New home builder Trico Homes, founded in 1992 by Wayne Chiu of Calgary, has renewed its sponsorship agreement for a second 10-year term with the Trico Centre for Family Wellness in the city’s southeast.

The recreation facility on Bonaventure Drive S.E., next to Southcentre Mall, first opened in January 1983 as the Family Leisure Centre. As a non-profit organization, Trico Centre operates as a partnership with 34 community associations in the surrounding area.

Trico Homes first approached the Family Leisure Centre in 2008 with financial support, eventually becoming name sponsor and benefactor in 2012.

Read more at the Calgary Herald online.

There’s a reason why Tracey and Gar Garrett, early retirees in their 50s, decided not to downsize when they built their new home in Cochrane.

The couple, who moved to Cochrane in 2021 from their hometown in Barrie, Ont., built a 2,252-square-foot, two-storey home so there’d be lots of room for Ontario friends and family to stay when they came to visit.

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Choosing the community was the first step. Choosing Trico Homes as their builder was the next step and the easiest one, as they loved Trico’s Fairmont model home. They built the exact model on a 34-foot-wide walk-out lot. With three bedrooms and a bonus room upstairs, the Garrett’s say they chose it for the layout before considering how large it was.

Read more about their journey at the Calgary Herald online.

We’re incredibly proud to share that our very own CFO, Eleanor Chiu, is one of the recipients this year’s Haskayne Alumni Awards! ⁠
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This year the awards are all about the recipients’ deep commitment to building community where they live, where they work, in their professional networks, and with family and friends. This is something that really resonates with us and is deeply rooted in our culture … which, of course, Eleanor is a big part of. Congratulations, Eleanor! ⁠
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Click here to view a video celebrating this award!

Trico Homes has mastered the townhome form – their string of successful townhome developments in the suburban Calgary area speaks to that. Now, they are bringing their accomplished expertise and craftsmanship to the inner-city with the release of their Brooklyn townhomes.

From Legacy in south Calgary to Precedence in Cochrane, Trico Homes has offered some of the most stylishly functional and innovatively designed townhomes crafted for today’s lifestyles. Their new Brooklyn townhomes, located in the trendy Marda Loop/South Calgary district, will surely turn heads with the charm, functionality and vintage style that only this multi-awarded homebuilder can bring.

Read more in the December issue of New Home + Condo Guide.

Trico Homes Shines a Light on Inspiring Community Stories Through its Good Lives Here Platform

Telling the stories of acts of kindness in its communities is important to Trico Homes, and with its Good Lives Here initiative, there is certainly no shortage of people and organizations “doing well” and “doing good” during times of need.

Read the full article here, in Avenue Magazine.

Reader’s Choice Awards: Honouring Calgary’s Best 2021-2022

A Winner in the Single-Family Home Builder category, Trico is gearing up to celebrate its 30th year of business in Calgary next year.

Trico is known for doing things for the right reasons, and this is reflected in their craftsmanship, customer relationships, the way the company is run, and how its employees are treated.

“We’ve always felt companies should be judged by their actions. We’re humbled to be consistently recognized by our customers, by industry and our peers for being a trusted builder, and inspiring employer, and a respected corporate citizen,” says Glenda Schwartz, Director of Marketing for Trico Homes.

Read more about the Reader’s Choice Awards.

We’re thrilled to have been awarded the Great Place to Work Canada certification! This certification is based on direct feedback from our team, provided as part of an extensive and anonymous survey about their workplace experience. We could not be prouder of the great workplace we’ve built and are honoured by this recognition.

As GPTW puts it, “This is a badge of honour that validates the employee experience you’ve created for your people and the great workplace culture you’ve built.”

Trico Homes is quietly building a reputation as a premier builder of grand prize lottery homes, as it builds for the fifth straight year the top prize for STARS Lottery.

The 2022 STARS Lottery will feature the Rosewood as its grand prize. This $1.1 million, 2,539 square-foot Rosewood grand prize showhome sits on a south-facing corner lot in the southwest community of Sirocco, in Pine Ridge, and will come fully furnished.

Read more in the November issue of New Home + Condo Guide.