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know what’s going on with everything. Once you start
getting to that 70, 80, 100 houses (per year) level you
really kind of lose control and become one of those
big corporate builders that we were trying to model
our business different than. We’re in our little niche
and we like being here in the New Braunfels and the
Kerrville markets. We’re pretty content to stay where
we’re at and stay around the same numbers and just
keep getting better.”
The seeds for that ambition were initially planted when
Jenkins and Anderson were roommates at Texas Tech
University who shared a common – if not precisely
similar – industry background. Jenkins’ father ran a
homebuilding company that had a presence in sev-
eral markets, and Jenkins also worked on the busi-
ness side for a few national operations out of college.
Meantime, Anderson’s initial experience came on the
construction side and sprang from his own stint as a
builder with several national organizations.
Following graduation, Anderson had climbed the lad-
der to become vice president of construction for a cus-
tom builder in New Braunfels – a city of 60,000 about
AT A GLANCE
WHO:
Anderson-Jenkins Signature Homes
WHAT:
Custom home builder serving the Texas
communities of New Braunfels, Canyon Lake,
Boerne, San Marcos, Martindale, Wimberley and
San Antonio, Helotes, south Austin and Kerrville
WHERE:
Corporate headquarters in New Braunfels,
Texas
WEBSITE
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CONSTRUCTION
