A New Place.
Looking forward, Place is focused on advancing a better construction model. By fully embracing volumetric modular construction, Place is building housing through a more efficient, coordinated, and scalable system designed to shorten timelines, reduce risk, and deliver high-quality homes that people can actually afford.
Place Properties was shaped by decades of experience developing large-scale student, military, and affordable housing across the country. That history revealed a growing problem: traditional site-built construction could no longer deliver housing with the speed, predictability, or cost control required to meet real demand.
Place Properties owns two modular facilities, one in south Georgia, the other under construction in Westminster, South Carolina. The plant in south Georgia has sold hundreds of single-family homes, principally into the Florida market.
Construction is our history, and modular is our future. Cecil Phillips founded Place Properties in the 20th century after a successful career in law and investment advisory. From 1979-1983, he was Special Assistant and Executive Assistant to the Governor of Georgia. While serving the Governor, organized Georgia's first private meeting with Deng Xiaoping, the then-ruler of China.