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Leader Builders Corp.

Details: Written by Kecia Bal

Leader Builders Corp. sets itself apart as a go-to company for quality, design/build additions and renovations.

LEADER BUILDERS CORP. started out in the late 1980s providing more simple services: bathroom remodeling and painting.

But a smaller job done well often can lead to bigger opportunities. Such is the case with Leader Builders Corp., based in the Chicago area. The company now offers full design/build services for home additions and extensive renovation work.

“We were kind of pushed this way by existing clients,” owner and President Pete Antonow says.

CRG Companies

Details: Written by Modern Builder + Design Editor

Former Realtor Preston Guyton was motivated to provide quality homes in the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, area.

WITH A FOCUS on energy efficiency and exciting home designs, Preston Guyton launched CRG Companies in 2010 – trying times for many builders across the country.

But he didn’t aim for an average construction company. With a distinct structure and a goal of putting quality first, CRG flourished, growing from three employees to 30 in its first five years and quickly multiplying the number and diversity of projects the company took on.

Bardis Homes

Details: Written by Kecia Bal

Homebuilders Katherine and Rachel Bardis continue to delight millennial homebuyers in Sacramento, California.

KATHERINE BARDIS, principal and cofounder of Bardis Homes, launched a homebuilding firm with her cousin Rachel Bardis in 2012 – building on a family legacy in master-planned community developments but aiming to become a distinct modern homebuilder serving Sacramento, California.

That aim remains as their projects grow in number and scope, with each home – no matter whether it’s under 600 square feet our four times that size – offering updated technology, efficiency and graceful, functional living spaces and a transparent homebuying process.