In the news

Since we first introduced the pioneering & ground-breaking Third Street Cottages pocket neighborhood in 1998, the entire country has been buzzing about our leading-edge approach to building clusters of well-designed Not So Big® houses as 'infill' in established neighborhoods. Check out what people are saying and our latest awards.

Conover Commons wins two 2009 Gold Nugget Grand Awards at PCBC
Conover Commons was awarded two 2009 Grand Awards at the recent Pacific Coast Builders Conference Gold Nugget Awards held in San Francisco.

Conover Commons wins 2009 AIA National Housing Award
Conover Commons wins American Institute of Architects 2009 Housing Award! Conover Commons awarded in the One/Two Family Production Housing category, was one of only 17 national winners.

Lehrer News Hour
The Lehrer News Hour on PBS recently featured our Danielson Grove community as an example of 'low impact development' and more sustainable storm water quality management. View the video.

Cottage Living Magazine
Cottage Living Magazine features our Greenwood Avenue Cottages, Danielson Grove and Third Street Cottages communities.

Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal profiled our Greenwood Avenue Cottages and Danielson Grove communities in a July 2008 story called 'The Newest Cottage Industry'.

Jane Pauley Show
Conover Commons Cottage owners were featured on the Jane Pauley show. Sold out in 2004, these 'Not So BigĀ®' 2-bedroom/2-bath homes are 1,000 SF. View the video.

Daily Journal of Commerce
Conover Commons was featured in the January 2009 story announcing the City of Kent's Cottage Housing Demonstration Code ordinance proposal.

World Changing Seattle
The online publication, World Changing Seattle, published an October 2008 story featuring our Danielson Grove & Third Street Cottages communities.