Duplexes to twelve-plexes,
built indoors.
A published multi-family lineup for developers, housing providers and communities, built complete in our plants while your site is excavated and the foundation poured.
What is a modular multi-family building?
A modular multi-family building is a duplex, plex or small apartment building whose suites are built as finished modules inside a factory, then set on the foundation in days. Herauf publishes eight multi-family layouts, from a 50' × 18' duplex to a twelve-plex and a 116' × 85' complex with eight suites, and each meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code.
Why repeated suites suit a factory, which part of the code applies and how CMHC finances modular rental are set out in modular multi-family housing advantages. The small end of the range is in modular duplexes and triplexes.
Which layouts, for whom, and how fast?
- Layouts
- A duplex, two triplexes, a four-plex, a two-storey five-plex, a ten-plex, a twelve-plex and a 116' × 85' modular complex with eight suites.
- Accessibility
- Accessible main-floor suite options on the ten-plex and twelve-plex.
- Shared space
- The modular complex adds a cafeteria, recreation and reception space, suited to senior living and youth transition housing.
- Suited to
- Apartment complexes, townhouses and urban infill sites.
- Timeline
- About 16 weeks to manufacture and deliver for most builds, then days to set.
- Standard
- Meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code, built for climate zones 6 through 8.
- Published multi-family layouts
- 8
- Suites in the largest plex
- 12
- Meets or exceeds
- CSA A277
Eight layouts,
two suites to twelve.
Duplex
50' × 18'
Triplex One
50' × 18', includes basement suite
Triplex Two
50' × 19', 1,344 sq ft
Four-Plex
50' × 18', 900 sq ft per suite
Five-Plex
18' × 40' two-storey, 1,440 sq ft, 3 bed · 3 bath per suite
Ten-Plex
18' × 50', accessible main-floor suite options
Twelve-Plex
18' × 40', accessible main-floor suite options
Modular Complex
116' × 85', 8 suites plus cafeteria, recreation and reception; suited to senior living and youth transition housing
As printed in the Inner City Infill & Investments brochure. Multi-family buildings are priced by written quote.
Housing delivered
at community scale.
Herauf's delivered housing is homes rather than plexes so far: twenty for one settlement, built in advance with CMHC and government partners, and transitional homes hauled north over the ice.
Buffalo Lake, Alberta
Buffalo Lake Métis Housing
20 new homes built in advance and installed in days, turning an empty plot into a lived-in Métis community.
St. Theresa Point, Manitoba
St. Theresa Point Housing
Homes built off-season and delivered ~700 km north over winter ice roads to a fly-in community reachable by ground only when the ice roads form.
The building, or the whole project.
A developer with land and approvals in hand can quote the building directly: send the site, the unit count and the target occupancy date. An investor who wants one partner from the land to the keys can work with Herauf Development, which manages land acquisition, permitting, construction and completion.
The developer's side of a modular schedule is in developer advantages with Herauf Modular.
What else do we build
for business and community?
- Commercial modular buildings Offices, medical, institutional and industrial buildings
- Modular office buildings Offices, site offices and safety offices, on skids or foundations
- Modular daycares and schools Daycares for 30 to 90 children, classrooms and program offices
- Modular washroom and shower buildings Nine barrier-free configurations, installed in days
- Workforce camp and site buildings Quarters, site offices and camp buildings on steel skids
- Modular medical clinics and pharmacies Medical centres, first-aid units and pharmacies
- Northern and remote modular buildings Delivered by road, ice road and barge
- Commercial modular buildings in Regina Built at the Zehner plant, 20 minutes from Regina
Common questions.
Who builds modular multi-family buildings in Western Canada?
Herauf Modular builds a published multi-family lineup indoors at its plants in Zehner, Saskatchewan and Enderby, BC: a duplex, two triplexes, a four-plex, a two-storey five-plex, a ten-plex and a twelve-plex with accessible main-floor suite options, and a 116' × 85' modular complex with eight suites and shared space.
Which part of the building code covers a modular multi-family building?
The same part as a site-built one. Under the National Building Code, Part 9 covers residential buildings of three storeys or less with a building area of no more than 600 square metres, which includes most duplexes to small apartment buildings. Larger or taller buildings are designed under the code's provisions for large buildings.
Can a modular rental building be financed through CMHC?
Since May 2026, CMHC's multi-unit mortgage loan insurance allows modular construction for all its multi-unit products, including MLI Select, which needs at least five units. Terms change, so confirm them with CMHC or your lender.
Can Herauf handle the land and permits as well as the building?
Herauf Development manages land acquisition, permitting, construction and completion for investors who want one partner from site to handover. A buyer who only needs the building can quote it directly with Herauf Modular.
How long does a modular multi-family building take?
Most Herauf buildings are manufactured and delivered in about 16 weeks, because the units are built indoors while the site is excavated and the foundation poured. Setting the modules on site takes days.