Don Barrineau is positioning Mattamy Homes for the thousands of employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. who will need homes as the company builds its plant in north Phoenix.

The new Phoenix division president for the Canadian homebuilder said his son-in-law, a mid-level executive for Hewlett-Packard, was in town visiting this past weekend.

"Every time I see him, he says I don't understand how big a deal the TSMC plant is," Barrineau said.

"I tell him, 'I get it,'" Barrineau said.

"No, you don't," his son-in-law always responds.

But it looks like Barrineau actually does get it, considering he is buying property up in the north Phoenix area surrounding the TSMC manufacturing plant.

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By Angela Gonzales, Senior Reporter - Phoenix Business Journal