Going Modular in Long Beach After Sandy

After Hurricane Sandy more Long Beach residents are opting for modular homes as more expedient way to rebuild, and a new company, LB Rebuild, looks to fill their needs.

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LB Rebuild will raise their first modular home at 55 Oregon St., at the corner of West Beech Street, where a poster featuring a rendition of the home and its floor plans stands at what is now a vacant lot.

“Our schedule is for the raised foundation to be done in June, house delivered and set late June or early July,” said Neal Goldstein, a founder of LB Rebuild and Long Beach native who lives in Lido Beach.  

The LB Rebuild team consists of Goldstein, contractor John McIntyre, architect Eric Kupferberg and realtor Barbara Meyers, all residents of the barrier island who were impacted by the storm.

Owner of McIntyre Contracting Inc. and a Point Lookout resident, McIntyre has worked as a general contractor for the past 3o years and uses local subcontractors when building new homes.

“[McIntyre] serves as general contractor and performs on-site construction and final carpentry, giving you a safe, efficient, solidly built home,” Goldstein said. “Modular construction and pre-designed interior packages greatly simplify the decision-making process, and get you in your new home fast.”

Kupferberg is a Long Beach architect with a knowledge of local codes and designs LB Rebuild’s homes according to Long Beach-sized lots and to meet or exceed flood codes, Goldstein said.

“[He] has an excellent working relationship with the Long Beach building department and has designed dozens of custom coastal homes throughout Long Beach, Lido, and Point Lookout,” said Goldstein, a retired business executive involved in several business and volunteer activities.

He founded LB Rebuild with McIntyre and Kupferberg after they had met and collaborate on the design and construction of Goldstein’s Lido Beach home in 2008. After Sandy they joined with Meyers, a lifelong Long Beach resident and agent at Petrey Real Estate.

“We are in various stages of design with several other clients,” Goldstein said, “with those projects starting over the next several weeks."