diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/identifier_util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/identifier_util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f5e4fe70a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/compiler_util/identifier_util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {CompileTokenMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
+import {Identifiers, resolveIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
+import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
+
+export function createDiTokenExpression(token: CompileTokenMetadata): o.Expression {
+  if (isPresent(token.value)) {
+    return o.literal(token.value);
+  } else if (token.identifierIsInstance) {
+    return o.importExpr(token.identifier)
+        .instantiate([], o.importType(token.identifier, [], [o.TypeModifier.Const]));
+  } else {
+    return o.importExpr(token.identifier);
+  }
+}
+
+export function createFastArray(values: o.Expression[]): o.Expression {
+  if (values.length === 0) {
+    return o.importExpr(resolveIdentifier(Identifiers.EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY));
+  }
+  const index = Math.ceil(values.length / 2) - 1;
+  const identifierSpec = index < Identifiers.fastArrays.length ? Identifiers.fastArrays[index] :
+                                                                 Identifiers.FastArrayDynamic;
+  const identifier = resolveIdentifier(identifierSpec);
+  return o.importExpr(identifier).instantiate([
+    <o.Expression>o.literal(values.length)
+  ].concat(values));
+}
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts
index 49f549743c..1056b8aaf8 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/identifiers.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {ANALYZE_FOR_ENTRY_COMPONENTS, AnimationTransitionEvent, ChangeDetectionS
 
 import {CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
 import {AnimationGroupPlayer, AnimationKeyframe, AnimationSequencePlayer, AnimationStyles, AnimationTransition, AppElement, AppView, ChangeDetectorStatus, CodegenComponentFactoryResolver, DebugAppView, DebugContext, NgModuleInjector, NoOpAnimationPlayer, StaticNodeDebugInfo, TemplateRef_, UNINITIALIZED, ValueUnwrapper, ViewType, balanceAnimationKeyframes, clearStyles, collectAndResolveStyles, devModeEqual, prepareFinalAnimationStyles, reflector, registerModuleFactory, renderStyles, view_utils} from './private_import_core';
-import {assetUrl} from './util';
 
 var APP_VIEW_MODULE_URL = assetUrl('core', 'linker/view');
 var VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL = assetUrl('core', 'linker/view_utils');
@@ -190,8 +189,17 @@ export class Identifiers {
     moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL,
     runtime: view_utils.EMPTY_MAP
   };
-
-  static pureProxies = [
+  static createRenderElement: IdentifierSpec = {
+    name: 'createRenderElement',
+    moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL,
+    runtime: view_utils.createRenderElement
+  };
+  static selectOrCreateRenderHostElement: IdentifierSpec = {
+    name: 'selectOrCreateRenderHostElement',
+    moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL,
+    runtime: view_utils.selectOrCreateRenderHostElement
+  };
+  static pureProxies: IdentifierSpec[] = [
     null,
     {name: 'pureProxy1', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: view_utils.pureProxy1},
     {name: 'pureProxy2', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: view_utils.pureProxy2},
@@ -284,6 +292,34 @@ export class Identifiers {
     moduleUrl: assetUrl('core', 'animation/animation_transition'),
     runtime: AnimationTransition
   };
+
+  // This is just the interface!
+  static FastArray:
+      IdentifierSpec = {name: 'FastArray', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: null};
+  static fastArrays: IdentifierSpec[] = [
+    {name: 'FastArray2', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: view_utils.FastArray2},
+    {name: 'FastArray4', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: view_utils.FastArray4},
+    {name: 'FastArray8', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: view_utils.FastArray8},
+    {name: 'FastArray16', moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL, runtime: view_utils.FastArray16},
+  ];
+  static EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY: IdentifierSpec = {
+    name: 'EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY',
+    moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL,
+    runtime: view_utils.EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY
+  };
+  static FastArrayDynamic: IdentifierSpec = {
+    name: 'FastArrayDynamic',
+    moduleUrl: VIEW_UTILS_MODULE_URL,
+    runtime: view_utils.FastArrayDynamic
+  };
+}
+
+export function assetUrl(pkg: string, path: string = null, type: string = 'src'): string {
+  if (path == null) {
+    return `asset:@angular/lib/${pkg}/index`;
+  } else {
+    return `asset:@angular/lib/${pkg}/src/${path}`;
+  }
 }
 
