Social media dragged the buyer of multiple Malibu lots through the mud after the deals were first reported back in August. Catcalls over the would-be builder’s bulk buys, and mistaken presumptions of the ethnicity, wasn’t the response El Segundo-based Zuru Tech US, expected. “I think what the general public doesn’t understand is the difficulties in going from an empty lot to a livable house,” Zuru Tech U.S. operations director Marcel Fontijn said. “Rebuilding is not for everyone.” Design times, selecting contractors, permit pulls and then the actual construction has led some residents in the fire-impacted areas to sell. For Zuru […]
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