Sienna Homes Acquires Halliday Homes Canada

Ottawa-based home builders combine forces to offer the region's best-built, most distinctive and environmentally sound homes.

9 April 2008 - Ottawa, Ontario - Sienna Homes, a distinctive home builder known for its quality and style in Ottawa's west end today announced that it has acquired Halliday Homes Canada, Ltd., of Carleton Place, one of Canada's oldest and most unique residential design/build companies.

Together, the companies will design, engineer, manufacture and build single-family homes in rural subdivisions and micro-communities in the Ottawa region. Sienna's hallmark stylish and relaxed design aesthetic will be paired with Halliday's award-winning engineered building system to provide homeowners with the home they want and the house they need.

Margret Gallo, President of Sienna Homes, said, "By combining our distinctive designs with a healthy, high-quality engineered building process, we are able to ensure that every Sienna home features style, spaciousness, healthy air, energy efficiency, minimal maintenance, low monthly carrying costs and strong resale value."

As the builder behind one of the region's handful of certified Envirohomes, Halliday Homes also brings to Sienna a long-standing commitment to and expertise in environmentally sound residential home construction. Each home is pre-engineered in controlled conditions using eco-friendly engineered wood products, resulting in high-quality construction, a faster and more predictable construction process, and virtually no job site pollution and waste.

André Danis, Chief Operations Officer at Halliday Homes, said, "Through our custom-engineered building system, we have been providing healthier, more affordable homes of exceptional quality to the Ottawa-Carleton region for more than 40 years. We are now able to offer these benefits packaged with Sienna's impeccable style, character and prestige."

Together, Sienna Homes and Halliday Homes are currently set to build in a number of micro communities, including: Ashton Creek Estates in Ashton, Highland Woods in West Kanata, and Stonewalk in historic Almonte. Sienna also has a number of stunning towns and semi-bungalows available in Stonewater Bay on the Mississippi River in Carleton Place.

Sienna Homes and Halliday Homes are privately held and financial details of the acquisition were not released.

About Sienna Homes

Sienna Homes combines the cachet of custom home design with the quality and cost benefits of engineered building techniques to build the home you want and the house you need. By pairing our distinctive design aesthetic with a high-quality engineered building process, we ensure that every Sienna home features style, spaciousness, healthy air, energy efficiency, minimal maintenance, low monthly carrying costs and strong resale value.

Sienna Homes developments can be found in rural subdivisions and micro-communities throughout the Ottawa-Carleton region.

More information can be found at:
www.siennahomes.com
www.hallidayhomes.ca