manufactured home

1. A prefabricated house that is put together in standardized sections.
2. See mobile home.

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.mhchomes.com
Employees: 3,000
Employee growth: 87.5%

Snow birds and empty nesters flock to communities developed and owned by Equity LifeStyle Properties. The real estate investment trust (REIT) owns and operates lifestyle-oriented residential properties aimed at retirees, vacationers, and second home owners. Other properties also focus on providing affordable housing for families. It leases developed areas for factory-built homes, cottages, cabins, and recreational vehicles. The REIT's portfolio includes some 310 properties containing 112,000 lots in 30 states and Canada. Its properties are similar to site-built residential subdivisions, with centralized entrances, utilities, gutters, curbs, and paved streets.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $652.1M
One year growth: 57.7%
Net income: $18.3M
Income growth: (43.0%)

Officers:
Chairman: Samuel (Sam) Zell
CEO and Driector: Thomas P. Heneghan
President: Joe B. McAdams

Competitors:
Hometown America
Sun Communities
UMH Properties

A manufactured building intended as a dwelling.

ELS may refer to:

• East London Airport, an airport in South Africa that has IATA airport code ELS
• Electrophoretic light scattering, a technique in chemistry
• Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, an encyclopedia of biology
• Evangelical Lutheran Synod, a US-based Protestant Christian denomination
• Ejército Libertador del Sur, the Spanish name for the Liberation Army of the South (Mexican Revolution)
• Equidistant letter sequencing, a concept related to bible codes
• l'Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz, the Soyuz 2 rocket launch pad at Guiana Space Centre.
• ELS Language Centers, a world-wide network of language schools offering Intensive English Programs
• Extreme Loading for Structures, a structural analysis software

Els may also refer to:

• Ernie Els (born 1969), South African golfer

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