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SHAKERS AND MOVERS 
appointments and disappointments 

+ Ahmed Elsaghir to Partner @ Blake, Cassells & Graydon LLP

+ Anik Lanthier to Chief Investment Officer @ Richter Family Office

+ Carolyn Graham, Trustee @ Melcor REIT, resigned

+ Chad Alderson to General Mgr, Broadridge Canada @ Broadridge Financial Solutions

+ Geoff Adair to Partner @ Blake, Cassells & Graydon LLP

+ Gordon Cameron to Partner @ Stikeman Elliott LLP

+ Graham Garner to Trusteet @ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

+ Jackie Tardif to COO @  Reitmans (Canada Limited)

+ James Armstrong to Pres. & CEO @ Heritage Resource Limited Partnership

+ Jeremy Baines to CEO @ Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. and Tidewater Renewables Ltd.

+ Larry Pollock, Trustee @ Meclor REIT, resigned

+ Leor Rotchild to Sr. Director @ Upswing Solutions

+ Mario Simon to CEO @ Believco:Partners Ltd.

+ Matt McGlynn, Sr. VP Marketing @ OverActive Media, stepping down

+ Maura Dyer to Sr. VP People and Culture @ Neighbourly Pharmacy Inc.

+ Mercedes Hitesman to Managing Partner, Edmonton @ Dentons Canada

+ Michael Massie to SVP, Residential @ Beanfield

+ Michael Strachan, Pres. RW&CI and PENN @ Reitmans (Canada Limited), leaving the company

+ Peter Willett to CFO @ Greenbrook TMS Inc.

+ Robert Julien to Trustee @ Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT

+ Rod Gilbert to Pres. @ Canadian Construction Association

+ Rod Graham to Director @ Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation

+ Scott Thon to Director @ Aegis Insurance Services Inc.

+ Steve Korner to Site Manager @ City Vibe Developments

~ Note: links in this section are to LinkedIn profiles where available and otherwise to a relevant posting of the appointment. -  [ send us your appointment notices  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 HR + WORKPLACE TRENDS + HSE 

+ Alberta’s Top Employers for 2024 – the Top 80

+ Forbes list of Canada’s best startup employers

+ leveraging your brand – taming workplace uncertainty; strategies from Gensler Principal and Strategy Director Michael Chappell

+ some tech talent job postings by TechTalent.ca -

+ will AI bring quantum-leap scale change to the workplace?

+ workplace ideal, or misery creating?

+ 2024 Canadian IT Hiring Trends & Salary Guide – from S.i.Systems




 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

+ Feb. 6; International Growth Strategies Webinar, Alberta IoT; tickets

+ Feb. 8-9; 7th Annual - ECO IMPACT 2024, Westin Downtown, Calgary;  register

+ Feb. 14-15; Canadian Concrete Expo, The International Centre, Toronto; info/register

+ Mar. 12-13; Petrochem Canada-West, Calgary; save the date

+ Apr. 2-3; Petrochem Canada|West, Westin Airport, Calgary; info/agenda/registration

+ Apr. 16-17; Innovate West, Vancouver Convention Centre; info/book – save the date

+ Apr. 23-25; 2024 Canadian Hydrogen Convention, Edmonton Convention Centre - register

+ May 1; Business Transitions Forum Alberta, Hyatt Regency Calgary; program / register

+ May 3; Little Warriors Be Brave Luncheon – Calgary; sponsorships - tickets

+ May. 8-9; Retail Supply Chain and Logistics Expo, Las Vegas Convention Centre

+ May 14-15, Canada’s Net-Zero Forum 2024, The Transition Accelerator, save the date/register

+ May 31 – June 2; Inventures Conference; Telus Convention Centre, Calgary; info / register

+ June 10 – 12’ NeoCon, Design Takes Shape @ THE MART, Chicago - register

+ June 11-13; Global Energy Show Canada, Energy Powering Opportunity, BMO Centre, Calgary; register

+ June 18-19; Petrochem Canada Conference and Expo 2024, Sarnia, On; call for presentations