 export function resolveIdentifier(identifier: IdentifierSpec) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts
index 3573247cb9..3bb1f49b1c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/ng_module_compiler.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import {Injectable} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileNgModuleMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
+import {createDiTokenExpression} from './compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {isPresent} from './facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, resolveIdentifier, resolveIdentifierToken} from './identifiers';
 import * as o from './output/output_ast';
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ import {ParseLocation, ParseSourceFile, ParseSourceSpan} from './parse_util';
 import {LifecycleHooks} from './private_import_core';
 import {NgModuleProviderAnalyzer} from './provider_analyzer';
 import {ProviderAst} from './template_parser/template_ast';
-import {createDiTokenExpression} from './util';
 
 export class ComponentFactoryDependency {
   constructor(
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/util.ts
index 7147cf6035..901bb383a3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/util.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {CompileTokenMetadata} from './compile_metadata';
-import {isBlank, isPresent, isPrimitive, isStrictStringMap} from './facade/lang';
-import * as o from './output/output_ast';
+import {isBlank, isPrimitive, isStrictStringMap} from './facade/lang';
 
 export const MODULE_SUFFIX = '';
 
@@ -72,25 +70,6 @@ export class ValueTransformer implements ValueVisitor {
   visitOther(value: any, context: any): any { return value; }
 }
 
-export function assetUrl(pkg: string, path: string = null, type: string = 'src'): string {
-  if (path == null) {
-    return `asset:@angular/lib/${pkg}/index`;
-  } else {
-    return `asset:@angular/lib/${pkg}/src/${path}`;
-  }
-}
-
-export function createDiTokenExpression(token: CompileTokenMetadata): o.Expression {
-  if (isPresent(token.value)) {
-    return o.literal(token.value);
-  } else if (token.identifierIsInstance) {
-    return o.importExpr(token.identifier)
-        .instantiate([], o.importType(token.identifier, [], [o.TypeModifier.Const]));
-  } else {
-    return o.importExpr(token.identifier);
-  }
-}
-
 export class SyncAsyncResult<T> {
   constructor(public syncResult: T, public asyncResult: Promise<T> = null) {
     if (!asyncResult) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
index 5b7733f25b..b1dda9d55d 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/compile_element.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 import {CompileDiDependencyMetadata, CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileProviderMetadata, CompileQueryMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {DirectiveWrapperCompiler} from '../directive_wrapper_compiler';
 import {MapWrapper} from '../facade/collection';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ import {Identifiers, identifierToken, resolveIdentifier, resolveIdentifierToken}
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {convertValueToOutputAst} from '../output/value_util';
 import {ProviderAst, ProviderAstType, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
-import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../util';
 
 import {CompileMethod} from './compile_method';
 import {CompileQuery, addQueryToTokenMap, createQueryList} from './compile_query';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts
index 42921b7385..2649a55c7f 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/util.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 
 
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, resolveIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
-import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../util';
 
 import {CompileView} from './compile_view';
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
index 87ae787443..3a403ff442 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/src/view_compiler/view_builder.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '@angular/core';
 
 import {CompileDirectiveMetadata, CompileIdentifierMetadata, CompileTokenMetadata} from '../compile_metadata';
+import {createDiTokenExpression, createFastArray} from '../compiler_util/identifier_util';
 import {isPresent} from '../facade/lang';
 import {Identifiers, identifierToken, resolveIdentifier} from '../identifiers';
 import * as o from '../output/output_ast';
 import {ChangeDetectorStatus, ViewType, isDefaultChangeDetectionStrategy} from '../private_import_core';
 import {AttrAst, BoundDirectivePropertyAst, BoundElementPropertyAst, BoundEventAst, BoundTextAst, DirectiveAst, ElementAst, EmbeddedTemplateAst, NgContentAst, ReferenceAst, TemplateAst, TemplateAstVisitor, TextAst, VariableAst, templateVisitAll} from '../template_parser/template_ast';
-import {createDiTokenExpression} from '../util';
 
