Homes by Avi: Celebrating 45 Years of Building Homes for Customers Just Like You

By NextHome Staff
March 3, 2023

When Homes by Avi started in 1978 years ago, it was the very definition of a family-run company. Today, it has grown into one of the biggest homebuilding and development corporations in the province, with holdings in Calgary, Edmonton and in the United States. But throughout this spectacular growth, it remains true to its roots of treating each customer as family.

As they celebrate their 45th anniversary this year, Homes by Avi remains committed to its vision of building stylish, energy-efficient, thoughtfully designed homes that brings families together, truly providing better value by design. And to mark the milestone, Homes by Avi is offering several buyer promotions and celebrating its relationships with customers, employees, trades and business partners the only way they know how – as a family.

“It is a humbling and a huge honour for us to be appreciated and supported by our customer base, business partners and municipalities. The opportunity to build homes for customers in the best communities in Alberta is a privilege that we’ll continue to embrace,” says Doug Beach - Senior Vice President of Housing – Alberta.

“We are excited to offer various promotions and feature homes throughout the year to meet our valued customers’ wide range of needs and desires.”

This March Homes by Avi kicks off its anniversary sale with a presale home promotion, Homes by Avi will match customer upgrades dollar for dollar, up to $45,000. For example, if they choose $20,000 worth of options from the Selections Centre, they’ll receive an additional $20,000 in upgrades,” says Marni Chenier, Senior Marketing Specialist.
“The Anniversary sale will also include one-of-a-kind offer for our quick possession homes. The Avi All-In package provides a move-in ready home with an appliance package, full landscaping package, blinds package and moving concierge, allowing our customers to walk into their new home with EVERYTHING complete,” says Chenier.

Homes by Avi currently offers even more incentives for buyers, including a referral program, a 12-month rate hold, free listing of buyers’ current home and Avi After Care – aprogram, which is miles ahead of a normal home warranty.
For 45 years, Homes by Avi has helped shape over 140 outstanding communities to meet the needs of over 20,000 happy homeowners. Homes by Avi focuses on a high standard of quality while optimizing energy-efficiency in every home it builds. “Our functional floor plans are designed for growing families, new buyers, downsizers, and everyone in between. Built for you, built for life – that’s Better Value by Design,” Beach says.

The company continues to grow its Group of Companies which now includes Avi Construction, a full-service contractor providing everything from design to construction management, to the development and management of multi-family/ mixed-use developments, Blue Jean Condo Management, a full-service and fully licensed condo management company, Blue Jean Property Management a fully-licensed property management brokerage, and Avi Land, their land development division.

When Homes by Avi Founder and Chairman, Avi Amir, started what was then called Avi Construction, his wife and three children were all involved in running the day-to-day operations. His son, Charron Ungar, started the multi-family division and took over as CEO in 2018. He has guided the company through the economic slowdown and pandemic-induced turbulence of the last few years and the company has emerged stronger than ever, adding to their array of home builder awards.

“2022 was a successful year for Homes by Avi,” Beach says. “Through dedication and collaboration with our staff, partners and customers, we delivered the majority of our homes before year-end. We have lots of momentum heading into 2023 in both sales and closings. With strong land positions in both attached and detached homes in addition to innovative multi family projects on the horizon, we are forecasting an even stronger year than 2022.”

Over all Canadian cities, Calgary had the highest population growth over the past decade. Kevin Hatch, Sales Manager points out that despite the elevated interest rates, there are plenty of opportunities for buyers to build their dream home at an affordable price, in a city that is thriving and growing.

“Interest rates have stabilized and are expected to remain so,” says Hatch. “The Calgary market has a strong forecast for this coming year, and Real Estate remains a very sound investment. Homes by Avi has the advantage of building in multiple markets. This provides us the opportunity to take advantage of volume purchases, keeping our costs at a competitive level, ensuring our products, price and quality are never compromised for our customers.”

New this year are luxury homes in Aspen Spring Estates in the heart of Springbank Hill and front-drive and duplex homes in the recently opened southeast community of Rangeview by Genstar. They also have front-drive homes in the young and mountain view community of Vermillion Hill in the southwest, and coming soon, front-drive homes in the highly-desired northwest community of Rockland Park (reserve your lot now).

Beyond the business of selling homes, Homes by Avi has deep roots within the community and remains committed to giving back – and not just on this anniversary year.

Among its charitable work are sponsorships supporting Calgary Drop in Centre, Stampede Rotary Dream Home, Calgary Flames Foundation, Stollery Children’s Hospital, Alberta Children’s Hospital, the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, and the Resolve Campaign to help end homelessness.

Homes by Avi is also a major supporter of training the next generation of homebuilders through their long-term partnerships with Calgary schools including Jack James, Bishop Kidd and Ernest Morrow, as well as a major supporter of the construction stream at SAIT.

Visit homesbyavi.com to find out more about the homes available and communities they build in, as well as more information on their 45th anniversary promotions.