Western Investor July 2012 Section B

Tobiano Golf Course Kamloops BC – BC’s Premier Public Golf Course

INTERIOR B.C. • ALBERTA • SASKATCHEWAN • MANITOBA SECTION

$4.29 JULY 2012 Vol. 27/Issue 7

15 REBUILDING OF SLAVE LAKE

“Inspired� effort pulls hope from the ashes

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Mayor Karina PillayKinnee cites community’s “courage� after nearly a third of town burnt down

7 PINSTRIPES IN TRAILER PARKS

REIT bean counters lusting for income turn to mobile home plays

11 BETTING ON A RED DEER BOOM

Speculative industrial builders see growth in Alberta’s power corridor

For Sale Asking Price: $5,500,000

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B2 Interior British Columbia Colliers International Centre Group Commercial Realty Kelowna, B.C. 250.763.2300

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Colliers International Centre Group Real Estate Services Kamloops, B.C. 250.372.7000

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McLaughlin Commercial Group - RE/MAX Commercial - RE/MAX Kelowna PRIME DEVELOPMENT SITES WINFIELD TOWN CENTRE FULLY SERVICED & READY TO BUILD 2.93 Acres - Lots 1 & 2 1.31 Acres - Lot 1 1.62 Acres - Lot 2 0.90 Acres - Lot 3 2.67 Acres - Lot 4

$ 3,399,000 $ 1,699,000 $ 1,699,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 3,250,000

6.5 Acres â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Asking: $6,500,000,00 + HST MLSÂŽ (Plus DLC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Latecomer Charges)

OPERATING SALON & SPA NKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;MIP RESORT, Osoyoos, B.C. Solstice Spa located in the award-winning, four-season NKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;MIP Resort. Turn-key package with an already proven location.

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$4,766,800 $1,161,000 $ 849,000 $ 682,500 $ 673,500

This assembly comprises 5 lots that can be purchased individually or as a complete package.

Lease Space on McCurdy Road.

Air conditioning, gas Âżre, forced air, electric, 200 amp., 3-phase power all available. Open parking.

Full Building: $2,000,000 plus HST Commercial Only: $1,200,000 plus HST

Actual revenue of $1M+ for 2011. Projected revenue of of $1.15M+ for 2012. Turn-key opportunity with a stunning newly renovated layout with multiple salon chairs, spa treatment rooms, manicure and pedicure options! +as the ability to host wedding parties, groups, couples and all-day packages.

70.80 Acres - Lot D 15.48 Acres - Lot 1 11.32 Acres - Lot 9 9.10 Acres - Lot 10 8.98 Acres - Lot 8

NEW TILT UP INDUSTRIAL BUILDING 1,569 - 7,295 SQUARE FEET INCENTIVES AVAILABLE!!!

+/- 6,581 SF - 6 STRATA UNITS

HIGH-END OPERATING SALON & SPA OPPORTUNITY IN THE OKANAGAN

Minutes from Kelownaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s International Airport.

One side abuts golf course in Quail Ridge.

Gravel Pit is a permitted use!

Asking: $8,132,800.00 MLSÂŽ

RARE, NEW FEE SIMPLE MIXED BUILDING

Newly constructed corner fee simple mixed use building is completed. 3 residential and 3 commercial strata units. Superior construction! Commercial bays are available for viewing at any time.

APPROXIMATELY 115.68 ACRES LAND ASSEMBLY IN NORTH GLENMORE/ UNIVERSITY DISTRICT

Asking: $12.50 psf plus CAM MLSÂŽ

LEASE OFFERINGS - Kelowna

- Kelowna - West Kelowna - Vernon - Lake Country - Kelowna

INDUSTRIAL ,2 - 20,000 S) 1,569 - 7,295 SF

OfÂżce :arehouse New Tilt-Up

RETAIL/OFFICE 1,000 - 5,000 SF 1,990 SF 1,100 - 3,300 SF 950 SF 2,500 - ,000 SF

Pandosy Area Lower Mission Downtown Kelowna Main Floor Shell Units South Vernon +ighway 6 Retail Pads Sites

SERVICE COMMERCIAL 3,176 SF 9 SF

Asking: $445,000.00 + HST Exclusive

Ken McLaughlin, B.Comm. - 250.870.7845

Commercial Industrial Mix OfÂżce

NORTH GLENMORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY Approx. 3.32 acres with C9 zoning.

Currently being operated as a mobile home and RV park. Site currently also has two residences. Neighbouring proposed Glenmore Rd. to UBCO bypass.

Asking: $3,300,000.00 Exclusive

Kris McLaughlin - 250.870.2165

B4 Interior British Columbia

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KAMLOOPS, BC FOR SALE

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT

635 Victoria Street UÊ ÝVi i ÌÊ ÛiÃÌ i ÌÊ «« ÀÌÕ ÌÞÊ ÊVi ÌÀ> ÊLÕà iÃÃÊ ` ÃÌÀ VÌÊ vÊ` Ü Ì Ü Ê > «Ã UÊ Õ ` }Ê ÃÊ ÊiÝVi i ÌÊV ` Ì UÊ ««À Ý >Ìi ÞÊ nääÊõ°vÌ°]ÊÀi ÌÃÊLi ÜÊ >À iÌ UÊ Õ> Ê V iÊfÈä]äääÊ iÌÊ­>««À Ý°® $799,000

429 Tranquille Road

In Midway, B.C., minutes from the US border.

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This property is located on the Kettle River with over a kilometer of riverfront in a beautiful east to west running valley. 45+/- acres comes with a modern 6,000 square foot office building.

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Contact Quintin @ 406-375-4280

Mona M. Murray Dip. ULE, RI (BC), CPM

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250-372-2277 mona@mcmrealestate.ca

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Coldwell Banker Horizon Realty

COLDWELL BANKER COMMERCIAL WORLDWIDE CENTRAL LOCATION 2400 SQ FT RETAIL/OFFICE BUILDING

$200,000

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 52,000 SQ FT ON 7 ACRES $1,490,000

CENTRAL SCHOOL $1,950,000 3 LUXURY CONDOS ON TOP FLOOR CALL ROB BURRUS 250-231-4420

LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BLDG $425,000

MIDWAY STORAGE $1,290,000

4 LARGE LOADING DOORS. OFFICES & MEZZANINE.

NICELY LOCATED EXCELLENT SHAPE. 100% FULL. GREAT SELECTION OF TENANTS.

FURNITURE AND APPLIANCE BUSINESS INCLUDING 35,000 SQ FT BUILDING, PRIME LOCATION, OWNERS WANT TO RETIRE $1,995,000 DRY CLEANER BUSINESS $89,000 BUILDING $169,000

17,000+ SQ FT 13 ELECTRICAL SERVICES, MULTIPLE PURPOSE BUILDING

$699,000 ,

QUALITY INN 48 ROOMS RESTAURANT $2,190,000 NICELY LOCATED AT THE CROSSROADS OF THE KOOTENAYS. GOOD VOLUME.

HOTEL, LIQUOR STORE, RESTAURANT $499,000 LE

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DEV. PROPERTY $529,000 600 FT OF HWY FRONTAGE FOR AUTO DEALER & BODY SHOP.

MILANOS PIZZA $169,000 THIS TAKEOUT IS ESTIMATING "400,000" IN 2012.

CALL ROB BURRUS 250-231-4420 1ST TRAIL REAL ESTATE LTD.

(250) 231-5222 (CELL)

www.cbcworldwide.com

(250) 368-5508 (FAX)

Interior British Columbia B5

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KAMLOOPS, BC & AREA s Future Mobile Home Park Clearwater, BC n 15 acres plus 2.7 acres, highway commercial.

