JIM WYSS, McClatchy Newspapers
- Businessman and Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. “Bob” Johnson is behind the latest push to rebuild Haiti.
On Tuesday, Johnson said his Maryland-based RLJ Companies are joining forces with Global Building Solutions, cruise giant Royal Caribbean and Haiti-based WIN Group to build two factories in Haiti that could churn out some 800 homes per month.
Johnson made the announcement after returning from a trip to the earthquake shattered island, where he met with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
Once the new group gets the go-ahead from the Haiti Reconstruction Commission, the factories could be in operation in six to seven months, he said.
