Florida is one of Jim Walter Homes’ prime markets. Nine of its 91 model centers are in Florida, including one in Orlando that has been a fixture on West Colonial Drive, across from the Central ...

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 said ...

Jim Walter, known for building inexpensive homes on customer-owned lots, closed Tuesday. Though it built relatively few homes in Florida in recent years, the company's dissolution will cost 45 ...

It was a good idea born of the simplest intentions. More than 60 years ago, Jim Walter Homes became a frenzy, a household name, a springboard for something bigger expansions into coal mining and ...

Registration for the Jim Walter Homes Bass Tournament, to benefit the Central Florida chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, is still open. The tournament will be held Sept. 10 with la… ...

Started in 1946 by Tampa entrepreneur Jim Walter when he built his first "shell" home, Jim Walter Homes constructed more than 350,000 homes during its history.

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 ...

Mid-State Homes Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tampa-based Walter IndustriesInc., announced that it completed its Mid-State Trust XI offering of $314 million in asset-backed bonds.

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 ...

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.

So the company that was Jim Walter Homes that became Walter Industries and is now Walter Energy is calling it quits in Tampa after 60-plus years. The move to Birmingham will put Walter Energy an ...

Walter Industries Inc. is closing 36 Jim Walter Homes sales centers, including a center in Tampa, and cutting the workforce in its financing and homebuilding business segment by 25 percent.