$249,000 s MiniMall Barriere, BC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5 units plus vacant lot for future expansion 242 ft. hwy frontage

$399,900 s Commercial Building, with 4 Bedroom Suite â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Clearwater BC Building just under 4000 sq ft. Âź acre lot. Current use is restaurant. $274,900 s Kamloops manufacturing company specializing in granite, marble and quartz tops. $595,000 business only

FAMILY RESTAURANT BUSINESS FOR SALE $1,200,000

s Kamloops city center building for sale â&#x20AC;&#x201C; approximately 2133 sq.ft. on the main ďŹ&#x201A;oor plus full basement. $550,000

East Kootenay, BC

s 14 unit motel â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Clearwater, BC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Consists of 8 attached units & 6 separate cabins, plus ofďŹ ce with owners suite. On 3.26 acres along river channel. Buildings are in great condition. Monthly rentals plus daily summer rentals. $549,900

One of Southeast BCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Most Successful Family Owned & Operated Dining In & Catering

s Kamloops City Centre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; high volume restaurant - nice premises - land, building & business. $1.7 million Attention Building Contractors â&#x20AC;&#x201C; residential lots available, some approved for suites, some with views. This is an on going development with premium lots yearly Starting at $135,000

Call MARVIN MATT

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FEATURE Manufactured-home parks now alluring to big-time investors in a “world looking for yield”

.POFZNFO CFDPNF USBJMFS QBSL CPZT FRANK O’BRIEN WESTERN INVESTOR hen the Toronto-based acquisition team at Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust – one of Canada’s biggest landlords with 31,000 rental units – went looking for a real estate investment beyond apartment buildings, they ignored shopping malls, office space or industrial buildings.

Instead it bought big into small manufacturedhome parks in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.

In June CAPREIT announced it had bought a portfolio of 12 manufactured-home parks from Killam Properties Inc. for $72.3 million. This works out to $35,000 for each of the 2,032 pads it purchased.

As part of the transactions, CAPREIT also sold Killam a 199-suite Toronto apartment building for $33.5 million – or $168,341 per door.

It isn’t that the mobile-home parks offered fancy property: the sites include the 136-pad Lynwood Place in Slave Lake, Alberta, and 130-unit Poplar park in Gibsons, B.C, neither of which could be described as upscale housing.

But it is the potential of cash flow, not esthetics, that attracted CAPREIT’s acquisition squad, which has been quietly buying up mobile-home parks across the country since 1997 (they now make up more than 10 per cent of the REIT’s portfolio).

According to CAPREIT, the typical vacancy rate at the dozen parks it recently purchased is less than 1.5 per cent.

Mobile-home parks provide “secure and stable long-term cash flows, high occupancies, steady increases in average monthly rents and significantly lower capital and maintenance costs [when compared with apartment buildings],” explained Thomas Shwartz, CAPREIT

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High cap rates are turning investors into trailer park boys: this 102-pad mobile-home park in the Kootenays is for sale for $5.9 million. It generates $285,000 a year, net, says realtor Harry Jesse of www.mobileparks.com. Some parks have even higher cap rates.

president and CEO. Unlike tenants in rental apartments, residents in manufactured-home parks own their own home and lease the lot it sits on for a monthly rental charge, usually around $300 to $450 per month.

Homeowners are responsible for all of the utility costs, Well-situated urban mobile-home parks can also offer potential equity upside, since the land can be redeveloped for commercial or residential development. That appears to be the case in Abbotsford this year, where a local developer evicted 100 tenants in order to redevelop the 12-acre property, likely into new homes.

These mobile-park residents were offered an average of $11,000 in compensation, though under B.C. tenancy legislation the park owner is only required to pay one year of rent, or an average of around $5,500.

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Vancouver-based Walter Schultz, manager of business development with TD Commercial, is not surprised that institutional investors have wheeled into mobile-home parks. Schultz, who has specialized in the manufactured-home park industry for 12 years, said the parks offer a

much better deal for investors than apartment buildings – or just about any other investment.

Typical returns in urban areas are in the 6 per cent range, but parks in remote areas can post capitalization rates of 8 to 10 per cent.

“The world is looking for yield,” said Schultz, who explained that a Canadian government bond is paying around 1.6 per cent.

A Metro Vancouver rental apartment building – where average per-suite prices can easily top $200,000 – has a cap rate in the 2 per cent to 2.5 per cent range.

Schultz said he now discourages novice investors from buying Vancouver-area apartment buildings because the returns are too low and prices too high.

“There are no more deals in the rental-apartment market,” he said, explaining that smaller investors are left with what REITs and other big players have already picked over.

Mobile-home parks, on the other hand, offer distinct advantages, which is why Schultz said a lot of first-time investors are buying them.

Unlike an apartment building, the infrastructure for a park is minimal since the tenants provide the unit. The mobile-park owner basically has to cut the grass, make sure there is power

and water and keep the septic working, rather than worry about replacing roofs or HVAC sys tems or repairing leaky buildings.

Schultz’ advice for B.C. mobile-home park investors is to look at parks in mid-size markets with a high seniors population and fairly high housing costs. Good examples in B.C. would include Nanaimo and Chilliwack. In Alberta, parks close to Red Deer or Calgary could also be a good play.

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Buyers should also study the property expenses over the past two to three years; look at the occupancy levels; check the municipal services and access to amenities such as hospitals and schools; and study the competition for tenants in the area.

If house prices and rents are low, mobilehome parks have less chance of success, Schultz notes.

Also, check out the water lines, electrical and gas services, roads and other park structures.

The standard management allowance for a park owner is 5 per cent, even where property is self-managed without payment of a management fee.

Schultz added that, in high-priced housing markets like the Lower Mainland, Kelowna or Calgary, the clear strategy for investors is to buy a mobile-home park with the intention of eventually selling it for redevelopment.

But, notes Abbotsford realtor Harry Jesse, who has specialized in selling mobile-home parks in Western Canada for 20 years, most investors are looking at long-term cash flow.

That’s why park owners are often reluctant to sell.

Mobile-home park pad rentals are restricted in B.C. by the Tenancy Act; for 2012, the rent increase is restricted to a 4.3 per cent. There are no rent controls in Alberta. Also, many municipalities in B.C. have rules in place to regulate tenant evictions, so check with City Hall before you invest, Jesse said.◆

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“Investing Our Energy In The North” Located at 10220 101 Avenue Fort St John BC V1J 2B5 www.NEBCRealty.com

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RON RODGERS - OWNER / MANAGING BROKER Email: ron@northeastbc.com

COMMERCIAL LAND & BUILDING Located along Alaska Highway Frontage Road.

High visibility with good access on and off highway.

The building is over 6,400sf and has been sectioned off for multi-use tenancy. However it can also accommodate someone in need of a combination office, warehouse, shop and yard.

ASKING $1.489 Million - MLS® N4505472 Charlie Lake BC No Drop Ins Please ~ Call Ron for more information or to view Also Available For Lease

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COMMERCIAL HIGHWAY FRONTAGE 8.58 ACRES...Ideal location for a commercial business wanting highway frontage exposure, large yard for industrial traffic, additional commercial land for future growth, and more!

House on site could be used for an office/manager residence.

WrapͲaround driveway for easy access.

Additional outbuildings for storage.

1,800sf (60’x30’) shop has radiant heating, 200amp electric, office and washroom.

ASKING $1.2 Million ~ MLS® N4505478 Charlie Lake BC NO DROP INS - CALL RON TO ARRANGE VIEWING

2 Sections Agricultural Land For Sale within ALR. Revenue from oil & gas lease. Approx 85% cleared on DL2737 and fully fenced.

Land is also generating revenue from lease to cattle and framing tenant. Several creeks are located on both sections.

Power located at property line along Steiner Road. Close to Prespatou School. Great location for Farming or Recreational Living!

Asking $209,000 and $285,000

Prince George Waterfront

MLS® N4505493-94 Prespatou BC

FOR SALE

HOTEL - Prince George B.C. Full service Hotel w/ 120 units, Water Slide, Restaurant , Garden Lounge, Conferences Non Franchise, Offered at $9.5m

Pub Superb Sports e & High Volum Liquor Store

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Acquire … scenic waterfront zoned for recreational / residential development not in the ALR - highway access 26 acres, approx 1450’ of lakefront $275,000 55 acres, approx 1650’ of lakefront $480,000

MOTEL - Franchise - Manitoba 79 units with major Highway Exposure Brand new with projected room sales $2m/yr

Offered at $7.3m 113 + 20 seats - 4000 sq.ft.

2 lots + buildings

7.32 ac along the Nechako River $545,000 zoned for subdivision - not in the ALR approx 460’ of riverfront, nicely treed easy access to downtown & UNBC

PETRO-CANADA - Clinton B.C. Self service gas & grocery on busy highway Fiberglass fuel tanks – new pumps Business with one acre

Licenses & chattels

Offered at $1.3m

Asking $6.3 million Gross sales $5.6 million

Riverfront Townhouse site $500,000 1.76 acres - approx 263’ of riverfront zoned RM1 - multiple residential preliminary drawings for 13 townhomes

Contact: John, C Nam Direct: (604) 805-9131 Fax: (604) 931-1209 Email: chungnamjohn@gmail.com Coldwell Banker Westburn Burnaby, BC Canada WESTBURN

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Radium HOT SPRINGS Motel

Business growing by 10 % month over month

FORT. ST. JOHN LOCATION, LOCATION!

IDEAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS! 9610 - Sikanni Road 2,000 sq. ft. bay w/front reception, offi ce & Mezz.

Shop consists of radiant heat, 14’ overhead doors, main door & fl oor drain. If you need 4000 sq ft the adjoining 9612 - Sikanni Rd. (N4505287) is also available.

$14.00/ sq. ft. + NNN - MLS# N4505336

10123 - 100th Street A prime downtown location, right on 100th Street, just under 2500 square feet divided into 2 separate retail spaces, both sides currently leased. $299,900 MLS# N4504949

FOR SALE OR LEASE PROSPECT PARK LOCATION

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Wende Brash 250-342-1300 Cell Broker/Owner

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Fully occupied w consisted ROI to the owner. Contains established businesses & a fully furnished 2 bdrm apart. Torch on roof in 1999 & new fire system in Jan. 2011.

$1,200,000 - MLS# N4504915

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10711 - 91st Ave Updated office space, new windows, doors and updated forced air furnace. 1100 sq. ft. of office space attached to 3250 sq. ft. of shop. + 6500 sq. ft. of additional shop space available. $15.00/sq ft + NNN - MLS# N4505100

SOLD

8224 - 93rd Street

1050 sq ft of offi ce w/ hardwood fl oors. Front Side by side reception & display duplex. Upgraded shingles, siding, windows, doors, area & the shop with 3 bays, 1 is drive through/wash bay. fl ooring, kitchens, sundecks, individual fencing, Radiant heat, mezzanine area, 14’ overhead doors. Fenced compound all on city services. driveway & drainage. New tenants moving in July!

REDUCED $810,000 - MLS# N4504836

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INVESTMENT PROPERTY FOR SALE TERRACE, BC

4501 Greig Ave MOUNTAINVIEW APARTMENTS 11 unit Building very well maintained with many upgrades and excellent cap rate.

Call Dave for more details on this rare investment opportunity

4525 Greig Ave Commercial or retail.

Your Business in half and lease the other or excellent return on investment with both sides leased.

Call Dave for more information

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING!

8912/8914 - 88th St.,

$459,900 MLS# N216611

PETER ZEBROFF

COMMERCIAL CONSULTANT

373 Kalum Lake Dr. 4712 Haugland Ave Side by side duplex on 6 Bedroom 3 bathroom RD water. home with over 3000 Many upgrades such sq feet. 2nd kitchen as roof, furnace downstairs, double septic system in the garage & paved parklast few years. ing out front. Roof only BRING ME AN OFFER 2 years old. Great Buy at $249,900 MLS $207,000 MLS CALL DAVE TODAY TO BOOK YOUR VIEWING Terrace Office 250-638-1400

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EVER!!! $599k 8 plex, $325k 4 plexs and other investment opportunities coming online!

#135939 FOR SALE OR LEASE 5040 sq ft building on busy Alaska Ave. Many uses, drive thru availability, lots of parking, next to government liquor store. Owner will consider dividing building into two rental units.

Priced at $795,000 or $16.00 per sq ft to lease.

#136621:INDUSTRIAL SHOP on 2.25 fenced acres of industrial land, building size is 3400 sq. ft. with 2400 of shop and 1000 of ofďŹ ce. Upstairs is a 1000 sq ft of living accommodation. Built in 2002 the shop has 16 ft high doors and in ďŹ&#x201A; oor heating. For sale for $980,000 or $7500 per month lease.

#129952: FOR SALE OR LEASE Multi purpose building with 2 units now leased leaving 11,000 sq ft. available. Upgrades include updated roof and furnaces Asking price is just $397,000

#129257: THE SOUTH PEACE UNITED CHURCH IS FOR SALE. OVER 11,000 SQ. FT. - Sanctuary, hall, kitchen, ofďŹ ces, and support services. Excellent corner location, zoned commercial, very good condition, ready for an ofďŹ ce or residential conversion. $495,000

#131876, 130050, 131875: HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL LAND Situated across from the EnCana event centre, Chances casino and new Holiday Inn this is a very desirable location. Total of three lots each approx 4.5 acres each, excellent visibility and access. Priced at $450,000 - $500,000 each

#133401: BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY located on the east side of Dawson Creek. Belsum Auto Recyclers Ltd has a proven track record and shows a good return. Includes 6.5 acres of prime industrial land on Hwy #49, a heated main shop with 3200 sq.ft. and an adjoining 2400 sq. ft. building used for stripping vehicles. Lots of inventory, and equipment includes 3 forklifts and a skid steer. Asking $1,200,000 for the land, buildings, and turnkey business with inventory.

#129953: RETAIL BUILDING Great location on 10th St over 3,000 sq ft on main and additional 3,000 sq ft on second floor, located next to Scotia Bank. Ground floor now leased out to only video rental company in Dawson Creek. Asking price of $375,000 #130083: Popular new restaurant (Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Social Club) now open and Pizza Hut coming soon, lots of parking. 16,000 sq. ft. of prime lease space still available. Competitive rates ... best location in the city!

#132673: Will builld to suit. In the centre of the City close to the traffic circle on Alaska Highway...1.55 acres of flat land with all new services to the property and bordered by 8th street and the paved roadway to the new apartment building. Excellent location, commercially zoned. $290,000 #135870: HIGHWAY FRONTAGE - Great visibility on this. 1.077 acre Industrial lot located on highway #2, all City services available. New developments in this area and this is the only lot left for sale along the highway Asking $159,000 #127836: SUBDIVISION FOR MOBILE HOMES! Total of 39 mobile lots are possible on this 4.6 acres, zoning in place, some services are already in, 3 lots have been subdivided. Call for more info.

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#133128: NEW STRIP MALL has 4 available spaces left for lease, 1,750 sq ft each. Great location on 8th street between Tim Hortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s & The Brick.

Lease rates start as low as $16/sq. ft.

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Asking $199,000

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#127441: 80 ACRES OF INDUSTRIAL LAND with highway frontage, railway tracks, water and sewer in the City of Dawson Creek.

Asking $31,250 per acre #135241: COMMERCIAL LAND NEXT TO THE GOLF COURSE. Great location and potential! 10.33 acres that are zoned C-3 (highway commercial) between the driving range and regional district offices, close to a large campground. Lots of options, borders the Alaska Highway. $1,800,000 #137199: LOCATION, LOCATION! Across the street from Walmart on Highway 2 at the start of the dangerous goods route or bypass. 2.25 acres of commercially zoned land and an easement at the rear of the property for a secondary exit or entrance to 8th street.

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— Your PRINCE GEORGE Commercial Professionals — 490 Carson Ave. – Quesnel, B.C. BUSINESS/BLDG/

201 Victoria St.

9080 Penn Rd.

2222 Balsam Ave. – Quesnel, B.C.

FOR SALE- Prime Second Ave. & Victoria St. corner site. 32,262 sq ft two-storey OFFICE/RETAIL building.

LAND - 3,609 sq ft main floor 120 seat restaurant specializing in authentic English fish & chips. 1,559 sq ft second floor living accommodations, may be converted to a banquet facility plus 2,227 sq ft basement.

For Lease – 25,660 sq ft quality warehouse located in the Danson Industrial Park.

Highly visible first class 12, 177 sq ft main bldg. Also has warehouse, two mini storage warehouses & caretakers mobile home.

Highway access.

2977 Ferry Ave.

1150 – 3rd Ave.

FOR SALE – 0.8 Acres on corner of Ferry Ave. & Ospika Blvd. C-6 zoning.

FOR SALE – Fully renovated downtown RETAIL/OFFICE building. 3,000 sq ft per floor, plus full basement.

Lot #1–Atwood Rd.(SOLD) 1440 2nd Ave.

760 Kinsmen Pl.

2342 Westwood Dr.

‘Bee-Lazee RV Park & Campground’

FOR SALE well – Proposed sub-division.

17 –sq 4 Extremely maintained quality 5,386 Acre+ highbldg. quality rural residential lots. ft OFFICE 78.8 Acres total. Within 14km of the WESTGATE SHOPPING PLAZA.

FOR LEASE– New first-class building in prime location. Ready for occupancy September 2012. Main floor 4,300 sq ft available and daylight basement 2,000 sq ft. Zoned C-4.

