WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. – The Province of British Columbia is supporting the establishment of a new mass-timber production facility in Williams Lake, B.C.
The government will contribute up to $10 million for Massive Canada to build and start operations of a new manufacturing facility which has a total budget of $75 million.
The project is the first approved through the province’s new $180-million BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund, which opened for applications in February.
Massive Canada will acquire, renovate and equip an existing 91,000-square-foot manufacturing plant. The facility will prefabricate laneway homes, apartment units, townhouses and commercial projects using mass-timber building products and systems that significantly reduce construction time, a government release stated.
“The B.C. government’s 2022 Mass Timber Action Plan was a pivotal document for us. Thanks to the Manufacturing Jobs Fund, we will create jobs for knowledge workers and tradespersons in this innovative industry,” Massive Canada CEO Gaetan Royer said in a statement.
The BC Manufacturing Jobs Fund supports established for-profit organizations to plan and launch “shovel-ready, high-value industrial and manufacturing projects that bring direct benefits and stable, family-supporting jobs to communities, while driving clean and inclusive growth throughout the province,” the release stated.
The facility is expected to be ready for small-scale operations later in 2023 and full operations in 2024.
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