 import {CompileElement, CompileNode} from './compile_element';
 import {CompileView} from './compile_view';
@@ -156,19 +156,29 @@ class ViewBuilderVisitor implements TemplateAstVisitor {
 
   visitElement(ast: ElementAst, parent: CompileElement): any {
     var nodeIndex = this.view.nodes.length;
-    var createRenderNodeExpr: o.InvokeMethodExpr;
+    var createRenderNodeExpr: o.Expression;
     var debugContextExpr = this.view.createMethod.resetDebugInfoExpr(nodeIndex, ast);
-    if (nodeIndex === 0 && this.view.viewType === ViewType.HOST) {
-      createRenderNodeExpr = o.THIS_EXPR.callMethod(
-          'selectOrCreateHostElement', [o.literal(ast.name), rootSelectorVar, debugContextExpr]);
+    var directives = ast.directives.map(directiveAst => directiveAst.directive);
+    var component = directives.find(directive => directive.isComponent);
+    if (ast.name === NG_CONTAINER_TAG) {
+      createRenderNodeExpr = ViewProperties.renderer.callMethod(
+          'createTemplateAnchor', [this._getParentRenderNode(parent), debugContextExpr]);
     } else {
-      if (ast.name === NG_CONTAINER_TAG) {
-        createRenderNodeExpr = ViewProperties.renderer.callMethod(
-            'createTemplateAnchor', [this._getParentRenderNode(parent), debugContextExpr]);
+      const htmlAttrs = _readHtmlAttrs(ast.attrs);
+      const attrNameAndValues = createFastArray(
+          _mergeHtmlAndDirectiveAttrs(htmlAttrs, directives).map(v => o.literal(v)));
+      if (nodeIndex === 0 && this.view.viewType === ViewType.HOST) {
+        createRenderNodeExpr =
+            o.importExpr(resolveIdentifier(Identifiers.selectOrCreateRenderHostElement)).callFn([
+              ViewProperties.renderer, o.literal(ast.name), attrNameAndValues, rootSelectorVar,
+              debugContextExpr
+            ]);
       } else {
-        createRenderNodeExpr = ViewProperties.renderer.callMethod(
-            'createElement',
-            [this._getParentRenderNode(parent), o.literal(ast.name), debugContextExpr]);
+        createRenderNodeExpr =
+            o.importExpr(resolveIdentifier(Identifiers.createRenderElement)).callFn([
+              ViewProperties.renderer, this._getParentRenderNode(parent), o.literal(ast.name),
+              attrNameAndValues, debugContextExpr
+            ]);
       }
     }
     var fieldName = `_el_${nodeIndex}`;
@@ -178,22 +188,6 @@ class ViewBuilderVisitor implements TemplateAstVisitor {
 
     var renderNode = o.THIS_EXPR.prop(fieldName);
 
-    var directives = ast.directives.map(directiveAst => directiveAst.directive);
-    var component = directives.find(directive => directive.isComponent);
-    var htmlAttrs = _readHtmlAttrs(ast.attrs);
-    var attrNameAndValues = _mergeHtmlAndDirectiveAttrs(htmlAttrs, directives);
-    for (var i = 0; i < attrNameAndValues.length; i++) {
-      const attrName = attrNameAndValues[i][0];
-      if (ast.name !== NG_CONTAINER_TAG) {
-        // <ng-container> are not rendered in the DOM
-        const attrValue = attrNameAndValues[i][1];
-        this.view.createMethod.addStmt(
-            ViewProperties.renderer
-                .callMethod(
-                    'setElementAttribute', [renderNode, o.literal(attrName), o.literal(attrValue)])
-                .toStmt());
-      }
-    }
     var compileElement = new CompileElement(
         parent, this.view, nodeIndex, renderNode, ast, component, directives, ast.providers,
         ast.hasViewContainer, false, ast.references, this.targetDependencies);
@@ -328,18 +322,22 @@ function _isNgContainer(node: CompileNode, view: CompileView): boolean {
 