FOR LEASE – Highly visible 2,371 sq ft prime RETAIL/professional OFFICE space.

Abundant parking, property has been completely updated. Net –lease.

FOR SALE – A 49 pad campground, plenty of room for expansion & a modern 2,000 sq ft bungalow on 77 Acres.

1550 – 1st Ave.

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678 Vancouver St.

1880 Hart Hwy

FOR LEASE – 580 sq ft of professionally designed second-floor, top quality OFFICE space. Gross rate lease.

ONE OF A KIND OPPORTUNITY. 3 concrete block warehouse on 3 Acres.

44,080 sq ft total space. Well maintained with 11 loading doors, 13 O/H doors, 3 phase power & highway access.

For LEASE. 1,985 sq ft of top quality second floor office space. 6 offices, meeting room, lunch room & common area. Net Lease.

FOR LEASE - 1880 Hart Hwy. Build to suit. Prime C-6 (service/retail) land on Highway 97 North. Net-Lease.

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP Nearly every sector in positive territory, with building permits up 60 per cent

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WESTERN INVESTOR Nova announced earlier this year it wants to go ahead with what could be a $900 million he numbers are up these days in the expansion at Joffre, roughly 30 kilometres outCity of Red Deer. side Red Deer in Lacombe County.

Home sales. Home prices. Building permit totals. Population. Lease costs. /07" QMBOU Central Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unofficial capital is firm- The expansion would add another polyethly back in growth mode, something Keith ylene reactor to the site. Polyethylene is one Acheson easily observes in his commercial of the building blocks in the manufacture of realty position at Century 21 Advantage in plastics. The expansion proposal would prothe oilpatch hub. duce between 40 and 60 jobs and contractor â&#x20AC;&#x153;The industrial market has been very strong positions at the site once work is finished in over the fall and winter and into the spring,â&#x20AC;? fall 2015. The construction workforce would offered Acheson, adding the build-on-spec mar- be far more significant, with an average of ket has returned to Red Deer after disappearing on 150 to 250 tradespeople on site during conthe industrial side in the economic downturn. struction and a peak workforce of about 500 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen for a in late 2014, according to NOVA. The project is currently in the permitting couple of years.â&#x20AC;?

Acheson comfortably estimates the industrial stage, with a development application before vacancy rate in the Red Deer market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a mix Lacombe County and applications working of city industrial parks and Red Deer County their way through provincial regulators. NOVA industrial subdivisions â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is now sitting under 5 isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t looking for more water for operations, nor per cent. It was a lot closer to 10 per cent back is it seeking a major footprint expansion, so in late 2009 and early 2010 when recession was it would seem likely the project will receive the word of the day. needed approvals by early next year, allowing Nowadays, a renterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market has moved to a for a 2013 construction start.

Given NOVAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans, industrial shop space bit of a landlordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market in the Highway 2 corridorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s middle point. New industrial shell space demand in Red Deer isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t likely to suddenly leases for $12 to $13 per square foot, and land- disappear. lords arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exactly struggling to find tenants.

Inside the city, things are also up noticeAcheson cites the case of one landlord with ably in 2012. Building-permit values for the first four months of 2012 hit $72.8 million, up a project on the way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first 12,000-square-foot building is $27.4 million over the same period in 2011 or three-quarters leased and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not even built,â&#x20AC;? roughly 60 per cent.

The increase was evident across all four he noted.

While the price range for industrial space building sectors: residential, commercial, can still vary from $8 to $14 per square foot, industrial and institutional. Permit values and prices have generally firmed up as vacancy has the total number of permits were up in all four categories. Residential values accounted for declined.

Powering demand is a resurgent oil and gas just under half the total for January to April sector and everything that goes with it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; includ- 2012.

Housing prices are also rising this year in Red ing expansion of the huge NOVA Chemicals DAVE HUSDAL

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Deer, according to figures from the Central Alberta Realtors Association (CARA).

CARA past-president Patrick Galesloot said things have definitely picked up in the Red Deer market, and he expects the recent growth in activity to continue on through 2012 and into 2013.

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The average single-family home price in Red Deer climbed in the first five months of 2012 to $348,944, up about 6 per cent from last year.

The price hike came with a higher number of homes selling. Sales were up 21 per cent for the January to May period. Apartment condo (18 per cent) and townhouse (7 per cent) prices were also up for the start of 2012, and while fewer apartments were on the market, more were sold â&#x20AC;&#x201C; about 29 per cent more.

Galesloot says there is still caution in the

market, but there is also enough demand to produce lots of multiple-offer situations for sellers.

The difference is those situations may have led in the past to a sale above a homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list price.

For now, Galesloot says, even multiple-offer situations arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily bringing a seller his asking price or more, as they did at times prior to 2008.

Unlike many larger municipalities, Red Deer is actively involved in residential land development and not just in redevelopment zones.

About one-quarter of residential land being developed in Red Deer is owned by the city Rents in Red Deer have remained fairly stable, with the average two-bedroom apartment renting for about $822 per month in fall 2010, and only $5 more than that in fall 2011, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.

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Built on 5 commercial lots, high trafďŹ c location in beautiful resort town. 41 rooms, a restaurant & lounge. Under receivership. MLSÂŽ E1016807

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INVESTMENT PROPERTIES FOR SALE 20 UNIT, University area, best location, 14 ones, 6 twos- exclusive at $2,598,000 PENDING 42 UNIT APARTMENT in Leduc, near 50% twos and threes SOLD exclusively for $5,250,000 2 ACRES on Ellerslie Road in Edmonton, busy south side corridor.

Now being rezoned to DC2 for commercial, retail usage development$2,170,000 82 ACRE PARCEL adjacent to commercial corridor along St Albert Trail. Proposed land use concept to Mixed Use for Residential/ Commercial/Business-$12,300,000 68 FULLY SERVICED MOBILE HOME VACANT TITLED LOTS located within a modern Mobile Home Park in High Level, AB. MLS # E1014318 Price slashed to $975,000-PENDING I need investment properties for all ICI categories. Looking for apartments, commercial/retail buildings, industrial properties etc.

RICK D. JENKINS

POLARIS REALTY

780-990-6120 cell Email: rdjri@telus.net Commercial Realtor

COLD LAKE MULTI-RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR SALE With $2 billion in new oil sands development by Imperial Oil, Cold Lake is Albertaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hottest city. Multi-residential land is well-located, serviced, zoned and ready for construction.

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Prime commercial location on Industrial Road features 5200 sq ft on the main ďŹ&#x201A;oor including retail area and large shop area at rear. Upper mezzanine is 2700 sq ft of open storage area and ofďŹ ces. The CIM zoning allows most commercial operations and the prime location close to the corner of Quartz & Industrial Roads ensures great visibility for your business. MLS #6959 $800,000 For further information and tours please contact: Ernie Bourassa, Dave Pearson or Darryl Weigand RE/MAX Action Realty

1-867-667-2514

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While the biggest bright spots in the Red Deer Blackfalds 11 market may be the industrial and residential â&#x153;Ş RED DEER Sylvan Lake sectors these days, things are also fairly healthy Olds on the commercial side, not just in terms of new 2 building activity but in terms of what rental rate Calgary BRITISH properties can fetch. Red Deer power centres in COLUMBIA the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s south end can snag in the range of $40 per square foot for annual rent, Acheson says, U.S.A. and other regional shopping centres arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that far behind at $30 to $35 per square foot.

3FE %FFS "# Melcor Developments is moving ahead with its Clearview Market Square project in Population 91,877 the northeast section of the city. The 22-acre New industrial lots $300,000+ per acre project already has several financial instituNew service commercial lots $425,000 tions in the fold, as well as a grocery tenant per acre and Shoppers Drug Mart on the way.

Hot zone Commercial south end If thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sector of the real estate market Economic drivers Oil and gas, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s struggling in Red Deer, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the office petrochemicals, agriculture market downtown. Acheson says while office projects outside the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core have found tenants, downtown vacancy is still relatively high. *ODFOUJWFT â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the one area where the market is fairly Red Deer offers some incentives to business, soft,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I would characterize that very according to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic development much as a tenantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market.â&#x20AC;? office. Red Deerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s combined tax and utility A bright spot for downtown occupancy has rates are among the lowest in Canada and, aside been Red Deer Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Donald School of from no rent controls, the city has no business Business, which has added to its offerings tax, provincial capital tax or sales tax. It also through a campus in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown core boasts a modern fibre-optics network, good in Millennium Centre on 49th Street. roads and three airports.â&#x2014;&#x2020;

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Apartment vacancy was sitting at around 2.9 per cent last fall, says the housing agency.

