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Some of Falcon’s latest projects include creating container solutions for New York’s Central Park and an East Coast professional baseball team. More and more, Falcon is shipping out container bathrooms and locker rooms to improve traditionally difficult work environments, like those in oil and gas or construction.

UrbanBloc specializes in three main categories or markets – what they call “Phase 0” projects, amenities, and urban infill. Clients are often attracted to shipping containers because from a real estate perspective they are considered an asset. Having the flexibility to move and transport these assets allows owners to respond to different circumstances in a fluid manner that they can’t get with standard construction.

“Hospitality is about more than just providing a service – it’s about delivering an experience,” says Anthony Halsch, CEO of ROXBOX. “And that’s where containers thrive. They allow us to create spaces that are unique, efficient, and sustainable.”

Container Conversions has fabricated and developed thousands of containers for varied projects, including rental refrigeration options, offices, kitchens, temporary workplace housing, and mobile health clinics.

Rory Rubun and Pam Bardhi are on a mission to create more housing. Together, they plan to build shipping container eco communities similar to single-family subdivisions, and mixed-use buildings in urban settings. They also want to expand the footprint of ADUs across the nation.

In an effort to increase sales, Miami’s Bal Harbour Shops devised a unique idea – create a mobile mini version that could travel to other locations and tap into new customer bases. Shipping containers seemed to make the most sense as the backbone for the new mall, but there was certainly an image problem: How to provide a high-end shopping experience using shipping containers?

With her background as a landscape architect and urban designer, Wanona Satcher launched Mākhers Studio in her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, in 2017. The modular design company and manufacturing firm was created by to address the pressing issue of affordable housing.

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