Innovative Collaboration Brings World-Class Manufacturing to Canada’s Housing Sector

Canadian firm buys system from Lindbäcks Group; moving it to Ontario in 31 shipping containers

“Ossington went up in, I think, 17 working days,” says Luke Moir, project manager at Assembly. “That’s a huge advantage; on average it’s $60,000 a month to run a job. … So the quicker you can compress that construction schedule, you have savings.”

Jennifer Keesmaat, former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, speaks on solutions for affordable housing and congestion, with reference to Assembly’s mass-timber, mid-rise urban infill housing products.

The urgent need for housing, built quickly and affordably, combined with recent policy changes for mid rise development in the City of Toronto, presents a clear opportunity mass-timber, modular housing.

The Housing Supply Challenge Round 4, “Building for the Future – Innovative Construction for Housing Affordability,” has announced it’s finalists. Assembly Corp. has been awarded funding for our solution “Assembly manufactured solutions for modular wood midrise housing.”

As a sustainable alternative to conventional construction, Assembly’s prefabricated, all-wood housing solutions are critical to addressing Canada’s housing and climate crises. Read more on Urban Toronto’s profile of Assembly’s projects and approach to sustainability. 

Sustainable construction materials are proving to be cost-effective and economically beneficial in the long run. Geoff Cape, Assembly CEO, and Francesca MacKinnon, Director of Sales and Marketing, discuss the sustainability benefits of mass-timber construction for residential mid-rise.

Laneway and garden suites have been permitted as of right under municipal guidelines, but uptake has been slow to moderate. In this article, our Sales and Marketing Specialist Molly White-Williams chats about barriers to development, and how prefabricated suites can increase housing options in the City of Toronto.