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Development opportunity west Edmonton 37 +- acres zoned residential, this property was approved for a 22-1 acre parcel subdivision in 2008 with city water and sewer. Asking price $2,700,000 This site may have greater potential as a 44--1/2 acre lot subdivision.

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14 Units, each with 6 appliances. Heated underground garages, PLUS 2 - 1bdrm suites downstairs - (no garages & 2 appliances with shared washer/dryers & outside parking). PLUS 1 guest suite downstairs with kitchenette.

Rentable meeting/party room with full kitchen, library/exercise room for tenants.

The building is geo-thermally heated/cooled, and has elevator and intercom system, and full wheelchair ramp.

Total of 8 lots. Phase 1 as built covers 3.5 lots with 2.5 adjacent lots to the North for Phase 2 & 2 undevelopable lots in rear for parking etc.

All units are full and there is a waiting list.

$1,950,000

MARILYN DRADER

780-736-2243 Platinum Realty

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Ellerslie RE Development Site 80 acre parcel across from the new Edmonton Recreation centre along Ellerslie Road.

AVAILABLE IN ALBERTA!

Call Sammy EMPIRE REAL ESTATE GROUP

OfďŹ ce Building For Sale Prime Location on Jasper Avenue and 114th street in the Oliver Area. 4 storey building consisting of 56,012 square feet . Property is on 3 lots (50 feet x 150 feet) with also parking lots (92 feet x 150 feet) in the rear. Property is wedge between two drugs stores (Shoppers Drug Mart and Medicine Shoppe).

New developments all around.

Brand New Freestanding Building two storey with 4,000 sqft on the main ďŹ&#x201A;oor retail & 5,000 sq.ft. upstairs divided into 4 units. Parking in the rear $1,820,000 located on busy 101st just steps from the new epcor tower, LRT systems and proposed hockey arena.

780-906-6652

PH: 780-434-4700 FAX: 780-436-9902

Pulse Pointe Development Site Located in the Quarters project on 95th street and 102 Avenue. A total of 4 lots (14,200 sq.ft.) (142 ft frontage and 100 ft deep. Presently, building is 11,840 sq.ft. This is a new up and coming area.

Plans for future LRT system is slated for the area.

Please Call Bob Chinn, Assoc. (bob.chinn@century21.ca)

Web: chinnproperty.com

Land And Building For Sale Over 9,000 square feet on the main ďŹ&#x201A;oor. Upstairs consisting of 4,000 sq.ft and basement level of 4,000 sqft., parking to the east of the building. Lot is 14,577 square feet (120 feet x 122 feet) Located in â&#x20AC;&#x153;the Quarters projectâ&#x20AC;? on 95th street and 102 Avenue. This is a new up and coming area. Plans for future LRT system, hotels and high rises is slated for the area.

Business Condo in Old Stathcona 1500 square feet perfect for professional use, has 6 ofďŹ ces, storage, kitchen, reception area. Was used as chiropractors ofďŹ ce, In desirable Stathcona. Close to all amendities, busy trafďŹ c.

Freestanding Building Fully leased out on busy Jasper Avenue on a 50 x 150 lot.

Building is two storey approx. 5,000 square feet on the main ďŹ&#x201A;oor with paved parking in the rear. 2 main ďŹ&#x201A;oor tenants and 2 tenants upstairs. $1,700,000

or Mark Wilbert, Assoc. (mark.wilbert@century21.ca) CENTURY 21 A.L.L. STARS REALTY LTD

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780-420-1177

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7AYNE 'RETZKY $RIVE 9ELLOWHEAD STARTING AT SQ FT

BURKE SMITH burke.smith@cwedm.com CONTACT

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES +/- 0.947 ACRES: in Valemount, BC. Zoned C3 (Service Commercial) ................................ $49,500 +/- 1.05 ACRES: in Valemount, BC. Zoned HC (Highway Tourist Commercial) .............$455,000 +/- 3.84 ACRES: Fronting St.Albert Trail, Zoned IB (Industrial Business)........................ $3,500,000 +/- 1.18 ACRES: Well located with direct exposure to 50th Street, Zoned CSC (Shopping Centre) ................................................... $1,362,000 +/- 19.49 ACRES: Great access to both Anthony Henday and Highway 16, Zoned IM (Medium Industrial) ............................ $8,775,000

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COVER “I have witnessed outstanding courage, bravery and perseverance” in the wake of giant wildfire

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But that’s what happens when a wildfire overwhelms a town, yet the people show their resilience – and the will to pick up the pieces and start over.

“I am inspired by our residents each day,” blogged Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee on the first anniversary of the fire. “I have witnessed outstanding courage, bravery and perseverance.”

That perseverance is obvious to any visitor.

Slave Lake is a busy place these days.

Tradesman seem to be everywhere as the community of close to 7,000 moves forward roughly 14 months after wildfire ran over sections of the northern Alberta service centre 250 kilometres north of Edmonton.

Housing has remained understandably tight though the aftermath of last May’s inferno, but the community hasn’t been a speculator’s paradise, says Judy Olsen, owner of Re/Max Slave Lake Realty.

She credits Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. for some of that. In the aftermath of the disaster, the government agency ordered a significant number of appraisals to make sure properties sold after the blaze would hold up in value.

“They didn’t want to see a spike in the market, only to know that in a year or two when everything became normal again it would all level out,” Olsen said.

Population 7,000 Average detached-house price $330,000 Potential Community spirit

Photo: Joe McWilliams

ore than 200 approved development applications for single-family and semi-detached homes; permits for two apartment blocks (including one with 116 units); a new government centre and assorted new stores and warehouses. Such numbers would be staggering for a small town like Slave Lake, if not for the fact that they are linked so directly with Alberta’s worst natural disaster in recent memory.

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While there were certainly some relatively quick post-fire sales to people looking to buy immediately, such sales were more concentrated in the apartment/condo and mobile-home market, Olsen says, and made to buyers who were looking for a quick solution for housing.

Of these, most expected to rent out or resell their new purchases once they were able to rebuild homes that had been destroyed.

Olsen says some outside investors who owned properties in Slave Lake tried to make a quick buck after the May 2011 fire, but that there wasn’t a big jump in prices in the distorted market.

So a year after the fire? Houses are selling for pretty close to what they were in the pre-fire era. The most popular price range for singlefamily homes is in the $320,000-to-$375,000 range, Olsen says. That’s typical for something in the 1,300-square-foot category.

Builders are running flat out, rebuilding

Photo: City of Slave Lake

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Photo: Joe McWilliams

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LEFT: Mayor Karina Pillay-Kinnee: inspired by the residents. TOP: more than 300 new homes are being built or are complete in Slave Lake one year after a wildfire destroyed one-third of the buildings. Construction materials are stockpiled around town as the recovery gets into high gear.

homes for folks who have worked through the details of insurance claims. There’s very little spec building going on, though some of the insurance re-builds will essentially become spec homes, reflecting the fact that not all Slave Lake homeowners have committed to staying in the community. They’ve made the decision to move on for whatever reason.

“There are homes that are being rebuilt that people will not be moving into, and they will be putting them on to the market,” Olsen explained.

There may also be some regular spec building once the insurance-funded rebuilding is done, but for now, there’s little in the way of true speculation.

the Slave Lake region for what are known as FireSmart projects – initiatives designed to lessen future wildfire risk and increase response capacity to such disasters.

The province has upgraded its strategy and priorities for community protection, reviewed internal wildfire-management standard operating procedures and updated FireSmart community plans to meet extreme wildfire events.

It even started its wildfire-season efforts a month early this year and trained an additional 100 firefighters for duty.

Some of this should provide comfort for Slave Lakers, who have diligently pursued an unprecedented community renewal project they couldn’t have imagined 16 months ago.

Said Olsen: “The mood of the whole com'JSF4NBSU munity is basically we’re in a recovery state and we just have to get through it.”

While rebuilding has been a big focus in The mayor has a single focus: total recovery Slave Lake, so have efforts to make sure such a disaster doesn’t happen again. The Alberta “I’d like to see this beautiful community fully rebuilt,” Pillay-Kinnee said.◆ government has allocated $20 million to

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780-462-3405 or email: simrenvig@hotmail.com

Val Toffoli

www.westerninvestor.com JULY 2012WESTERN INVESTOR

MOBILE HOME PARKS

Blackfalds, near Red Deer/ Edmonton, Alberta 82 sites @$400 per site, no vacancies + one home, all city services Asking $3.6 Million --------------------------------------Swan River, Manitoba 69 sites (11 vacant) + one home + shop, on 25 acres, all city services.

