it . love it . type private industry real estate and construction founded upper st. clair pennsylvania in 1984 founder alan gillespie ceo headquarters cecil township pennsylvania area served pennsylvania and west virginia key people marty gillespie president number of employees approximately 85 website 2 heartland homes is a real estate and construction company based in pittsburgh pennsylvania united states specializing in building custom estate homes traditional single family homes villa homes and townhouses within planned communities for the middle to upper class income bracket . heartland is the largest custom home builder in the pittsburgh area focused on the area surrounding the interstate 79 corridor . heartland s first project outside the pittsburgh metro area the summit at cheat lake opened outside morgantown west virginia on may 1 2009 . in 2008 heartland won three housing excellence awards from the builders association of metropolitan pittsburgh bringing its total builders association awards count to 15 . 1 in addition the company was named to the top 100 builders in the country list by professional builder magazine . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 housing slump 2 list of heartland homes communities 2.1 butler county pennsylvania 2.2 allegheny county pennsylvania 2.3 washington county pennsylvania 2.4 monongalia county west virginia 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1984 by alan gillespie who remains the company s ceo . marty gillespie is currently the company s president . heartland began with one employee focusing exclusively on the south hills region of pittsburgh . in the following years heartland exclusively built for townhome communities and volume communities before opening its first master planned community meadowbrook in 1992 . the company expanded rapidly during the next fifteen years first pushing into the north hills region of the pittsburgh area then expanding out of allegheny county pennsylvania into washington county pennsylvania and butler county pennsylvania . heartland opened 18 new communities in 2005 and 2006 . in 2008 the heartland everywhere division was created to offer build on your lot services that is the ability to build heartland homes on lots not located within planned communities . in 2009 heartland homes expanded into its second state opening a property in monongalia county west virginia . in 2013 heartland homes was acquired by nrv inc. bringing formerly ryan homes and heartland homes under the same umbrella . with this merger 60 % of all new homes built in the pittsburgh region would be built by one corporation . 3 housing slump edit heartland like other pittsburgh regional housing companies has been far less affected by the united states housing bubble collapse than companies in other areas of the country . its prices have remained relatively consistent thanks in part to the 2 % increase in housing values in the pittsburgh region contrasted with the 4 % decrease in the rest of the country over the same period . 4 5 list of heartland homes communities edit from north to south as of july 2009 butler county pennsylvania edit meadow ridge forward township orchard park cranberry township morning grove adams township walden pond cranberry township allegheny county pennsylvania edit parkview estates richland township stonecrest pine township providence pointe marshall township cambridge manor marshall township marshall heights marshall township blackburn heights ohio township legacy village ohio township franklin run franklin park heritage estates ohio township castleview kennedy township berringer court moon township sonoma ridge moon township trotwood acres robinson township forestbrooke north fayette township fayette farms north fayette township neville manor collier township longview estates south fayette township brookfield manor bethel park and south park township willowbrook south fayette township beechwood bethel park hartman frams franklin park borough washington county pennsylvania edit heartwood farms cecil township hiddenbrook peters township chadwick estates peters township concord green north strabane township foxchase north strabane township oakbrooke estates cecil township the woodlands peters township weavertown village north strabane township walnut ridge nottingham township cameron estates south strabane township monongalia county west virginia edit the summit at cheat lake morgantown actually in an unincorporated area of the county under the jurisdiction of morgantown called eastern references edit heartland wins three housing excellence awards . 2008 12 12 . retrieved 2009 06 09 . 2009 housing giants list pdf . may 2009 . retrieved 2009 06 09 . 1 trib live streitfeld david 2009 01 08 . for pittsburgh there s life after steel . the new york times . retrieved 2009 06 09 . mckay gretchen 2009 04 25 . home builder notes benefits of buying new . pittsburgh post gazette . retrieved 2009 06 09 . external links edit 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