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FACILITYCalgary May 6/25

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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Adam Kozak to CFO @ Sol Cuisine Ltd.

+ Bernd Christmas to CEO @ Nch'kay Development Corp.

+ Brett Anderson to Partner and Co-Head of Tax @ McCarthy Tetrault

+ Barry Perry to Director @ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

+ Colin Feasby to Judge @ Court of Queen’s Bench

+ Dean O’Connor to Director @ Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

+ Graham Arnett to Talent Acquisition Mgr. @ Jardeg Construction Services Ltd.

+ Hubertus Mühlhäuser to Director @ Ballard Power Systems

+ Jody Crowe to Director, Marketing Communications @ BILD Calgary Region

+ Matthew Heffernan to Board Chair @ Calgary Airport Authority

+ Natalie Shelby-James to Sr. Researcher @ InnoTech Alberta

+ Stuart Omsen to Director @ Uniserve Communications Corporation

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 MEMORIAM 

+ Don Sabey; retired partner @ Bennett Jones; 91

+ John Maybin; retired utilities executive and Petroleum Recovery Institute head; 95

+ Wally Madill; retired CEO @ Alberta Wheat Pool and former Pres. @ Calgary Chamber of Commerce; 90




 HUMAN RESOURCES + WORKPLACE TRENDS 

+ CEO sacrifice pays off

+ key questions on digital mental health support




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 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Aug. 13; EXFO Inc. Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

+ Oct. 5;  Equitable Group Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, virtual-only

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 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ Aug. 11-12; Priddis Greens Charity Classic in support of the Prostate Cancer Centre, Priddis Greens Golf & Country Club, Priddis – info/register

+ Aug. 11-15; Shaw Charity Classic – PGA Champions Tour Event, Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club, info/website

+ Aug. 12; Glenn Anderson Day of Golf, in support of the Cross Cancer Institute, Derrick Golf & Winter Club, Edmonton – info/sponsor/save the date

+ Aug. 19; Western Roses CF Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Course, Calgary; info/register

+ Aug. 19; JFSC – 6th Annual Martin, Staniloff & Thal, Charity Golf Classic, D’Arcy Ranch Golf Club, Okotoks, info/registration/sponsor

+ Aug. 24; Alberta Cancer Foundation Golf Classic, Country Hills Golf Club; info/register

+ Aug. 26-28; 70th Annual CEEA Forum & Oilmen’s Golf Tournament [keynote speaker, Rex Murphy], Fairmont Banff Springs, info/register

+ Sept. 8; Little Warriors Charity Golf Tournament, The Quarry course, Edmonton; info/details/donate;  register

+ Sept. 8; Hol ‘n Fun Charity Golf Tournament in support of Calgary Police Youth Foundation; information/register

+ Sept. 9; Kerby Centre Charity Classic, Carmoney Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration

+ Sept. 13; 65 Roses Ladies Golf Classic, Earl Grey Golf Club, Calgary; info/registration

+ Sept. 22; CAOEC Golf Tournament, Elbow Springs Golf Club, Calgary; info/sponsor - register

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 CLIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ Frog Lake First Nation is teaming with Kanata Clean Power and Climate Technologies to develop a net-zero natural gas powered electrical power generating facility; 300MW project planned




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+ GLOBAL ENERGY SHOW   - postponed to Sept. 21-23, 2021; North America's Leading Energy Event, Stampede Park - Calgary, Canada

+ Check out this year’s GLOBAL ENERGY AWARDS winners




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 


+ Crew Energy Inc. published its Inaugural ESG Report



 this week in REITs + TRUSTS  

+ H&R REIT announced pending sale of two transactions – selling The Bow in Calgary and the Bell office complex in Mississauga to Oak Street Real Estate Capital in concert with Deutche Bank for $1.47 billion; H&R retains the former York Hotel development site

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NEWS SUMMARY 
 August 3 ~ 10 / 2021 


+ Calgary Council Derby, City of Calgary 2021 elections; now there are 23  candidates running for mayor: Ian Chaing, Jan Damery,  Jeromy Farkas, Brad Field, Emile Gabriel, Jyoti Gondek, Larry Heather, Dean Hopkins, Kevin Johnston, Zane Novak,Teddy Ogbonna, Sunny Singh, Shaoli Wang,  Grace Yan, Zac Hartley, Grant Prior, Jeff Davidson, David oZone Clark., Paul Michael Hallelujah, Mizanur Rahman, Zaheed Khan, Will Visor , Corey Lanterman and 95 candidates have filed nomination papers for the council’s 14 Ward seats

+ Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. raised it’s bid for Kansas City Southern to US$31.0 billion …

+ COVID-19 in Alberta current stats [3,380 active cases]– new cases ticking up, no change in government plan

+ Chem-Ecol Ltd. being acquired by 360 Solutions; terms not disclosed

+ Gibson Energy Inc. announced construction of new tankage at it’s Edmonton Terminal; they will build a new 435,000 bbl tank to be in service in early 2023

+ current energy prices; live link to current Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; crude prices slipped on the week due to stronger dollar, COVID-variant concerns and easing of demand, and came back a bit due to Mideast tensions …

+ Deloitte Canada had a busy week; they acquired Clockwork Inc. and Dataperformers Company Inc.