Asking $630,000

Mt. Sentinel Walter TymoďŹ evich Realty Ltd.

250-487-1585

APARTMENT BUILDINGS: s 12 Ste Character Bldg. Central McDougal.

Over 6.5% cap rate. Some upgrades. 3ELLER OPEN TO 2EASONABLE /FFERS!

1.97 ac Industrial land in Stony Plain fully serviced ready to build warehousing etc. $580,000

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WANTED: An industrial warehouse building and 2 to 5 acres of industrial land.

4 Plex in Evansburg

Newly built 1350 sq bi-level in Athabasca $299,900 Marble Slab Ice Cream in Edmonton

s "UILDING BUSINESS EQUIPMENT s "USINESS MAY BE SOLD SEPARATELY s 4HIS IS A VERY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS Owners retiring (no agents)

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$240,000

Goldy Singh Empire Real Estate Group 780 499 8500 goldy122@hotmail.ca

EDMONTON APARTMENTS FOR SALE

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7.93 ac C3 Zoning on Hwy 13 opp. of Airport $799,000

s WEST END 38 UNITS WALK UP APARTMENTS %XCELLENT SUITE MIX GREAT LOCATION 7ELL MAINTAINED LARGE SIZED UNITS !SKING $6,800,000 s WEST END 14 UNITS WALK UP APARTMENTS 'OOD SUITE MIX EXTENSIVELY RENOVATED ,OW VACANCIES !SKING $1,890,000 s CENTRAL LOCATION 11 UNIT APARTMENT 6ERY LOW VACANCIES EASY TO MANAGE !SKING $899,000

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INTERACT REALTY INC.

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EDMONTON LAND

00 8 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; NAIT .................... .................... $936,000 9 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DOWNTOWN ..... ....................... $855,000 12 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DOWNTOWN ..... ..................... $925,000 15 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WEST ............... ................... $1,500,000 16 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; NORTH. COMME RCIAL MIX.. $2,100,000 20 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; EAST.................... .............. $1,850,000 30 UNITS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WEST ............... ................... $3,000,000 COMMERCIAL BUILDING. DOW NTOWN ...... $450,000

130 acres +/- zoned rural residential - 70% level grass & pasture, bal. woodland grazing.

Presently decommissioned game ranch, cadillac fencing & livestock handling equip w/40x80 shop & living quarters. Could be livestock, cattle/ horses/exotics or private estate situated on twinned highway 5 miles west of West Edmonton Mall. Airstrip presently being developed, super grass, fencing, privacy or develop to suit market.

For More Information Contact:

BOBCAT DEVELOPMENT 780-722-4156 Trucks and Trailers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 50 Units Largest movie ďŹ&#x201A;eet in Western Canada $2.75 mil.

Leased to Movie Production Companies. 2012 Appraisal available.

Pigeon Lake: Private Harbour & Marine ownership for both acreages.

7.96 Acres $549,000 with Panabode Home 12.78 Acres - could be subdivided. $579,000 Owner will consider trade for Commercial Bldg. in Edmonton Area.

Pam Gill (780) 455-4088 gillp@sutton.com

www.apartmentsinedmonton.com Sutton Central Commercial - AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER BROKER

New Sarepta AB Convenience Store/ Small Restaurant/ Home Triple Garage $799,000 Grossing over $1 Million per year. Excellent business in great community.

Bonnyville - 139 Acres with Town Water bordering town of Ardmore. Excellent hwy location only minutes to Bonnyville and in the heart of the Oil and Gas Industry. Subdivision possibilities. $499,000

Cold Lake - 144 Acres on Hwy 55 and Hwy 892 Subdivide for Commercial and Industrial Lots. $2.5 Million Edmonton 14641 -119 Ave. 2345 sq.ft. Newer Ind. Condo $399,900 or will lease. 24â&#x20AC;&#x2122; clearspan.

Judith Rimmer RE/MAX Commercial Direct 780 405-9333 or 780 429-1200 or T.Free 866-481-2950 jrimmer@remaxcomm.ca

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For Details Contact: RONALD HOLLAND (780) 361-4404 Edm Dir: (780) 421-0953 rholland@wetaskiwin.ca

Economic Development P.O. Box 6210 Wetaskiwin, Alberta T9A 2E9 www.wetaskiwin.ca

Appraised at $18.5M Asking $15,000,000.

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7920 96 Ave NE Stoney Tr. & Country Hills $ 1.8M 18.46 Ac House/Shop ZONING S-FUD Many options

Baysprings Development SW Airdrie Parcels Available!

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56 Acres Just 2 miles South West of Spruce Meadows

$1,590,000 MLSÂŽ C3490911

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403-256-3888

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$689,000 Âź SECTION 132.8 ACRES Overlooking Jessie Lake. Adjacent to town of Bonnyville boundary. Future Country-Residential or annex to Bonnyville

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OIL & GAS MAINTENANCE AND RECLAMATION BUSINESS Here is an opportunity to purchase the shares & assets of a successful contracting business that has been in business for 16 years and has an excellent reputation serving southwest Sask.

Equipment is all owned & paid for, the majority is under warranty.

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LAKEFRONT! 403-347-0744

FOR SALE ProďŹ table & viable stand alone Registry Business. Located in Medium Size town in Fairview, Alberta at the centre of a large rural, farming, oil and forestry area.

Owned by same owner since 1986.

Good lease for space available at very reasonable rates. A document service buisiness is included with the assets.

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Cedar Villa Motel, Foremost, Alberta An excellent opportunity to purchase a very lucrative 13 room motel. 1053 sq ft attached house with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Laundromat.

Office area. Laundry room includes 2 new washers, 3 dryers. 20x15 storage shed & 10x10 garden shed.

Price includes stock. (MLSÂŽ 17537) Vendor may consider asset or company sales.

Price Reduced $499,000

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uilding permit totals for the first four months of 2012 in Lethbridge hit $54.5 million, up almost 49 per cent from 2011.

The increase was most noticeable in the industrial and institutional building categories, but the number of permits was also up for new single-family homes, from 108 in the first four months of 2011 to 149 in 2012.

Tenants can find space in large bays for as little as $7.66 per square foot in the northwest.

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City council in the suburban community on Edmonton’s northwest corner unanimously approved a new policy to govern consideration for P3s – public-private partnerships – in late May. “This policy provides the city with an important new tool to take on large infradmonton’s industrial vacancy rate failed structure projects,” said Mayor Nolan Crouse.

“With a council P3 policy we can apply for P3 to climb much in the first quarter of types of programs offered through other lev2012, despite new inventory hitting the els of government.” market.

While the policy is now in place, the city According to Colliers International, industrial vacancy in the Greater Edmonton market has yet to identify any projects for considwas sitting at 3.2 per cent for the first quarter eration, said Guy Boston, the city’s general manager of planning and engineering. of 2012, up only very slightly from 3.19 per The policy states that P3 initiatives must cent three months earlier. demonstrate value for the money, align with The vacancy rate stayed where it was, city priorities, protect the public interest and despite the addition of roughly 865,000 have established accountabilities and approsquare feet of new industrial space to the priate governance. market, roughly half that amount in northWhile the policy might seem to open the west Edmonton.

“We expect continuing new construction on doors for more private ownership in city projects, it was announced at the same time the both a speculative basis and on a pre-leasing city approved the purchase of a privately held basis to address ongoing demand,” Colliers building to give more space to its growing says in its latest update.

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“Vacancy rates in certain areas are again approaching historic lows and, due to the time lag to deliver new building inventory, lease rates will move higher.”

The asking annual per-square-foot rate for vacant industrial space varies in the market based on location and bay sizes, but is generally highest in the southeast and Leduc/Nisku he Town of High River latched onto a zones favoured by oilpatch firms. Those rates bargain earlier this spring. range from $8.63 per square foot for the largThe growing community of 12,000-plus est spaces up to $12.50 per square foot. south of Calgary is acquiring a 15-acre parcel

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Madame Justice B.E.C. Romaine ruled earlier this spring that PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. (PWC) can now enter into an agreement with the town to Canmore’s long land debate nears finalize a wildlife corridor for the Three Sisters lands. conclusion.

