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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tampa, Fla.-based Walter Industries announced it is shutting the doors on its Jim Walter Homes subsidiary, a victim of the downturn in the housing industry after several years of losses.

After six decades and more than 350,000 homes, Jim Walter Homes closed for good Tuesday. The move affected three sales centers in South Carolina, including one in Goose Creek. Jim Walter died in 2000.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Walter Industries of Tampa, Fla., closed its Jim Walter Homes business, which has a Beaumont office, but it's not a reflection on the Southeast Texas market, local builders said. Jim Walter Homes ...