Requirement that construction begin after September 13, 2023
33. Construction is generally considered to begin at the time the excavation work relating to the residential complex begins.
34. Construction is not considered to begin at any of the following times:
- signing a purchase and sale agreement
- demolition
- site and environmental testing
- plan development and finalization
- clearing, remediation, and reclamation activities
- issuance of permits
- contracting for the excavation
- road construction
35. The legislation for the PBRH rebate, in particular subsection 256.2(3.1), refers to when the construction of a residential complex or addition, or the construction or alteration necessary to effect a conversion to a residential complex, begins. The legislation does not refer to a particular builder.
36. The time when the construction begins generally depends on when the excavation begins, and not on who begins or completes the construction of the residential complex.
37. Where a builder begins construction of a residential complex but then ceases work, and construction is later resumed by either the same builder or a different one, whether continuing the original plan or using the existing work for a different type of complex, the construction is generally considered to have begun at the time of the initial excavation.
- Example 3. Project maintained its October 31, 2021 excavation-commencement date notwithstanding that the project was then sold while only the complex shell was completed - and changed by the purchaser to a MURC rather than condo project.