 
 function _mergeHtmlAndDirectiveAttrs(
-    declaredHtmlAttrs: {[key: string]: string},
-    directives: CompileDirectiveMetadata[]): string[][] {
-  var result: {[key: string]: string} = {};
-  Object.keys(declaredHtmlAttrs).forEach(key => { result[key] = declaredHtmlAttrs[key]; });
+    declaredHtmlAttrs: {[key: string]: string}, directives: CompileDirectiveMetadata[]): string[] {
+  const mapResult: {[key: string]: string} = {};
+  Object.keys(declaredHtmlAttrs).forEach(key => { mapResult[key] = declaredHtmlAttrs[key]; });
   directives.forEach(directiveMeta => {
     Object.keys(directiveMeta.hostAttributes).forEach(name => {
       const value = directiveMeta.hostAttributes[name];
-      var prevValue = result[name];
-      result[name] = isPresent(prevValue) ? mergeAttributeValue(name, prevValue, value) : value;
+      const prevValue = mapResult[name];
+      mapResult[name] = isPresent(prevValue) ? mergeAttributeValue(name, prevValue, value) : value;
     });
   });
-  return mapToKeyValueArray(result);
+  const arrResult: string[] = [];
+  // Note: We need to sort to get a defined output order
+  // for tests and for caching generated artifacts...
+  Object.keys(mapResult).sort().forEach(
+      (attrName) => { arrResult.push(attrName, mapResult[attrName]); });
+  return arrResult;
 }
 
 function _readHtmlAttrs(attrs: AttrAst[]): {[key: string]: string} {
@@ -356,14 +354,6 @@ function mergeAttributeValue(attrName: string, attrValue1: string, attrValue2: s
   }
 }
 
-function mapToKeyValueArray(data: {[key: string]: string}): string[][] {
-  var entryArray: string[][] = [];
-  Object.keys(data).forEach(name => { entryArray.push([name, data[name]]); });
-  // We need to sort to get a defined output order
-  // for tests and for caching generated artifacts...
-  return entryArray.sort();
-}
-
 function createViewTopLevelStmts(view: CompileView, targetStatements: o.Statement[]) {
   var nodeDebugInfosVar: o.Expression = o.NULL_EXPR;
   if (view.genConfig.genDebugInfo) {
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_typed.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_typed.ts
index d614cc5160..99351a4ca3 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_typed.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_typed.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import {TypeScriptEmitter} from '@angular/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter';
 
 import {print} from '../../src/facade/lang';
-import {assetUrl} from '../../src/util';
+import {assetUrl} from '../../src/identifiers';
 
 function unimplemented(): any {
   throw new Error('unimplemented');
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_untyped.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_untyped.ts
index 2e36343b30..c6e8dead18 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_untyped.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_codegen_untyped.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import {JavaScriptEmitter} from '@angular/compiler/src/output/js_emitter';
 
 import {print} from '../../src/facade/lang';
-import {assetUrl} from '../../src/util';
+import {assetUrl} from '../../src/identifiers';
 
 import {SimpleJsImportGenerator, codegenExportsVars, codegenStmts} from './output_emitter_util';
 
diff --git a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_util.ts b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_util.ts
index 7e8944abb6..f33b2e54f4 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_util.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/compiler/test/output/output_emitter_util.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 import {CompileIdentifierMetadata} from '@angular/compiler/src/compile_metadata';
+import {assetUrl} from '@angular/compiler/src/identifiers';
 import * as o from '@angular/compiler/src/output/output_ast';
 import {ImportGenerator} from '@angular/compiler/src/output/path_util';
-import {assetUrl} from '@angular/compiler/src/util';
 import {EventEmitter} from '@angular/core';
 import {BaseError} from '@angular/core/src/facade/errors';
 import {ViewType} from '@angular/core/src/linker/view_type';
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts
index b46b5cea1a..1ff412a50b 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view.ts
@@ -113,17 +113,6 @@ export abstract class AppView<T> {
     }
   }
 
