Vancouver has approved mass timber construction up to 12 storeys for residential and commercial uses, doubling the current height limit of six storeys. 

PB Hotels and Resorts has selected HDR to design a new 82-suite, 12-storey mass timber Ramada Hotel in Kelowna. Construction start is anticipated in 2021.

Alberta will now allow wood-building construction for up to 12 storeys - the first province in Canada to allow the practice provincewide.

Thirteen B.C. communities are adopting innovative mass timber technology for taller wood buildings and will provide feedback for the next major code change.

The City of Kelowna is participating in B.C.'s Early Adoption initiative that would allow wood frame buildings to be built up to 12 storeys tall.

B.C. will be first in Canada to allow 12-storey mass timber buildings. The current building code allows only six-storey mass timber buildings.