While it has permission to do so in the interest of the Three Sisters creditors it represents, just how soon an agreement will come remains to be seen.

Banff-Cochrane MLA Ron Casey, Canmore’s mayor only a few months ago, said the judge’s order is a step forward, but any final agreement between the town and PWC will only be the beginning of a process.

“The final agreement with Pricewaterhouse would be something that covers a whole series of things, the wildlife corridor being one of them,” Casey noted.

Casey said he’s optimistic there will be an agreement between the two parties before the end of 2012.

Not everyone is that optimistic.

Deputy Mayor Gordie Miskow said he doesn’t foresee an agreement being finalized in 2012, despite a fairly upbeat report from PWC to the court.

The March 8, 2012, report from the receiver to the court said, among other things: “The receiver has now however reached a point where it believes that it has the basis for an agreement with the town, which will resolve the wildlife corridor issue in a manner acceptable to (Sustainable Resource Development).”

As the receiver, PWC is tasked with representing the preferred creditors of TSMV. Those creditors are headed by HSBC Bank Canada, which is owed $27.5 million. The bank is also part of a loan syndicate owed another $44 million. As well, HSBC is the third-position creditor for another $22 million.

PWC’s job is to secure agreements that will maximize the value of Three Sisters lands to get value for the creditors.

The land owned by TSMV and now controlled by the receiver covers about 1,495 acres, about 634 acres in what are known as sites 7, 8 and 9. There’s also an unfinished golf course.

The book value of Three Sisters assets was pegged at around $320.8 million back in early 2009.

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of donated land from Spitzee Crossing Group as the home for a new leisure centre for the community.

The donation met a long=term need for the town.

“We know from listening to residents that there is a need for more recreation facilities in town and this is a priority for us,” said Mayor

Emile Blokland. “Selecting the location and acquiring the land is a big step forward for the future leisure centre.”

The town had been considering several proposed sites when the developer came forward with an offer to donate the land, according to city officials.◆ – Compiled by Dave Husdal

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erhaps the strongest evidence of a recovery in the Kootenay recreational market is the sale of ranchsized acreages at the exclusive Ranches at Elk Park just outside of Radium Hot Springs.

Prices range to nearly $3 million â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and that is just for the land. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have sold two lots and we have holds on two others,â&#x20AC;? said Rudy Nielsen, founder and president of Niho Land & Cattle Company, which is marketing the ranches through its subsidiary LandQuest Realty.

Prices roam from $9,000 per acre for small parcels to around $2,100 per acre for 400-acre and larger ranches.

The 3,500 acres at Elk Park, a gated ranch community and perhaps the only one in B.C., are divided into 16 ranches, from 36 acres to 480 acres.

The two lots that sold â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one to a retired Edmonton oil executive â&#x20AC;&#x201C; are both in the 100acre size, as are the two with pending sales.

The Ranches at Elk Park are what Nielsen calls a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rare collectionâ&#x20AC;? of recreational private estate properties. The ranches are framed by Kootenay National Park and the Columbia Valley and prices range from $390,000 to $2.95 million for 200 plus acres with a lake. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is a very exclusive opportunity,â&#x20AC;? said Nielsen, 70, B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prolific land dealer. In the last 40 years, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put together thousands of successful real estate deals, involving tens of thousands of acres, from small plots to ocean islands, to entire town sites and huge farms

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Ranches at Elk Park: 200 acres with a private lake listed for $2.95 million.

and ranches. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing else like this in British Columbia. South of the border, in places like Montana, similar ranch-style communities are far less pristine and their prices are much steeper.â&#x20AC;?

Calgary-based Schickedanz West, the owner of the Ranches project, is adding a comprehensive amenity centre outside the access point with fitness facilities and a private ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lounge, Nielsen said. He credited owner Fred Schickedanz for having the vision and patience to create â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the best recreational ranch developments I have seen in a long time.â&#x20AC;?

Nielsen said buyers are a mix of permanent residents and seasonal owners who plan to

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eventually retire to the property. They share an common appreciation of nature, outdoor adventure, horse-back riding, hobby ranching and getting away from it all, â&#x20AC;&#x153;without going too far or spending too much.â&#x20AC;? Some of the ranches are lakefront, others have valley views and all have the security and privacy only big money can buy: there is only one access road and it is protected by a controlled locked main gate.

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The success of Elk Park is likely cheered by other land and recreational vendors in the Kootenays, especially since it heralds the return of Alberta investors.

In 2007, Albertans were big in the Kootenay

area, grabbing more than 2,000 residential properties and more than 600 plots of vacant land, with the Columbia Valley figuring large.

With the BC/Alberta border so close to Calgary, the Kootenays were a natural lure. Then the oilfueled global economy stalled and Albertans went quiet; in 2010 Albertan purchases were off by more than 70 percent or 756 sales o f residential properties. However, with the global economy swinging back and oil now north of US$100 a barrel Nielsen expects a resurgence of Alberta buyers into the Kootenays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our sales team says the number and quality of calls coming out of Alberta has increased substantially, compared to anytime from mid2008 to late 2010, â&#x20AC;&#x153; Nielsen said.

A recent survey by the Royal Bank forecasts Alberta will lead the entire country in economic growth this year and next, and likely into the next decade. One telling stat: the average weekly wage in Alberta is $1,036 a week, almost one-third higher than the rest of Canada.

And Albertans traditionally look to B.C. for recreational property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can golf, ski, and catch a large rainbow trout, all in one day in the Kootenays,â&#x20AC;? Nielsen said. He notes that the ski hills of Panorama Ridge near Invermere and the amenities o f Fairmont Hot Springs are close by Elk Park, with almost two-dozen golf courses within a 30-minute drive.

Nielsen said The Ranches will attract a select type of buyer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The price range is for individuals with a pioneering spirit ready to embrace a rare opportunity to own their own private ranch right at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.â&#x20AC;?â&#x2014;&#x2020;

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REGIONAL ROUNDUP Moose Jaw awes investors with red-tape-cutting incentives and a robust economy

WI STAFF WESTERN INVESTOR or Alberta-based developer Cam Ens, president of NewRock Homes, building new homes in Moose Jaw is a no-brainer. His company recently won an RFP for a 10-acre parcel on the eastern edge of the city for a large multi-family development. While the price paid for the land was not released, the city charged NewRock $320,000 in development levies as part of the request for proposals.

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“Moose Jaw is only 45 minutes from Regina, and we know about the new potash mines and the new regional hospital,” he said. “This is a growing market with a high demand for housing.”

In fact, Germany-based K+S held an official groundbreaking ceremony on June 19 for its $4 billion Legacy Project Mine, which will employ up to 200 workers just 58 kilometres from Moose Jaw. “When K+S officials announced the new mine they also declared that although their head office is in Saskatoon, Moose Jaw would be their home base,” saidDeb Thorn, president and CEO of the South Central Enterprise Region. When K+S opens its hiring hall this summer, “housing won’t be able to happen fast enough,” Thorn added.

Residential developers have more than potential demand to spur building plans. Moose Jaw offers generous incentives for both landlords and home buyers.

Perhaps the most alluring is a grant program for landlords who agree to build rental homes in a city with one of the lowest vacancy rates in Western Canada.

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According to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., Moose Jaw’s rental vacancy rate for two-bedroom apartments is near zero.

Under Saskatchewan’s Headstart for Homes program, builders and developers are eligible for loans of 90 per cent of the construction cost of new homes, including land. The main requirement: the new homes must be priced at or lower than the average resale home price, which in Moose Jaw is around $300,000.

Grants of up to $10,000 are also available to first-time home buyers with annual incomes of less than $60,000, who purchase a new home (usually a condominium). And Moose Jaw provides a 100 per cent tax exemption on property for a year for commercial building owners who create a residential rental suite – a move aimed at encouraging mixed-used projects in the downtown area.

“Moose Jaw is investment ready,” Thorn said.

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And not just on the residential side.

A short drive east of Moose Jaw, a significant industrial investment already exists. The existing industrial cluster includes one of the largest nitrogen-based fertilizer-production facilities in all of Western Canada, as well as a potash mine, a salt production plant, a phosphate distribution centre and an ethanol plant. Another fertilizer plant is currently being built in what is known as the South Central Industrial Corridor.

The corridor is the largest economic region in the province, accounting for a quarter of Saskatchewan’s annual gross domestic product. About one-quarter of Saskatchewan’s population (240,000) lives in the corridor, providing access to the largest workforce in the province.

