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Two pieces of framing lumber clamped against the blue fence of the CNC crosscut saw, under its clear blade guard, inside the MBS plant in North St. Louis

Offsite Construction Jobs: What the Work Is and How to Train for It

Explore offsite construction jobs at MBS, from the CNC saw to panel setting, and the St. Louis training paths through Ranken Technical College and SLATE.

Two views of the two-story panelized shell of the first new home in The Ville, North St. Louis, standing on Oct. 28, 2026

Post-Dispatch Front Page: Our Panelized Homes in North St. Louis

Explore the Post-Dispatch front-page story on panelized homes in North St. Louis, where our factory-built panels are raising a new home in The Ville.

The first new home in The Ville in North St. Louis, a two-story panelized house in a weather barrier on its foundation, Oct. 28, 2026

Hoodline Covers the First of Our New Homes in The Ville

Explore Hoodline's report on the first of our new homes in The Ville, with photos of the build from our North St. Louis plant to a two-story shell.

Map of buildable vacant lots in North St. Louis neighborhoods from the MBS Lot Atlas, with the 2025 tornado path outlined

Vacant Lots in North St. Louis: How They Become New Homes

Explore how vacant lots in North St. Louis become new homes, with LRA land, the city's Northside plan and factory-built panel packages from MBS.

Concept rendering of The Malone Rowhomes, MBS-ROW-1665-3, attached two-story rowhomes with warm wood fronts, charcoal side walls and front stoops on a city street

Panelized Housing for Municipalities, CDCs, and States: Build More Homes on Public Land

How municipalities, CDCs and states can use panelized housing from MBS to develop public land with coordinated production and project-specific supply scopes.

Concept rendering of brick and white rowhomes on a St. Louis street, the Gateway Arch in the distance

Panelized Construction for Affordable Housing: Build More Homes, Faster

Explore panelized construction for affordable housing, with factory-built panel packages, design flexibility and project-specific construction planning.

Concept rendering of The Malone Rowhomes, our three-bedroom infill row homes, seen from above on a city block in North St. Louis

Post-Dispatch Brick City Features Our North St. Louis Housing Pilot

Explore the Post-Dispatch Brick City item on the North St. Louis housing pilot, where MBS builds new homes from factory-built panels on city land.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch headline: St. Louis approves firm to build modular houses on city land

St. Louis approves Module Building Systems to build modular houses on city land

ST. LOUIS, St. Louis' economic development board Thursday unanimously approved a company's request to build modular homes on city-owned land as part of an effort to boost housing availability. Module Building Systems will construct houses on 3-to-5-acre sites of land owned by the Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority and the city's land bank. The houses will be for sale or rent and will be "attainably" priced. Officials are weighing options to build in North City, particularly...

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