |
Heartland Homes is a real estate and construction company based in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania, United States, to the southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in building custom estate homes, traditional single family homes, villa homes and townhouses within planned communities for the middle to upper-class income bracket. Heartland is the largest custom home builder in the Pittsburgh area, focused on the area surrounding the Interstate 79 corridor. Heartland’s first project outside the Pittsburgh Metro Area, The Summit at Cheat Lake, opened outside Morgantown, West Virginia on May 1, 2009.
In 2008, Heartland won three Housing Excellence Awards from the Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, bringing its total Builders Association awards count to 15. [1] In addition, the company was named to the Top 100 builders in the Country list by Professional Builder Magazine. [2]
History
The company was founded in 1984 by Alan Gillespie, who remains the company’s CEO. Marty Gillespie is currently the company’s president. Heartland began with one employee, focusing exclusively on the South Hills region of Pittsburgh. In the following years, Heartland exclusively built for townhome communities and volume communities before opening its first master planned community, Meadowbrook, in 1992. The company expanded rapidly during the next fifteen years, first pushing into the North Hills region of the Pittsburgh area, then expanding out of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania into Washington County, Pennsylvania and Butler County, Pennsylvania. Heartland opened 18 new communities in 2005 and 2006.
In 2008, the “Heartland Everywhere” division was created to offer “build on your lot services,” that is, the ability to build Heartland homes on lots not located within planned communities.
In 2009, Heartland Homes expanded into its second state, opening a property in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Housing slump
Heartland, like other Pittsburgh regional housing companies, has been far less affected by the United States housing bubble collapse than companies in other areas of the country. Its prices have remained relatively consistent, thanks, in part, to the 2% increase in housing values in the Pittsburgh region, contrasted with the 4% decrease in the rest of the country over the same period. [3] [4]
References
- ^ "Heartland Wins Three Housing Excellence Awards date = 2008-12-12". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing pipe in:|title=(help) - ^ "2009 Housing Giants List date = 2009-05" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-06-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing pipe in:|title=(help) - ^ "For Pittsburgh, There's Life After Steel date = 2009-01-07". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
{{cite web}}: Missing pipe in:|title=(help) - ^ "Home Builder Notes Benefits of Buying New date = 2009-04-25". Retrieved 2009-06-09.
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