Core Values: What AC HOME Live
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Teamwork
Every employee and business partner
has something to contribute to
AC HOME's teams. This belief is
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Mutual Obligation
In return for adding value in the business,
AC HOME employees can expect
to perform meaningful work and to have
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Safety
AC HOME will not compromise the health
and safety of its clients.
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Effective Communication
AC HOME provides the accurate and
timely information required to support
good decision-making.
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Diversity
AC HOME values men and women
of diverse ages, religions, and ethnic
backgrounds.
From our early days as a builder to today's advanced technolo-gies in construction, you'll experience the AC HOME difference.
As a global integrated construction company, we have a proven ability to deliver end-to-end property and construction solutions across a broad range of sectors from single family homes, condominiums, shopping centers, hotels to high rise towers and resourcesinfrastructure, ensuring fully integrated whole of lifecycle outcomes, on every project. We are committed to creating structures that endure the test of time, combining the latest sustainable design and construction techniques. We have an enviable track record of completing projects on time, on budget and to the highest quality and design criteria. AC HOME was established in Texas in 2006. Heaquartered in Houston and with a sub branch in Canada and China, the company has an extensive history of successful development and acquisition of properties including office, retail, residential, and land. AC HOMEhas professionals in all facets of the development process in-house - including design and construction, project management, landplanning and zoning, legal, accounting, property management, leasing, and project finance. AC HOME has developed some of the most highly recognized and successful projects in the entire metropolitan region.
AT A GLANCE I AC HOME
WHAT: A global, intergrated construction company
WHERE: Houston, Texas
WEBSITE: www.achome.com
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Social Responsibility
AC HOME is a contributing partner to
the development of the construction
industry through active involvement in
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Integrity
AC HOME employees’ word is their bond.
They do what they say, and live up to the
highest standards of fairness and ethical
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Respect
AC HOME employees work hard to earn
business partners' trust and respect
on every project they undertake.
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Dynamic Culture
AC HOME employees constantly
seek new opportunities to learn, to improve,
to teach, and to add value.
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Passion
AC HOME employees love what they do,
taking the lead, and leading by example.
In addition, today, AC HOME owns thousands of acres of land at various locations in several states across the country. “We're entrenched in Houston, but we also own property in Chicago, Dallas, parts of Florida, Atlanta,” Andrew Kottlowski, President of AC HOME says. “We're always purchasing property.” These company-owned parcels are in various stages of planning, zoning, and development, and ultimately could yield over 143,560,000 square feet of residential and/or commercial use.
At AC HOME, the focus has always been on land and its uses: analyzing it, acquiring it and knowing what and when to build. Today, a map of Texas reveals what this focus has produced. For over 12 years, the company has been a leader in the areas of single family, condominiums, as well as commercial development. AC HOME has taken a leadership role on many prominent real estate projects in Texas. Throughout its his-tory, the company has developed numerous projects for residential and commercial.
The future potential of AC HOME is evidenced by its pipeline for future development, which will allow us to continue to pursue a wide range of development opportunities throughout the region for years to come.
Kottlowski mentions two other niche markets that attract the company's focus: “We try to find these tracts of land that are probably ten to fifteen acres, where we put affordable homes,” he says. “We're working on a particular development, right now, where there is an abundance of older apartments on about ten acres of land. It's too small for the big, national public companies, but especially with Asian connections, these types of products do very well for us. For domestic buyers - those are usually first-time home buyers - we try to find an area that has a lot of apartments and the next step for a lot of those people living in those apartments is a starter home, which we provide. But we try to cast a very wide net because we do try to grab those international buyers, as well.”
“Another product that we like a lot is student housing,” Kottlowski continues. “It's something that is going to continue to grow throughout the United States. What we want is a product that the individual buyer can get. Most of the developments that I see around the U.S. are not condominiums;they are fullblown apartment buildings where you can't get a piece of the action. So, we have a project going on, right now, near the University of Houston, where they are condominiums and we've sold all the available units. That's something that nobody else in the area is
doing. Those are two niches that we have, that most other builders and developers are not looking at; and there's a market for them.”
Kottlowski says that in the next five years, he would like to see AC HOME expand more globally - especially in Asia. “We've really gotten to know the Chinese market very well, and we realize that they're not only thirsty for U.S. real estate, but also for real estate in Canada, Malaysia, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan, as well,” he states. “So, we are actively looking at those markets and how we can appease more Asian buyers by expanding globally. We’re already putting a lot of resources into that,right now.”
By finding and exploiting niche markets, as well as offering end-to-end real estate and construction services, AC HOME is certainly living up to Kottlowski's closing dictum: “We're trying to blaze a path, not follow a path,” he declares. With that kind of attitude, this is one home-building business that surely will continue to build more than just buildings.”
- U.S. Office
- U.S. Office : 12F, 6200 Savoy Dr., Regency Square Tower, Houston, TX 77036
- +1 (832)582 8938
- +1 (281)974 3226
- China Office
- China Office:5F, No.463, Manhattan Plaza, East Nanjing Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai, China
- +86 21 63290588
- +86 21 63290588