Admiral Beez
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This building in California looks doable here.
And here's a Canadian example.
And here's a Canadian example.
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T-Bor
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All else equal it'll have to lower the resale market prices. If Mattamy can sell condos at a profit for sub-$825 psf (current resale condo price as per Condos.ca), buyers will flock to it.
I'd be curious to know how big an impact the 6s as-of-right has on Mattamy's decision. Again, all else equal this should lower land acquisition costs, as suddenly any 3-4 properties on any main road can be turned into a 6s condo.
AlvinofDiaspar
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BNN Interview with more details:
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Sauga89
Active Member
It's not Stelumar, but when I went looking for a text version of the video you posted, I found this BNN Bloomberg article about a new factory opening in New Brunswick. That company, Ironwood Manufactured Homes, says they want to build hotels and dormitories with it.
Sauga89
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A Vancouver-based start-up is building a 9-storey prefabricated apartment building in Etobicoke. The start-up, Intelligent City, is shipping the pieces out of its B.C. factory initially, but they intend for the Etobicoke building to serve as a demo to Toronto developers, and plan to open a second factory in Toronto.
From the description in the article, they are referring to 230 Royal York Rd (Here is the UT project forum).
From the description in the article, they are referring to 230 Royal York Rd (Here is the UT project forum).
Northern Light
Superstar
This is Intelligent City's Project Page for this:
230 Royal York Rd - Intelligent City
Intelligent City is proud to partner with Windmill Developments, Leader Lane Developments, and the One Planet Living Fund to create two 8-storey productized mass timber rental buildings under the innovative Hälsa brand. These projects demonstrate what is possible in Toronto’s Right of Way zoning...
intelligent-city.com
afransen
Senior Member
Exciting to see some change coming from regulatory reform.This is Intelligent City's Project Page for this:
230 Royal York Rd - Intelligent City
Intelligent City is proud to partner with Windmill Developments, Leader Lane Developments, and the One Planet Living Fund to create two 8-storey productized mass timber rental buildings under the innovative Hälsa brand. These projects demonstrate what is possible in Toronto’s Right of Way zoning...
70Challenger
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Love to see more CLT. Hope it becomes standard in my lifetime.
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DavidCapizzano
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Came across these concrete prefab apartments in Vilnius on Google Earth - I am very pro prefab if they can make the buildings look this nice!
Sauga89
Active Member
I realized that this project at 1159 Bloor St W is also partially prefabricated, thanks to @rdaner. Here is the project thread.
Stubbe's is based in Harley, just southwest of Brantford, and supplied the pieces for this 8-storey affordable housing project at Bloor and Dufferin. Here is Stubbe's website.
They claim their pre-fabricated concrete slabs can support 30 storeys, and that they can install 8,000 square feet of walls, flooring and structural components in a week.
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just east of the creek
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This piece popped up on CBC a day ago - modular units by ATCO being installed in Calgary. Obviously tailored to fit a specific market as these are fully formed studio units. However preformed stackables are being built in other parts of north america that fit other models in singles or combinations. Certainly a method to address lower income issues with rentals or perhaps geared to income co-ops. These van be higher quality builds, in a factory setting, and there are companies in Ontario with experience in factory builds - tour Royal Homes one day in Wingham.
Some impetus from the political arena would be helpful, but that is much like pushing liquid manure around....you can draw your own inferences. They speak loudly of the housing crisis and yet.....?
Some impetus from the political arena would be helpful, but that is much like pushing liquid manure around....you can draw your own inferences. They speak loudly of the housing crisis and yet.....?
Sauga89
Active Member
ATCO has apparently already done some work in Toronto. According to their website, they built the components for the city's modular housing projects at 11 Macey Ave (project thread), and 321 Dovercourt Rd (project thread).
The city has a few other sites in its modular housing initiative, but I can't tell if ATCO was involved with those sites. Those other sites are 540 Cedarvale Ave (project thread), 39 Dundalk Dr (project thread), and 175 Cummer Ave (project thread), with a few more sites in the pipeline I believe.
Towered
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Needs retail.
AlvinofDiaspar
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And from the Star:
www.thestar.com
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Prefabricated homes could be cheaper to build — and buy. Here’s how to make them work in Toronto
The city needs to think big, experts say, but “at the moment it’s impossible to scale this up in Toronto.”
www.thestar.com
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just east of the creek
Senior Member
Thank you for this input, i had forgotten these earlier postings. It appears that at least 2 of the 3 projects are completed after extended dialogue and tribunal proceedings to obtain zoning and other needed permissions. It may be early days but it would be interesting to see what feedback there is on the actual buildings and successes, issues, disappointments tied to their opening.
Now we just need more, and not just in Toronto or just in the GTA.