Spice it up with ease in second kitchen
Friday, July 21, 2017
Spice kitchens are letting domestic chefs season, fry and saute in a separate space, keeping scents behind a closed door.
Gurjinder and Harbhajan Dhillon, who have a 14-year-old daughter, are enjoying the feature in their new home by Trico Homes. They moved to the northwest community of Beacon Heights in Sherwood from Taradale earlier in July.
“Ours is all Indian cooking, so that kitchen is a really good feature because the flavours from the spices don’t go on the clothes and the rest of the house,” Gurjinder says.
Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.
Room to grow in Trico’s functional Westfield II
Friday, June 30, 2017
When it’s time to move from their starter home to something more spacious, many families want something that will last them long-term.
They look for spaces and home design that will not only work well for four or five years, but give them what they need through many stages of life.
An example is the well-rounded Westfield II by Trico Homes. It’s a 2,224-square-foot, front-drive, single-family model displayed as a show home in Evanston.
Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.
Convenience and flexible spaces help bring a custom feel to the Rosewood
Friday, June 02, 2017
When it comes to a home that meets the needs of a growing family, whether it’s bedrooms or gathering spaces, the Rosewood doesn’t miss.
[It] has three bedrooms, with the master bedroom covering the back wall of the second floor, and spacious secondary bedrooms up front.
Convenience is a key to the master bedroom. It’s got a walk-through laundry room attached to its walk-in closet. Once clothes are done in the dryer, they’re only a few steps from being put away. The laundry room is also accessed from the second floor hallway.
But the highlight of the master bedrooms is the ensuite, which is both functional for getting ready for work in the morning and a high-end retreat. There’s a glass-encased shower next to a deep soaker tub, and the vanities are on separate walls, giving both parents plenty of space to themselves.
Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.
Growing family finds connections in Hillcrest
Friday, February 24, 2017
Josh and Sharina Zimmer knew it was time for a new home, but to them, staying in Airdrie mattered.
Relocating to Hillcrest — on the southwest corner of the city — helps that, too. It puts Josh a short drive to Highway 2, getting him to Calgary quicker.
The Zimmers bought the Stanley floor plan by Trico Homes, in its four-bedroom option. Josh calls the plan “very functional.”
“There are four big bedrooms upstairs with a bonus room in the middle, so mom and dad have their wing and the three kids have their wing,” he says.
Read more about the Zimmer family’s story here in the Calgary Herald.
A Beautiful Friendship: Trico Homes
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
For almost two decades, Trico has been heavily involved behind the scenes in Kids Cancer Care’s growth. Trico Homes has been the presenting sponsor of the Shave Your Lid for a Kid® since its inception in 1999.
After sponsoring Ride for a Lifetime for a number of years, when Kids Cancer Care began supporting childhood cancer research, Wayne [Chiu] committed to giving $100,000 a year to research. Trico then became the presenting sponsor of the Don, Joanne and the Coach Golf a Kid to Camp tournament. When Kids Cancer Care began exploring the possibility of running Camp Kindle as a social enterprise, the Trico Foundation gave Camp Kindle its first grant.
Christine says, “They gave us the courage to add the pillar of research to our organization, they gave us the courage to embark on a new signature event, Ride for a Lifetime, and the courage to start a social enterprise with Camp Kindle rentals. The impact of Trico Homes on Kids Cancer Care far surpasses their financial commitments. You don’t get a community without family and Trico is definitely a part of our family.”
Read the full story here.
Wayne and Eleanor Chiu Given CASE Benefactor Award
Thursday, December 01, 2016
Bow Valley College donors Wayne, O.C., and Eleanor Chiu have been given the 2016 Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s (CASE) Benefactor Award at the CASE Conference for Community College Advancement in San Diego, United States, from October 5-7, 2016.
The CASE Benefactor Award recognizes individuals, foundations or businesses for outstanding contributions to community colleges. Recipients embody the ideals of philanthropy, leadership and volunteerism in the service of community, technical and junior colleges. The Chius were the first Canadians to receive this award in 13 years.
Read the full announcement here.
Verona Townhomes close to new owner’s work, and to dog walking space
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Being first to buy, [Katherine] McNaught had her pick of Verona’s first release. She chose a corner unit with a walkout basement. Her home is one of the southernmost units that back on to a scenic environmental reserve. The opposite side of the environmental reserve has Trico’s apartment-style Viridian condo development.
As a dog owner, the walkout was appealing because of its quick access to the outdoors. She owns a schnauzer pug cross named Cruz.
Before deciding Verona was where she wanted to live, McNaught made comparisons. She measured the specifications against what was offered at other townhome sites in northwest Calgary.
“The standard package they offered was better than what I saw in a lot of the other places I was looking at for that price,” says McNaught, singling out the granite counters, stainless steel appliances and blinds package as personal favourites.
Read more about Katherine’s story here in the Calgary Herald.
Trico Homes turns sod on accessible, affordable rental building in Mount Pleasant
Friday, October 28, 2016
A new rental apartment building to be built in inner-city Mount Pleasant will help address the need for affordable and accessible home options in Calgary.
Trico Homes held a sod-turning celebration for its 44-unit Delaney development earlier this month. The building will be located on 8th Street and 17th Ave. N.W., with 12 apartments earmarked as affordable, which means they’ll be rented for 10 percent less than the average market rate through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. Ten of those 12 will be wheelchair accessible.
Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.
Trico Homes Recognized as One of the Best Workplaces in Canada 2016
Thursday, October 27, 2016
For the seventh year in a row, Trico Homes has once again been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work Institute Canada, a global research, consulting and training firm that helps organizations identify, create and sustain great workplaces through the development of high-trust workplace cultures.
Trico Homes has also been recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Women in Canada for the second year running!
“This year’s Best Workplaces are Canada’s leaders in building high-trust organizational cultures and advancing best-in-class management practices to fully engage their workforces, delight their customers and contribute to their communities.” – Jose Tolovi Neto, Managing Partner, Great Place to Work Institute Canada
We are thrilled and honoured to receive this prestigious award! We at Trico have built our corporate culture around our commitment to our customers. We believe in supporting the community by developing core skills and knowledge within our family of employees, and “Using Business as a Force for Good”, as per the B Corporation Declaration.
Best Workplaces for Women
We are honoured to be recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Women in Canada. We pride ourselves on being an equal opportunity employer, with female representation on our board of directors and part of our workforce, and a strong focus on recruiting and hiring women, supporting women’s careers and professional development, maternity and parental support, as well as flexibility at work, as per the Great Place to Canada’s Workplace Gender Gaps – more information is available on this topic here.
Thank you to everyone who makes Trico Homes a Great Place to Work – this includes our employees, management, and our community.
Kitchen adds Parkside sizzle
Friday, October 14, 2016
For some people, the value of a large kitchen can’t be overstated.
It’s that functional space for preparing a big meal, and hub for family to gather around the island and reconnect after a long day of work or school.
A generous cooking space is one of the reasons the Parkside is Trico Homes’ top-selling duplex floor plan in Midtown, where it’s displayed as a show home.
Read the full article here in the Calgary Herald.