GTA builders: Quality that rivals North America’s best
March 14, 2017
Some of the best building and development industry professionals in North America are based in the GTA.
BILD member companies often receive national and international recognition for their work. Earlier this year a number of GTA-based builders, developers, marketers and designers were honoured at the National Sales and Marketing Awards in the United States. Known as the Nationals, this annual competition recognizes the best in the industry across North America.
Our members have a strong presence at the Nationals every year, and this year was no exception with 44 Silver and 10 Gold awards received in a range of building, design and marketing categories.
In the architectural design of an attached home category our members did especially well, winning a gold and two silver awards. The silvers went to Minto Communities for two projects in Toronto. Longbranch, a stacked townhome development in Etobicoke, was one and the other was Bside, a condo project at Front and Bathurst Streets. Brookfield Residential won the gold award for a four-storey contemporary condominium project that it is developing in the U.S.
Tridel and Empire Communities each won a pair of Gold Awards. Tridel received awards in the Best Print Ad Campaign and Best Brochure Lifestyle Magazine categories for its new condo development in Toronto called SQ. Empire won the Best Social Media Campaign and Best Computer Generated Sales Tool awards for Avalon, its project in Caledonia that consists of townhomes and single-family detached homes.
Toronto-based marketing agency Montana Steele received the most awards among BILD members, winning 19 Silver Awards and two Gold Awards. Its work on Rodeo Drive, a condominium development in North York, resulted in a gold award for Best Print Ad and six silvers in other categories.
Local builder Losani Homes was honoured with the Building Industry Community Spirit award for its efforts with the Losani Family Foundation. The prestigious award recognizes a builder-supported non-profit program or charity based on its originality, concept and execution.
Based out of Stoney Creek, Losani Homes has been building communities in the Hamilton area for more than 40 years and in 2013 it formed the Losani Family Foundation to support its philanthropic efforts. Since then the Foundation has supported a number of charities both locally and abroad. Most recently it helped build a classroom and a medical facility in Ecuador that provides service to 12,000 people from surrounding villages.