The continued and chronic shortage of skilled labor could undermine local and national economic growth and make development projects more expensive and time-consuming.

Did you know that homes with green features sold for about $33,894 more than the median sale price of homes in certain markets in 2015? A study put together by real estate brokerage REDFIN (https://www.redfin.com/blog/2016/09/the-top-10-neighborhoods-for-green-homes-in-2016.html) says just that. By analyzing real estate listings, Redfin found that those homes with green features were not only [...]

TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) - Firefighters in Tucson are heading back to school. Crews from around the city are using an old schoolhouse on Tucson's east side to practice for huge commercial fires. Pepper Viner Homes in Tucson acquired the vacant Van Horne Elementary School and is allowing the fire department to train there before the building near Speedway and Pantano is torn down. Firefighters from seasoned veterans like Ed Mendoza, who has been with the Tucson Fire Department for more than 20 years, to rookies like his son Ed Jr., who has only had four days on the job, say the training is priceless.

  Homebuyers get an iPad Mini with every purchase. “They get it right when they sign the contract,” says Chad Williams, COO of Pepper Viner. “It manages their paperwork for them. Then, as soon as they move in, we program it to manage the home.” The company takes its standard offerings to another level by [...]

Construction at Schoolyard. Fifty-six home are going up at the former site of east-side Wrightstown Elementary School, which was closed by TUSD in 2010.  Residences start at $229,000. Homes are on the rise at the site of the former Wrightstown Elementary School, on Wrightstown Road and Avenida Ricardo Small. Developed by local builder [...]

Simply put, Bill Viner likes building homes. And, creating an identity for his developments in a market dominated by national homebuilders, the CEO of Pepper Viner Homes says he has to be “nimble and flexible.” “We try to stay out in front of what is new and best in homebuilding,” said Viner, who founded [...]

Tucson, AZ (February 1) – The Southern Arizona Home Builders Association (SAHBA) has announced its 2015 Annual Awards. The winners are: Production Home Builder of the Year:  Pepper Viner Homes Custom Home Builder of the Year:  Sunset Custom Homes Remodeler of the Year - Project over $50,000:  McCaleb Construction Remodeler of the Year - Project [...]

A new community under construction on the east side will include more than 50 new homes all considered "smart homes." And while the company building the homes is focused on the future, they're also saving a piece of the past. The Schoolyard development by Pepper Viner Homes is going in on the lot where [...]

KVOA | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona TUCSON -A major development is in the works for central Tucson. "We could see up to $20 million worth of new homes right in the middle of Tucson," said Steve Crawford, a sales associate for PepperViner Homes. Many of these new projects are being built near downtown. "People want to live [...]