Four new buildings in B.C. are each receiving $500,000 — totalling $2 million — to demonstrate and showcase the benefits of mass-timber construction. “Mass timber represents a transformative, locally sourced solution that’s generating significant employment opportunities, spurring cutting-edge innovation, and revitalizing rural economies across British Columbia,” said Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth. …The four projects were announced at the 2025 International Woodrise Congress. …Delivered through the Province’s Crown corporation Forestry Innovation Investment. The four projects are:

• Nexus, a six-storey mass-timber project in Penticton that includes four storeys of office space, a daycare and retail space;
• An Indigenous affordable housing project in Surrey that will be an eight-storey tall mass-timber hybrid building
• Cube 2.0, a three-storey climbing gym in Nelson that will be an Olympic-level facility that showcases sustainable practices
• The Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon’s Willow House, a 12-storey build that will provide 75 units