When Cantiro’s CEO and Founder, George Cantalini, announced the rebrand of the homebuilding and land development company in October 2020, it was to establish a unified brand and a stronger market presence. Less than three years later, you can say that mission is accomplished. And how!

Cantiro marked a historic achievement at the 2023 Canada Home Builders’ Association-Edmonton Region (CHBA-ER) Awards of Excellence in Housing by winning four of the top awards. It took home awards for Builder of the Year-Large Volume, Builder of the Year Multi-Family, Industry Leadership, and Best Community for The Hills at Charlesworth in Southeast Edmonton.

It brought home a total of 16 trophies, the biggest haul at this year’s annual gala event that celebrates the best of the local new home industry.

“The timing was a ‘perfect storm’ of projects and opportunities,” Cantiro Homes President, Ryan Smith, tells Edmonton New Home + Condo Guide.

“With this accomplishment being the first in the industry, it shows a culmination of several years of hard work and transformation across our company. We want to thank our staff and trade partners for their commitment and dedication.”

In a way, the awards underlines Cantiro’s strengths as a company and its overall vision. It is the third straight year that Cantiro has won Builder of the Year-Multi-Family, showing its strength in multi-family design. This was also the first time that Cantiro won for Best Net Zero Home, which marks its path to the future.

“The wall in our main boardroom says, ‘Never been done has never stopped us’, and we will use these awards as motivation to continue striving for excellence,” Smith says.

Never one to sit on its laurels, Cantiro already has several developments in the works that not only further strengthens their presence in the market but gives new homebuyers all the opportunity to own their dream home in a lifestyle and budget that fits them.

Smith says Cantiro has some new communities being developed for late 2023/early 2024: Riverstead in the southwest and Alces in the southeast. “Both communities will feature townhomes, single-family front drive, single family rear lane and three-storey single family homes by Cantiro,” Smith says.

There will also be new developments in Sherwood Park and St. Albert, including a new collection of townhomes. Interested parties can sign up for upcoming news and announcements on their website at cantiro.ca/contact-us.

As far as ongoing new homes and developments, Cantiro is selling across Edmonton with communities in Sherwood Park and Spruce Grove. These include:

• West Edmonton: Rosenthal – Front Drive Single Family and Three-Storey Single Family Homes (New to this community)
• SW Edmonton: ONE at Keswick – Townhomes, Front Drive Single Family and Three-Storey Single Family Homes (New to this community)
• SE Edmonton: The Hills at Charlesworth - Front Drive Single Family and Three-Storey Single Family Homes
• North Edmonton: Castlebrook - Front Drive Single Family Homes (just opened last summer – offering new homes within a mature community)
• Spruce Grove: Greenbury – Duplexes and Front Drive Single Family Homes

The enormous success of its Life Collection™ line of homes shows how Cantiro’s focus on the livability of home design has resonated with buyers.

“The Cantiro Life CollectionTM with homes designed for how you live at the centre of every decision, with each home created to support your family’s lifestyle,” Smith says. Check out how it fits various lifestyles at cantiro.ca/life-collection.

“We continue to grow and innovate not only through designing new home models and interiors, expanding our product line of home offerings, but also across divisions in our organization. With new communities to further create environments for amazing lives to happen, we are also working on new rental and commercial opportunities, and geographical expansion across Canada with new projects in Ontario and British Columbia.”

For more about the company, it’s communities and homes, go to cantiro.ca.