-  selectOrCreateHostElement(
-      elementName: string, rootSelectorOrNode: string|any, debugInfo: RenderDebugInfo): any {
-    var hostElement: any;
-    if (isPresent(rootSelectorOrNode)) {
-      hostElement = this.renderer.selectRootElement(rootSelectorOrNode, debugInfo);
-    } else {
-      hostElement = this.renderer.createElement(null, elementName, debugInfo);
-    }
-    return hostElement;
-  }
-
   injectorGet(token: any, nodeIndex: number, notFoundResult: any): any {
     return this.injectorGetInternal(token, nodeIndex, notFoundResult);
   }
diff --git a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts
index cfee424837..83e380461c 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/core/src/linker/view_utils.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {UNINITIALIZED} from '../change_detection/change_detection_util';
 import {Inject, Injectable} from '../di';
 import {isPresent, looseIdentical} from '../facade/lang';
 import {ViewEncapsulation} from '../metadata/view';
-import {RenderComponentType, Renderer, RootRenderer} from '../render/api';
+import {RenderComponentType, RenderDebugInfo, Renderer, RootRenderer} from '../render/api';
 import {Sanitizer} from '../security';
 
 import {AppElement} from './element';
@@ -377,3 +377,153 @@ const CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP = /([A-Z])/g;
 function camelCaseToDashCase(input: string): string {
   return input.replace(CAMEL_CASE_REGEXP, (...m: any[]) => '-' + m[1].toLowerCase());
 }
+
+export function createRenderElement(
+    renderer: Renderer, parentElement: any, name: string, attrs: FastArray<string>,
+    debugInfo?: RenderDebugInfo): any {
+  const el = renderer.createElement(parentElement, name, debugInfo);
+  for (var i = 0; i < attrs.length; i += 2) {
+    renderer.setElementAttribute(el, attrs.get(i), attrs.get(i + 1));
+  }
+  return el;
+}
+
+export function selectOrCreateRenderHostElement(
+    renderer: Renderer, elementName: string, attrs: FastArray<string>,
+    rootSelectorOrNode: string | any, debugInfo: RenderDebugInfo): any {
+  var hostElement: any;
+  if (isPresent(rootSelectorOrNode)) {
+    hostElement = renderer.selectRootElement(rootSelectorOrNode, debugInfo);
+  } else {
+    hostElement = createRenderElement(renderer, null, elementName, attrs, debugInfo);
+  }
+  return hostElement;
+}
+
+export interface FastArray<T> {
+  length: number;
+  get(index: number): T;
+}
+
+class FastArray0 implements FastArray<any> {
+  length = 0;
+  get(index: number): any { return undefined; }
+}
+
+export class FastArray2<T> implements FastArray<T> {
+  constructor(public length: number, private _v0: T, private _v1: T) {}
+  get(index: number) {
+    switch (index) {
+      case 0:
+        return this._v0;
+      case 1:
+        return this._v1;
+      default:
+        return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class FastArray4<T> implements FastArray<T> {
+  constructor(
+      public length: number, private _v0: T, private _v1: T, private _v2: T, private _v3: T) {}
+  get(index: number) {
+    switch (index) {
+      case 0:
+        return this._v0;
+      case 1:
+        return this._v1;
+      case 2:
+        return this._v2;
+      case 3:
+        return this._v3;
+      default:
+        return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class FastArray8<T> implements FastArray<T> {
+  constructor(
+      public length: number, private _v0: T, private _v1: T, private _v2: T, private _v3: T,
+      private _v4: T, private _v5: T, private _v6: T, private _v7: T) {}
+  get(index: number) {
+    switch (index) {
+      case 0:
+        return this._v0;
+      case 1:
+        return this._v1;
+      case 2:
+        return this._v2;
+      case 3:
+        return this._v3;
+      case 4:
+        return this._v4;
+      case 5:
+        return this._v5;
+      case 6:
+        return this._v6;
+      case 7:
+        return this._v7;