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of the Soo Line, providing a direct link to Minneapolis and Chicago, and is home to the largest main-line refuelling facility on CPR’s North American network.

The corridor has one of the lowest-cost environments for industrial investment in North America, according to a study by KPMG. Major industrial employers include Mosaic Co., Canadian Salt Co., Terra Grain Fuels and Thunder Creek Pork Plant.

Moose Jaw itself has several industrial sites in its Grayson Business Park that are prepriced and pre-approved – “a no-dicker sticker approach,” as Thorn calls it – under a 19-lot pilot sales program.

“It has really generated a lot of discussion and [we] are moving to pre-price all the lands in Grayson so they can be sold with the stroke of a cheque by a developer,” Thorn said.

An example of pricing: a near-acre lot sells for $110,033 and has a development levy of $32,320, for a total price of $242,353. There are small lots from approximately 26,000 square

feet, with a total price from $81,000 each.

Buyers of the first 10 parcels within the pilot project receive full two-year 100 per cent tax exemption, subject to the issuance of building permits within six months of the purchases.

As well, buyers of industrial lots at the greenfield site receive a free Phase 1 environmental assessment at the time of sale.

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The big buzz on the streets of the Moose this summer, however, is retail, not industrial.

In early May, Colliers International announced the construction is to start on the $25 million Civic Centre Plaza on the site of the iconic “crushed can” – the former civic centre sports arena’s nickname.

The Civic Centre Plaza will include 72,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space Site preparation is expected to start this summer, with a goal of opening next spring.

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esthetics of the golf course next door and make that part of the overall plan,â&#x20AC;? said Bill Babey of Colliers.

While the old civic centre was demolished to make way for the new development, the design pays tribute to the former landmark through the main building on the commercial site, according to Rod Ziegler of Walker Projects, architects of the development. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me this is just an opportunity to take an icon and create a new icon. The shape â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always loved the shape â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and I believed from day one that the shape should be maintained.

The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;crushed canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; look, created in the massive curtain wall overlooking the golf course, is just tremendous,â&#x20AC;? Ziegler said.

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Another key construction project in Moose Jaw is the new $103.8 million regional hospital, being built by Graham Group Ltd. of Regina. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2013, with the hospital expected to open in 2015.

Moose Jaw is also home to theSAIT Pallisar Institute, a trade college from which approximately 2,500 students graduate each year.

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That is the thinking behind Creswin Propertiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; decision not to sell the naming rights to 201 Portage in downtown Winnipeg.

Instead, Creswin has to decided to lease the space at the top of its 33-storey building, which has previously been known as Canwest Place, Canwest Global Place and TD Centre over the past quarter-century, for what will undoubtedly be Winnipegâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest-profile billboard.

Terry Orsulak, senior property manager at Creswin, said the company is stepping into uncharted territory with this billboard concept, which is new to Winnipeg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very prominent opportunity to have a billboard in a location where nobody else could. There hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been another location in the city that has been selling the rights at the top of a building,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re anticipating a continuing trend,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The flurry of activity was caused by Shoppers Drug Mart, which knocked over the first domino earlier this year when it bought Movie Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s building. An adjacent Vietnamese restaurant, Vi-ann, must also move, though its owners havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet been able to secure new space.

Shoppers plans to knock down Movie Village and use the space to more than double the size of its 10,000-square-foot location.

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Thousands of different items, ranging from jerseys to hats, T-shirts, beer mugs, cufflinks, dog beds and tissues, have flown off the shelves since the logo was launched last July. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Winnipeg Jets brand [is a] resounding retail success, ultimately resulting in he only movie store in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best the highest sale of licensed product of any neighbourhoodâ&#x20AC;? lives to fight another team in the NHL in the 2011-12 season,â&#x20AC;? day, but barely. said Norva Riddell, senior vice-president of Movie Village, an Osborne Village institusales and marketing at True North Sports & tion in Winnipeg, known for its diverse colEntertainment. (The NHL does not release lection of independent and rare movies for the specific sales figures of different teams.) nearly three decades, is moving in with its The Jetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; impact continues to be felt in sister retailer, Music Trader. downtown Winnipeg as well, where the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Movie Village is moving out of its former 5,000-square-foot space and into 1,400-square arena is located.

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The top three floors of 201 Portage, the tallest skyscraper at Winnipegâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous Portage and Main intersection, will soon be home to RBC-Dominion Securities (RBC-DS). The brokerage arm of Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest bank has signed on to take over the 31st, 32nd and 33rd floors, the longtime former home of now-defunct Canwest Global Communications, as well as part of the 24st floor.

In total, RBC-DS will move into more than 30,000 square feet of space this fall, leaving behind its current 24,000-square-foot location across the street in the Richardson Building.

Alan Dunnett, branch manager of Winnipegâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBC- RBC Dominion Securities has DS office, said the firm needed the additional space in taken the top three floors in Winnipegâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tallest tower. order to accommodate its growing business.

All of the top three floors of 201 Portage have been gutted, save a spiral staircase that connects them. Construction has begun and will finish up this summer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fantastic space [and] a great building,â&#x20AC;? said Dunnett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Portage and Main, which is where we would prefer to be, this was the best space in one of the best buildings.â&#x20AC;?

Officials at James Richardson & Sons, which owns the Richardson Building, are already on the hunt for a new tenant to replace RBC-DS.

image for the sports, hospitality and entertainment district will begin. New pedestrian lighting, banners, seating and paving will be unveiled on Donald Street. Over the next three years, the same improvements will be undertaken on an 11-block area at a cost of between $2 million and $3 million.

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Colliers said buyers are being drawn to

Winnipeg because of the resilience and stability of the economy, the solid corporate base, a healthy convention business and existing and future draws such as the Winnipeg Jets hockey team and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are all demand generators that will bring people into the city, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what gives investors confidence,â&#x20AC;? said Alam Pirani of Colliers International Hotels.

Pirani cited the hotel building boom in Manitoba as further proof of the confidence investors have in the local market. More than a dozen new hotel projects have been announced in the past year, including new builds and redevelopment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Investors feel itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very stable market,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The Colliers report said 2011 was a strong year for hotel deals, with four sales in Winnipeg worth a total value of $39 million.â&#x2014;&#x2020; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Compiled by Geoff Kirbyson

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Nationwide, more than 60 per cent of restaurant sales in Canada can be attributed to chain operators. Although Ontario and Quebec have the greatest commercial foodservice sales, chain penetration is lowest in Quebec and greatest in Atlantic Canada.

Despite having the greatest population, Ontario has only the third-greatest commercial foodservice sales per capita ($1,439.64) after Alberta ($1,897.93) and British Columbia ($1,711.90). Quebec has the second-lowest per-capita sales ($1,256.43) after Manitoba ($1,156.66).

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The report forecasts that commercial foodservice traffic will grow by an average of 1.7 per cent annually from 2012 through 2016, modestly outpacing annual population gains of 1.1 per cent.

The most frequent users of restaurants remain Canadians aged 18 to 34, although their visits declined from 2008 to 2011. The only group that saw an increase in restaurant visits over that same period was those over 55 years of age, who are visiting QSRs more than before.

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wo well-known Vancouver-born franchise restaurants are targeting airports for expansion.

Skyway Ventures, in partnership with the Kelowna International Airport, is converting the existing Skyway lounge in the terminal to a White Spot restaurant. Visitors will be able to visit the Spot just before going through security. There is already a White Spot in the post-security area of the airport.

Full-size White Spot franchises require a capital investment around the $900,000 mark, with an initial franchise fee of $75,000.

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Franchisee David Newman, a Richmond resident, said the company now lists major local clients such as Caya, Telus, Steve Nash Fitness World, Tourism Signarama opens largest B.C. outlet this Richmond and a number of retail out- summer in Richmond. lets. Its signs also helped brand the 2012 Winter Olympics. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much of our companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success to date is due to a dedicated staff with decades of sign experience,â&#x20AC;? said Newman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We needed a larger location and the unit weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re moving into at No. 6 Road at the corner of Mayfield is for us to manage our growth.â&#x20AC;?

Signarama is owned by Florida, USA-based United Franchise Group, which itself manages 1,400 franchise locations in 50 countries. Signarama is its signature franchise brand.

The master franchisor for Canada is Signarama Canada, located in Toronto. There are over 30 locations in Canada, including eight in B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lower Mainland.

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