+ H&R REIT announced pending sale of two transactions – selling The Bow in Calgary and the Bell office complex in Mississauga to Oak Street Real Estate Capital in concert with Deutche Bank for $1.67 billion; H&R retains the former York Hotel development site

+ HOUSING TRUTH – monthly residential newsletter: HOUSING TRUTH – CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP for our mailing list  –  July issue, archived issues …

+ Inter Pipeline Ltd. pushing ahead toward closing acceptance of its takeover bid from Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. – offer extended to Aug. 20th …

+ Petronas Energy Canada Ltd. and Itochu Corp. announced plans to build $1.3 billion ammonia/blue  hydrogen export project in Alberta

+ PROPERTYlines;  – monthly commercial real estate newsletter  CLICK HERE to CHECK OUT THE July issue;  archived PROPERTYlines Issues  

+ Razor Energy Corp. agreed to acquire a portfolio of Swan Hills assets for $5.0 million

+ Repsol SA is acquiring the 25% of Canaport LNG it doesn’t already own from Irving Oil

+ rig activity in Canada

+ rig counts (active/working) – US: up 3 to 491 this week; Canada: up 3 to 156 this week; full breakdown and international rig counts

+ Ritchie Bros. agreed to acquire Euro Auctions for US$1.08 billion




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Allied Properties REIT closed $500.0 million debt raise

+ Bekk Canada is on the market to raise US$1.25 billion in debt

+ Crombie REIT is on the market to raise $150.0 million in unsecured debt

+ Cuda Oil and Gas Inc. secured $4.0 million debt financing

+ EverGen Infrastructure Corp. closed $20.0 million equity financing by IPO

+ GFL Environmental Inc. is on the market to raise US$550.0 million in sr. unsecured debt by private placement

+ Great-West Lifeco Inc. is on the market to raise $1.5 billion in debt

+ GreenFirst Forest Products Inc. closed $167.5 million rights offering raise

+ Lightspeed POS Inc. is on the market to raise US$716.0 million in equity

+ Peerage Realty Partners Inc. secured $175.0 million credit facility

+ Scotiabank closed US$1.0 billion debt financing

+ Tantalus Systems Holding Inc. is on the market to raise $10.0 million in equity

+ Tourmaline Oil Corp. is on the market to raise $200.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ WorkJam secured $35.0 million VC funding

+ Yaletown Partners raised $130.0 million in equity

*editor’s note: names companies involved in arm’s length debt and equity financing transactions we report in this section are ALWAYS the borrower; we report ‘fresh raises’ and do not report secondary offerings or non-arm’s-length transactions …




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 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ Aug. 28; Enbridge Tour Alberta for Cancer; sign up for free, no minimums – cycle from anywhere and any distance – pedal for progress; info/register

+ Sept. 12-15; Digital Construction World, Dubai World Trade Centre, info/register

+ Sept. 15-16; Oil Sands Conference & Trade Show, Fort McMurray; program -  info/register

+ Sept. 21 - 23; Global Energy Show, Stampede Park, Calgary; awards nomination, info/registration

+ Sept. 22-23; Canadian Apartment Investment Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Sept. 28-29; RealREIT 2021 – REIT Conference, online/virtual – info/registration

+ Sept. 30-Oct. 3; Calgary Fall Home Show, Stampede Park, Calgary, info/book a booth

+ Oct. 4-6 [REVISED DATE]; NeoCon, the Mart, Chicago; info/register

+ Oct. 20 -21; Calgary Real Estate Forum, virtual format; agenda/register

+ Oct. 20-21; BOMEX Virtual 2021, The New Normal?, annual conference; info/register

+ Nov. 5; 7th Annual Peter Burgener Charity Concert for Classrooms with Barney Bentall and the Cariboo Express, Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal University; save the date

+ Nov. 9-10; ISA, Calgary Show – Expo & Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary; save the date / submit a paper (deadline is June 7) / conference brochure/register

 

+ Dec. 6-9; World Petroleum Congress, Houston; info/registration

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2022

+ Feb. 17-18; Canadian Concrete Expo, International Centre, Mississauga, ON; save the date

+ Mar. 31 – Apr. 1; National Heavy Equipment Show, International Centre, Mississauga; save the date

[please send your event notices and AGM notices to kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 CONSTRUCTION NEWS + BUILDING SERVICES INNOVATIONS 

+ carbon issues in procurement coming …

+ Waterfront Toronto Quayside development shortlist




 INFRASTRUCTURE + P3 

+ Frog Lake First Nation is teaming with Kanata Clean Power and Climate Technologies to develop a net-zero natural gas powered electrical power generating facility; 300MW project planned

*information in this section, relevant to Alberta/Calgary – for national and international news, go to our PROPERTYlines monthly publication


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