Creating a connection One of Chanden Homes’ most recent properties is located at 710 Westminster Ave in Winnipeg. That project was designed by Affinity Architecture, a firm that Leon has been working with for about 12 years now. “I’ve always found Affinity to be a very good fit,” he says. “When I started working with them, they caught on to my vision right away. They understood that I wanted to have a superior building without superior cost, essentially. They’ve worked very well with us to find ways to cut costs while improving quality. They’ve been very open to suggestions and ideas and we work very well together. On 710 Westminster, the goal of the project was to create “a connection with the community.” The project includes some commercial office space, and Leon says they wanted even that to be connected. “We didn’t want to just have a big corporate commercial JULY 2022
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