Consent of Independent Public Accountants by Arthur Andersen LLP for Bresler & Reiner, Inc.

Summary

Arthur Andersen LLP, as independent public accountants, consent to the inclusion of their audit report dated August 16, 2001, regarding Sarnia Corporation's statement of revenues and certain expenses for the year ended June 30, 2001, in a Form 8-K/A filing for Bresler & Reiner, Inc. They clarify that they have not audited any financial statements or performed any audit procedures for the company after June 30, 2001.

EX-2.1 3 dex21.txt EXHIBIT 2.1 EXHIBIT 02.1 [LETTERHEAD OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP APPEARS HERE] CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the inclusion in this Form 8-K/A for Bresler & Reiner, Inc. of our report dated August 16, 2001 on the statement of revenues and certain expenses of Sarnia Corporation for the year ended June 30, 2001. It should be noted that we have not audited any financial statements of the company subsequent to June 30, 2001 or performed any audit procedures subsequent to the date of our report. /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Vienna, Virginia April 12, 2002