Buena Park, Calif.—Though it usually concentrates on single-family homes, Brandywine Homes recently closed escrow on a multifamily community in Buena Park, Calif. The 22-unit community will include two-bedroom single-level apartments and two-story townhouses and will be located on 1.1 acres. The units, which will...

Everyone has at least a little bit of green in them.  It might be as simple as switching off a light to save electricity or as committed as recycling every scrap of paper, plastic or aluminum foil that comes your way. But what about water? Are you as careful about using only what you need as you are about, say,...

BUENA PARK, CA - Brandywine Homes, known for blending single-family infill projects into existing neighborhoods, has closed escrow on its latest multifamily development. The project of two-bedroom single-level flats and two-story townhomes will be located on 1.1 acres on Knott Avenue just north of Orangethorpe Avenue...

  If you’re running into your neighbors on the sidewalk a lot more these days, this may help explain it: A new study from the Centers for Disease Control shows that six in 10 adults, or 62 percent, reported they’d taken at least a 10-minute walk in the past week. That’s up from 56 percent in 2005. "More than...

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Brandywine Homes unveiled plans for a 34-unit rental property consisting of both townhomes and flats located on 1.1 acres at Hope St and Westminster Ave in southern Garden Grove. It will be the second multifamily development for Irvine-based Brandywine, which has typically been a developer...

Recent news out of San Francisco has environmentalists cheering. City leaders there approved plans for 220-square-foot “micro apartments,” complete with pull-down beds that double as dining tables and mini-kitchens. Critics call them shoeboxes, dog houses and glorified prison cells. But city officials and the...

GARDEN GROVE, CA-In a push to gain a stronger foothold in the multifamily sector, Brandywine Homes is developing a 34-unit rental community consisting of townhomes and flats on a 1.1-acre parcel at Hope St. and Westminster Ave. in southern Garden Grove. The firm is anticipating completion of the project in February...

34 units will address need for affordable housing in heart of Orange County; Brandywine ‘bullish’ on multifamily and single-home market GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – June 24, 2013 – Brandywine Homes announces plans for a 34-unit rental community consisting of both townhomes and flats located on 1.1 acres in the...

by: Scott Schang, FindMyWayHome.com Trying to buy in today’s low inventory market takes time and patience and buyers can use every advantage they can get. Buying a home is not like wandering onto a car lot and picking up the latest make and model from your favorite manufacturer. The housing market is volatile,...

How many times have you done something like this? Bought a beautiful head of green cabbage at the grocery, intending to make an ultra-healthy meal with it – and ended up throwing it out (and feeling ultra-guilty) because it had grown moldy? You’re not alone. Every day, Americans waste enough food to fill the Rose...

IRVINE, CA-As GlobeSt.com reported last week, local developer Brandywine Homes is planning its first multifamily development—the first of four apartment complexes it plans to build in the coming year. GlobeSt.com spoke with Brandywine’s VP David Barisic about why the firm decided to move into the multifamily...