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Located in the charming town of Cochrane, just 20-minutes west of Calgary, Heartland is a family focused master-planned community offering idyllic countryside living with convenient access to local schools, recreation and urban amenities.

Excel Homes is committed to creating innovative and thoughtfully designed homes and providing unparalleled value to our homeowners. To accomplish this, we rely on a team of dedicated individuals. This month, we’re shining the spotlight on our fabulous production assistant Shelley Dziuba.

Giving back to our community is one of Excel’s core values. Throughout the year we organize a host of fundraising events and volunteering opportunities for our employees and their families. One of our favourite annual company sponsored events is Not Just A Walk In the Park, in support of Hospice Calgary.

HillCrest, located in the southern tip of Airdrie, is a fantastic and affordable community for families. You’ll find highly rated schools and an array of shopping and recreational opportunities minutes away. The community’s proximity to the highway also offers convenient access to CrossIron Mills shopping centre, the airport and downtown Calgary. As HillCrest and Airdrie continue to flourish, the area’s amenities grow. Check out some of our sales team’s favourite current and future community highlights.

With warmer weather well on its way, it’s time to start planning those weekend getaways. Trips to the lake, barbeques on the beach, freshwater fishing and exploring the great outdoors are hallmarks of summer in Alberta. Now imagine a whole season of fun in the sun without having to pack up the car and fight weekend traffic out of the city. This blissful fantasy is actually reality for homeowners at Calgary’s Community Of The Year (212, 213 & 214!)

We love being a part of this family focused community that’s set on a picturesque southern hillside in Airdrie. HillCrest is close to excellent schools, shopping and amenities, and offers easy highway access for trips to the city, airport and Cross Iron Mills mall. You’re also spoiled for choice when it comes to recreational pursuits. There’s a host of parks and pathways to explore, as well as the Woodside Golf Club and expansive Genesis Place recreation centre with pools, fitness centre and outdoor track.

Giving back to the communities we build in is extremely important at Excel. Our most recent project was building the Boys and Girls Club of Cochrane & Area (BGCCA) a brand new kitchen and bathroom. It took five days, 1 volunteers and over 2, hours of labour. The result? Some of the brightest and most appreciative smiles we’ve ever seen.

Good things come to those who wait, unless we’re talking about one of Excel’s quick possession homes. Then the waiting game is officially over! Throughout the years we've built a series of brand new spec homes. This means that instead of waiting the standard six to nine months for new construction, you can be in your home within 3 – 9 days. And a speedy move-in date isn’t the only benefit you’ll enjoy with a new Excel spec home:

At Excel Homes, we are so excited to have built our 1^st home. Along with the 29 million combined man hours to build all these homes, the weight of Calgary’s Bow Tower in concrete, and a lot of teamwork, we have been able to make more than 10,000 homeowner’s dreams come true. In celebrating our 26^th anniversary, we found some cool and interesting facts about what it really takes to build 10,000 homes. Check it out!