It’s easy for things to get missed – but our three-tier inspection system ensures that doesn’t happen.” Drew also credits the quality control to the company’s aforementioned longstanding relationships with general contractors as well as subcontractors and trades. He says most of those relationships go back over a decade: “We have long-term relationships, and that matters a lot,” he says. “As anyone in construction knows, starting new relationships is tough. If you haven’t worked with a trade before, you just don’t know how it’s going to go. But when you have long-term relationships with folks who have proven themselves, you know what to expect. You know the type of quality you’re going to get.” Looking forward, Elevate Living’s goal is to maintain their long-term relationships with contractors and trades, and thus maintain their quality certainty. The company’s goal is also to do increasingly sustainable projects. As previously mentioned, they are finishing their first Net Zero build now. That project is a 28-unit, threestorey wood building in St. Catharines. Features include triple-glazed windows sourced from Germany and Hardie board commercial exterior siding – “which is quite an expensive product but the look of it and the quality of it is top notch,” Drew says. In addition, that project will also implement some of the carbon-reduction strategies that were previously outlined – i.e., it’s going to have a Tesla Model 3 car share program, an electric bike share program, JANUARY 2024
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