The Ryland Group, Inc. was a company engaged in home construction based in Westlake Village, California.

That year it acquired Regency Communities of Tampa and exited the markets of Portland, Oregon, Salt Lake City, and the Delaware Valley.

[5] In July 2012, the company acquired the Charlotte and Raleigh operations and assets of Timberstone Homes.

[6] In July 2013, the company acquired Cornell Homes, one of the largest private homebuilders in the Philadelphia market.

The plaintiffs alleged that their property values declined when live bombs were found on site.