IBS Show Village 2025 Introduces Four New Homes

If you’re attending the International Builders’ Show in February, be sure to step outside the Las Vegas Convention Center for a preview of the latest in offsite home design.

• The 2025 Show Village homes will highlight two big industry themes: affordable small homes and ADUs.
• These model homes will offer beautiful designs and smart use of space.
• The manufacturers of these homes hope that builders and developers will see the value in faster timelines and lower prices.

Show Village 2025 is a must-see for attendees at the International Builders’ Show. Four factory-built model homes will exhibit the latest in design and technology, supplemented by product demonstrations and plenty of opportunities to network. The homes are conveniently located in the parking lot outside the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Now in its 30^th year, Show Village will feature four manufactured (HUD code) homes: two by Cavco Industries of Phoenix, Arizona and two by Champion Homes of Troy, Michigan.

Cavco: Small-Footprint Homes

Cavco’s homes will exemplify affordability, says Tim Gage, National Vice President of Park Models, Cabins and Specialty Products. “This segment of Cavco’s business is a smaller footprint program — units that a single person, perhaps a teacher or a traveling nurse, can afford,” says Gage.

Cavco’s models, the Skye View and the Bungalow, are each 400 sq. ft. The Skye View is an L-shaped, two-section home divided into two pods: living room/kitchen and bedroom/bath.

A teacher earning an average salary is likely to struggle to afford a single-family home in Phoenix at the current price point, so affordability is critical. But buyers still want “something that’s really up to date and creative, with almost the same features as a $500,000 home,” such as Smart Home technology with AI and whole-house audio/video, tiled bathrooms and upgraded countertops.

“The Skye View is also about outdoor space,” Gage says. “There’s an observation deck above the living room/kitchen pod that is accessible from the front porch. The living room also has gigantic glass doors that fold open to the porch. In addition, the bedroom pod has a 14-foot-wide, glass pocket door that folds into the wall when it’s open, extending the indoor space outside to the front of the house.”

The kitchen has a pocket window so that food and drink can be passed from the kitchen outside to a private patio.

The exterior has a rustic contemporary vibe, “kind of like taking Jackson, Wyoming; Aspen, Colorado; and Scottsdale, Arizona, and putting them all into one unit. It’s not a cabin in the woods, but it has a lot of clean lines and a rustic feel to it.”

While the Skye View is intended for use as a backyard accessory dwelling unit (ADU), the Bungalow attracts customers who want a small home on a piece of land they already own. The Bungalow, too, has a lot of outdoor space including an observation deck on the roof, a full wraparound porch on the front, and a porch on the rear.

“This unit is going to be beachy-themed to an extent,” says Gage. “It’s not necessarily going to be located on the beach, but it has a beach-type look.”

The one-bedroom, one-bath unit is “super cool,” he says. “There’s a mini loft in it — not a loft you can stand up in, but you can put mattresses up there for the kids. It’s a great place to hang out or use as a sleeping area.”

The Skye View and the Bungalow both appeal to customers with private property and those who want ADUs. The latter “are huge in Arizona, California, Oregon, and even back East. We’re trying to get buyers to build that backyard unit, whether it becomes a mother-in-law suite or a rental property.”

Gage notes that build time for Cavco is 30 days, although build to delivery can take four to six weeks longer depending on the factory’s backlog.

While the homes were not completely priced out at press time, he estimates the price of the Skye View at $150,000, while the Bungalow will sell for $100,000 to $110,000.

Genesis: Unique Value

Genesis Homes, Champion’s builder/developer brand, is also building two HUD-code homes for this year’s Show Village: a single-family home and a multifamily duplex.

“We offer a unique value,” says Mike Tweden, Vice President of Sales and Business Development. “Since 1953, we have sought to not only exceed high standards for factory-built homes, but also to execute efficiently where it matters. Our collaborative approach sets us apart in the industry.”

Genesis will unveil The Altitude — a single-family, 1,525-sq. ft. home with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a single-car garage; — and a multifamily duplex, with each unit comprised of 800 sq. ft. and offering two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The Altitude’s key design features include a modern reverse roof angle on the exterior and accent beams in the living room. The primary bedroom has a large walk-in closet and en-suite bath with a double sink vanity and a storage area for linens. The kitchen has two pantry areas and a large island.

“Buyers will love the front porch, separate laundry room and office area off the dining room that has an optional desk, deep drawers and an accent wall,” says Tweden.

The duplex has a primary bedroom with a walk-in closet and en-suite bath. There are two kitchen configurations offered, one with bar seating off the extended countertop and the other with a raised bar-top eating area. Both layouts have a separate space for a dining room table. Space for a stackable washer/dryer and an additional closet for coats or linens is located off the kitchen.

“The affordability factor for this model is advantageous to today’s budget-conscious home shopper,” Tweden says. “Community developers are currently driving demand for it, and end consumers will likely be interested in it because it allows for increased dwelling density that helps offset the continued increase in land costs.”

Both the duplex and the Altitude showcase the compelling benefits for local builders and developers to work with Champion Homes, he says. “These advantages center on access to a cutting-edge approach to housing development that can offer reduced risk, faster construction timelines, a smoother project management process, and simplified opportunities to enter the offsite-built housing market for new and experienced builders.”

Builders can experience faster build times and reduced project timelines relating to the time value of money, meaning builders can add additional homes to their overall business plan, Tweden says. “For example, they can go from building six homes a year to 12 homes a year easily with Champion Homes. Builders and consumers benefit from our proven factory-built process that can save on average, 12 weeks in construction time.”

Meeting Site-Built Standards

Cavco has 32 factories across the United States. The newest is in Glendale, Ariz., where the Skye View and the Bungalow are being manufactured.

“Glendale is not a high-production facility; it’s a two- to four-a-day factory, which gives us the ability to concentrate on the fit and finish,” Gage says. “We use better materials, so we can get to that stick-built quality. A lot of manufacturers build small-footprint homes, but not with house-type amenities.”

The big advantage to Show Village, says Gage, is that visitors can see a little bit of everything. “They can see small footprint units from Cavco and larger floor plans from [Champion], as well as all the vendors that are going to be set up right next to our units.”

Champion Homes, operating 48 homebuilding factories across the United States and Canada, demonstrates the transformative potential of how its offsite construction process can add value to small- and mid-sized builders and developers that want to build more units.

“Our focus is on engaging builders, and those thinking about being homebuilders, to consider buying homes from us,” Tweden says.

Real-World Best Practices

In addition to the four model homes, there will be a showcase of real-world, how-to construction best practices at Show Village, courtesy of ProTradeCraft (PTC), a technical journal for homebuilders, remodelers and trade contractors. In the PTC Demonstration Zone, professional carpenters will demonstrate how to install products correctly. Practices range across a variety of building material applications, from proper window flashing and siding installations to installing and sealing a shower, along with job safety tips.

Live Skills Competitions will be held daily, where a handful of IBS attendees compete across a series of construction skills for prizes. There will also be block parties on both nights of the show, with plenty of places to mingle including the outdoor fireplace on the deck between the Genesis homes.

Show Village, in short, is a great place for builders, developers, vendors and manufacturers to meet, exchange ideas and discuss viable solutions for their businesses.

Susan Bady is a freelance writer based in Chicago, Ill., who focuses on residential and commercial design and construction topics including sustainability and building technology.