+      default:
+        return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class FastArray16<T> implements FastArray<T> {
+  constructor(
+      public length: number, private _v0: T, private _v1: T, private _v2: T, private _v3: T,
+      private _v4: T, private _v5: T, private _v6: T, private _v7: T, private _v8: T,
+      private _v9: T, private _v10: T, private _v11: T, private _v12: T, private _v13: T,
+      private _v14: T, private _v15: T) {}
+  get(index: number) {
+    switch (index) {
+      case 0:
+        return this._v0;
+      case 1:
+        return this._v1;
+      case 2:
+        return this._v2;
+      case 3:
+        return this._v3;
+      case 4:
+        return this._v4;
+      case 5:
+        return this._v5;
+      case 6:
+        return this._v6;
+      case 7:
+        return this._v7;
+      case 8:
+        return this._v8;
+      case 9:
+        return this._v9;
+      case 10:
+        return this._v10;
+      case 11:
+        return this._v11;
+      case 12:
+        return this._v12;
+      case 13:
+        return this._v13;
+      case 14:
+        return this._v14;
+      case 15:
+        return this._v15;
+      default:
+        return undefined;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class FastArrayDynamic<T> implements FastArray<T> {
+  private _values: any[];
+  // Note: We still take the length argument so this class can be created
+  // in the same ways as the other classes!
+  constructor(public length: number, ...values: any[]) { this._values = values; }
+
+  get(index: number) { return this._values[index]; }
+}
+
+export const EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY: FastArray<any> = new FastArray0();
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_ftl/tree_host.ngfactory.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_ftl/tree_host.ngfactory.ts
index 93545376f8..e7659ffb48 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_ftl/tree_host.ngfactory.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_ftl/tree_host.ngfactory.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class _View_TreeComponent_Host0 extends import1.AppView<any> {
         parentInjector, declarationEl, import7.ChangeDetectorStatus.CheckAlways);
   }
   createInternal(rootSelector: string): import2.AppElement {
-    this._el_0 = this.selectOrCreateHostElement('tree', rootSelector, (null as any));
+    this._el_0 = import4.selectOrCreateRenderHostElement(
+        this.renderer, 'tree', import4.EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY, rootSelector, (null as any));
     this._vc_0 = new import2.AppElement(0, (null as any), this, this._el_0);
     this._TreeComponent_0_4 = new _View_TreeComponent0(this._el_0);
     this._vc_0.initComponent(this._TreeComponent_0_4.context, [], <any>this._TreeComponent_0_4);
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_static_ftl/tree_root.ngfactory.ts b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_static_ftl/tree_root.ngfactory.ts
index 18d11c830c..1573bedda0 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_static_ftl/tree_root.ngfactory.ts
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/ng2_static_ftl/tree_root.ngfactory.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ class _View_TreeRootComponent_Host0 extends import1.AppView<any> {
         viewUtils, parentInjector, declarationEl, import7.ChangeDetectorStatus.CheckAlways);
   }
   createInternal(rootSelector: string): import2.AppElement {
-    this._el_0 = this.selectOrCreateHostElement('tree', rootSelector, (null as any));
+    this._el_0 = import4.selectOrCreateRenderHostElement(
+        this.renderer, 'tree', import4.EMPTY_FAST_ARRAY, rootSelector, (null as any));
     this._appEl_0 = new import2.AppElement(0, (null as any), this, this._el_0);
     var compView_0: any =
         viewFactory_TreeRootComponent0(this.viewUtils, this.injector(0), this._appEl_0);