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Less than nine months after breaking ground, construction has topped off at 355 Coxwell Avenue, where Habitat for Humanity GTA is developing a six-storey condominium with 33 attainable homeownership units in Toronto’s Greenwood-Coxwell neighbourhood. The milestone comes as applications have opened for future residents, ahead of anticipated occupancy in the second quarter of 2027.
Announced in late 2025, the development is the first flagship project to emerge under the Ontario–Toronto New Deal’s attainable modular housing initiative, bringing together Habitat, the City of Toronto, and the Government of Ontario to deliver below-market homeownership opportunities. Rising on the northeast corner of Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street East, the building will provide homes through Habitat’s attainable homeownership program, supported by a $10 million provincial investment and $4.9 million from the City.
“Today’s milestone is about more than reaching the top of a building,” said Ene Underwood, CEO of Habitat for Humanity GTA. “It’s about reaching the moment when future homeowners can begin to see themselves here.”
The topping-off also marks an important milestone for Habitat’s exploration of panelized construction as a faster, more efficient building method. “This is an important pilot project for Habitat GTA. It is our third panelized construction project in recent years, but our first mid-rise building using this approach,” said Joshua Bénard, Executive Vice President of Real Estate Development & Construction at Habitat for Humanity GTA. “The previous two projects were stacked townhomes, so testing panelized construction on a six-storey building gives us a real opportunity to understand how this method can perform at a larger scale.”
The project has already demonstrated the pace that panelized construction can offer when paired with a streamlined delivery strategy. Fabricated building components are manufactured off-site and assembled on-site, allowing Habitat to assess how the approach can shorten construction timelines, improve scheduling certainty, and increase efficiency for future developments.
“With support from the City of Toronto and Government of Ontario, we have been able to test a delivery model that can improve speed, predictability, and construction efficiency. We saw each floor erected in approximately five business days,” Bénard said.
Designed by RAW Design, the development has been planned with families in mind, providing a balanced mix of 11 one-bedroom, 10 two-bedroom, and 12 three-bedroom homes. Beyond the residential units, the design incorporates ground-floor bicycle and stroller storage, naturally lit exit stairwells, a shared rooftop terrace, and private terraces for select sixth-floor suites overlooking the surrounding neighbourhood and Lake Ontario.
“We are also really proud of the housing mix at 355 Coxwell. The building will offer approximately one third three-bedroom homes, one third two-bedroom homes, and one third one-bedroom plus den homes. That mix was intentional. We wanted to create a healthy, happy, family-oriented building for people who prioritize public transit, cycling and walking as part of their daily lives,” noted Bénard.
With construction topped off, Habitat has opened applications for the development’s attainable homeownership program, allowing prospective purchasers to begin the eligibility process ahead of occupancy. The homes are intended for households earning up to Toronto’s 70th income percentile, creating below-market ownership opportunities through the partnership between Habitat, the Province, and the City.
“Every Torontonian deserves the opportunity to build a future in the city they call home,” said Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. “Projects like 355 Coxwell demonstrate what is possible when governments and community partners work together to create more pathways to homeownership.”
The project represents an early Ontario–Toronto New Deal initiative pairing panelized construction with public investment to test a model that could accelerate similar attainable homeownership projects across Toronto.
“The takeaway from 355 Coxwell is that panelized construction has real potential to help us deliver affordable homes faster, but the full benefit comes when the entire construction methodology is designed around speed, sequencing and repeatability from the outset, and when the building itself remains focused on the people and families who will call it home,” said Bénard.
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