Trico Homes was recognized for its industry-leading performance, its global business practices, and its sustained growth by receiving the prestigious 2023 Canada’s Best Managed Companies award.

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Canada’s Best Managed Companies program awards excellence in private Canadian-owned companies with revenues of $50 million or greater. To attain the designation, companies are evaluated on their leadership in the areas of strategy, culture and commitment, capabilities, and innovation, governance and financial performance.

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Home builder showcases its stunning Woodside bungalow, and offers custom-built dream homes, in exclusive estate community in De Winton

Are you ready to experience luxury living in the heart of De Winton? Trico Homes invites you to Hamilton Heights, an exclusive estate community that offers breathtaking mountain vistas, postcard-perfect landscapes and 18 individually gated acreage homesites.

Read more at the Calgary Herald online.

Often the biggest driver in choosing a new community are the feelings it inspires. For Kuldeep and Sukhjinder Mann, the “aha” moment came as they were touring the new community of Homestead, which borders the eastern boundary of the city.

They found their dream home in the Springhill model by Trico Homes, a five-bedroom, three-bathroom front-attached garage home, with a main floor flex room, as well as a main floor bedroom, an upstairs bonus room and the option to add an 800-square-foot, secondary suite on the lower level.

Read more at the Calgary Herald online.

Visitors can view the decorated bedroom in the home builder’s Kensington model in Wolf Willow.

Visitors to show homes in the southeast community of Wolf Willow are getting a kick out of a unique tribute to the Cavalry Football Club of the Canadian Premier League.

Trico Homes, a popular local home builder and staunch supporter of sports and recreation in Calgary, decorated a child’s bedroom in its Kensington model to showcase support for the local soccer club. The Kensington is an 1,881-square-foot two-storey front-garage model, just one of four show homes that the builder opened in late 2022. Wolf Willow, a WestCreek Developments community, is located east of Macleod Trail by the Bow River.

Read more at the Calgary Herald online.

Desirable single-family homes in the city of Okotoks offer breathtaking views

Google ‘images of Alberta’ and you’ll be flooded with photos of snow-capped Rocky Mountains and rolling foothills. It’s what draws thousands of people to Alberta every year, in addition to affordable housing opportunities and family-friendly communities.

The classic Alberta scenery you’ll find on Google is more than just a postcard for the residents of Okotoks — it’s the stunning view enjoyed at every turn in the idyllic city of 31,000 people just 15 minutes south of Calgary city limits.

While 63 per cent of Okotoks residents are employed in Calgary, Okotoks remains notoriously close knit with a community spirit steeped in Alberta’s rich ranching tradition. It’s the perfect choice for families seeking a quaint community lifestyle, with big-city amenities conveniently close by.

D’ARCY is a new community on the north side of Okotoks, a premium location that offers the city’s closest proximity to Calgary and neighbours the scenic D’Arcy Ranch Golf Club. Designed and constructed by award-winning land developer Anthem, Jenny Cawthorn, in marketing with the company, says D’ARCY has everything that people who are relocating are looking for.

Read more at the Vancouver Sun.

Calgary new home builders, renovators and community developers are again on the national stage as the Canadian Home Builders’ Association has chosen its finalists for the 2023 National Awards for Housing Excellence.

The annual awards, to be held in February, showcase and celebrate the breadth and innovation of Canada’s residential construction industry.

“This program is about capturing the full spectrum of homes and communities that Canadians live in and all of the planning, creativity and skill that goes into them. Our industry is present in every community across the country, and we’re proud to build and renovate the places Canadians call home,” said CHBA CEO Kevin Lee.

He said the association received 800 entries with 150 industry experts judging entries by images, floor and site plans and project descriptions. The CHBA chose 55 finalists from Calgary and area to compete in six categories with multiple awards in each. Calgary companies received 19 nominations in New Home categories, 18 in Renovations, nine in Marketing, four each in New Home Spaces and Community Development and one in Net Zero Homes.

Read more at the Calgary Herald.

Building a new home can require a lot of patience. It can take as long as 10 months (sometimes longer) to move into a pre-sale home, and not everyone has the luxury to wait that long. But there’s an easier way, and that’s by getting into a quick possession home.

The quick possession home – or spec home – is an industry staple that provides buyers on a tight timeline the opportunity to own a new home and helps the builders themselves keep their tradespeople busy with a steady workflow. It’s a win-win.

These homes are constructed using builder specifications (hence, “spec”) and most are move-in ready and available for a quick possession. The last couple of years, however, saw supplies of spec homes depleted to almost nothing as a hot homebuying market took hold, coupled by supply chain interruptions.

The spec home pool in Calgary has since stabilised and experienced builders were well prepared for the eventuality, relying on veteran leadership, a reliable trade base, and deep pockets for a steady supply of construction materials. Here is how some were able to navigate the choppy waters and have new spec homes ready for buyers that need them.

Read more at NextHome.

It was a morning filled with thousands of cookies along with thousands of dollars — all for a good cause.

The third Global Calgary holiday cookie sale was a hit with Calgarians as the proceeds from the sale, along with day-of donations, reached $31,705.

Hundreds of people were lined up at ATCO Park Thursday morning where people were able to pick out their baker’s dozen of cookies from more than 75 chefs who donated a minimum of 250 cookies for the sale.

During Global News Morning Calgary, host Leslie Horton announced Trico Homes and Willowpark Wine and Spirits donated $5,000 each, along with Pete the Plumber donating $1,000 towards the daily total.

Money raised goes towards the Morning of Giving, which will benefit the Magic of Christmas charity.

Read more at Global Calgary.

After almost three years of considering a move to a smaller home, Maria and Larry Smith took the plunge, purchasing a bungalow by Trico Homes in the southeast community of Seton.

“When our daughter got married and moved out in 2019, that’s when we really started to think seriously about it,” recalls Larry Smith.

For the past 14 years, they’d been in living in Calgary’s Evergreen community in a large, five-bedroom, 4,100-square-foot, two-storey home. But as retired empty nesters, the home had become too big for them. They wanted something low-maintenance with few or no stairs, a place close to nature and amenities and most importantly of all, their new home had to be within walking distance of their daughter, son-in-law and new grandchild, who had settled in Seton, a master-planned community by Brookfield Residential.

“We didn’t even consider any other communities,” says Larry Smith. “We wanted a new community, a new build home and it had to be a bungalow. And we wanted all of the daily services that we would require within walking distance.”

Read more at the Calgary Herald.

Wayne Chiu found success and fulfillment by putting Albertans first

In 1980, Wayne Chiu graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in mechanical engineering and returned home to Hong Kong to begin his professional career. By 1982, he was newly married and immigrating to Canada with his wife Eleanor.

The next four decades would be filled with hard work, wild success, countless acts of philanthropy and many well-deserved accolades—including Chiu being appointed to the Order of Canada in 2015.

This past summer, he was recognized by the Calgary Chamber of Commerce with a 2022 Distinguished Business Leader Award, for demonstrating ethical leadership.

Read more at ATB online.