MEDIA ADVISORY

**MEDIA ADVISORY**

250-Ton Crane Installs Toronto’s First Modern, Sustainable, Prefab Home In Only a Few Hours

WHAT: Experience the installation of the Nexterra LivingHome – the first modern, prefabricated, environmentally responsible home in Toronto. Arriving in six separate modules on four flatbed trucks, the assembly will see a 250-ton crane set in place and join together 2,130 square feet of modules with the basement, creating a gorgeous, green, single-family home in less than seven hours.

The home features:

• 2,130 square feet including 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, finished basement, two-car garage, plus multi-level exterior decks
• World-class modern design by LivingHomes® and architect Ray Kappe, FAIA
• Superior construction in a quality-controlled factory – reducing the exposure to weather, building time, lessening waste, and creating a strong and tight structure
• Open first floor plan with plentiful daylight and ravine
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• 10 foot ceilings throughout the first and second floors (9 feet in basement)
• Exterior high performance fiber cement rain screen system with white cedar accent siding
• Geothermal heating and cooling system
• Soy-based polyurethane foam insulation
• Durable Energy Star® certified fiberglass windows
• Energy efficient lighting including LED recessed lights
• Low flow plumbing fixtures
• The finest responsible and beautifully designed finishes

WHEN: NEW TIMING DO TO TRAFFIC CONDITIONS — NOON – 4:30PM

**Subject to change on account of weather and traffic conditions**

WHERE: 20 Senlac Avenue, Toronto, ON M2N 1S3 (Senlac Ave. runs north of Sheppard Ave. West).

OF INTEREST: The Nexterra LivingHome is on track to become Canada’s first factory-built LEED® Canada Platinum Certified home, the nationally accepted, third-party benchmark for the highest performing green buildings. The Nexterra LivingHome will be offered for sale mid-February.

VISUALS: Watch a giant crane lower and set in place six modules creating a stunning, sustainable, two- story prefab home in just a few hours.

INTERVIEWS: Gary Lands, President of Nexterra Green Homes Ltd. and Laura Felstiner, LEED AP

CONTACT: Jen Knox (416) 882-1432, jen@debmccain.com

Deb McCain (416) 402-5681, deb@debmccain.com