MHPronews has learned from wfie14news that SSK Communities has acquired the 353 home site Lamp Lite Estates manufactured home community (MHC) in Owensboro, Kentucky and intends to “make significant improvements” which will include changing the name to Riverbend Pointe.

Nathan Smith, SSK co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI), said, “This community, located along the banks of the Ohio River in Northern Owensboro, is part of a great city with wonderful amenities, tourism, arts and culture. We are planning to improve and expand this community into a neighborhood that people are proud to call home.”

SSK plans to remove unoccupied homes and replace them with new homes which will be offered for sale and for rent. The company will also fill vacant home sites with new manufactured homes. MHProNews  has been informed by nkytribune SSK is the largest owner of MHCs in Kentucky, and owns 28 communities in Kentucky, Ohio and southern Indiana comprised of nearly 5,000 homes. Smith also serves as Chairman of the Board of Regents of Northern Kentucky University.

The previously published A Cup of Coffee with Nathan Smith, video interview, is found here.##

(Photo credit: wfie14news–Lamp Lite Estates, Owensboro Kentucky)

Article submitted by Matthew J. Silver to Daily Business News- MHProNews.