+ Sept. 23- 25; BOMEX 2024, hosted by BOMA Vancouver – save the date

+ Sept. 24-26; International Pipeline Expo 2024, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary

+ Sept. 25-27; CREW Network (Commercial Real Estate Women), 2024 Annual Convention, Vancouver – save the date

+ Oct. 20-24; Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT), Telus Convention Centre, Calgary – save the date

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




 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY + ESG REPORTS 

+ BTB REIT published its inaugural ESG Report

+ CBC/Radio-Canada unveiled its National Indigenous Strategy – Strengthening Relations, Walking Together


 


 SAVE THE DATE - CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS 

+ June 24; Rotary 28th Annual Stay-In-School Charity Golf Classic, Glencoe G&C Club, Calgary; register

+ Sept. 4; 8th Annual Little Warriors Golf Tournament, The Quarry Golf Course – Edmonton; registration/donations/sponsors

~ [please send your charity golf event notices to  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]




 CLIIMATE CHANGE + LEED + RENEWABLE ENERGY 

+ Aon Plc report on heels of 2023 billion-dollar scale disasters, published its 2024 Climate and Catastrophe Insight Report – National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft Feb. 8/24

+ Government of Alberta ‘pause’ on renewable energy projects to be lifted at the end of this month




 REITs + TRUST NEWS 

+ BTB REIT published its inaugural ESG Report

+ REITrag covers activity and announcements on the activity of real estate investment trusts - REITs: - sign up at: https://markkolke.substack.com/s/reit-rag




 RETAIL REAL ESTATE NEWS 

+ Aegix Brands Inc. agreed to sell Bridgehead (2000) Inc. to Pilot Coffee Group Inc. for $3.5 million

+ Big 4 Motors left McLeod Trail – they’ve relocated to 60,000 sq. ft. facility in Taza Park, Tsuut’ina Nation  

+ Rona Inc. closing two distribution centres; one in Calgary to shut in October, 2024


 
 
 


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 THIS WEEK - NEWS SUMMARY 

 January 31 - February 6, 2024


+ Birchcliff Energy Ltd. announced its 2024CapExBudget is $240.0 million

+ bUILDERS + bUYERS; property finding/buyer representation by Mark Kolke and colleagues at MaxWell Capital Realty – RESIDENTIAL LAND and NEW HOMES – new listings every week – free Sunday update – sign-up at the bottom of this page; or ‘use this form, give us your ‘if I could wave a magic wand’ wish list, tell us what you are looking for

+ Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec  (CDPQ) integrating its real estate subsidiaries Ivanhoé Cambridge and Otéra Capital over the next two years

+ Canadian Energy Regulator published reasons for decision on revised approach to TransMountain Pipeline variance application

+ Cadillac Fairview reported to be selling two towers; Encor Place and 635-8 Ave. SW

+ Canadian Natural Resources Limited agreed to acquire the Shell Centre (640,000 sq. ft. property at 400-4th Avenue SW from Cadillac Fairview; terms not disclosed; CNRL also reported to be leasing 276,000 sq. ft. in 400-3rd Avenue SW. - CNRL will vacate 650,000 sq. ft. currently occupied in Bankers Hall and TD Square – occupancy in their new digs is anticipated in 2025-2026

+ CatalX CTS and Catalx Management Ltd. placed in receivership; Deloitte is the receiver

+ Cryopeak LNG Solution Corporation and Ferus Natural Gas Fuels Inc. merged; now named Cryopeak Energy Solutions Corporation

+ Enerkem Inc.. is retiring it’s Enerkem Alberta Biofuels plant in Edmonton

+ current energy prices; live links to Bloomberg energy prices / OilPrice.com; WTI @ US$73/bbl, Brent @ US$78/bbl; tensions in Yemen impacting shipping traffic in Suez Canal and region impacting shipments and speculation in the market

+ FACILITYCalgary, a sponsor-supported FREE weekly newsletter; ‘send time’ is early every Tuesday

+ Government of Alberta considering a long-time ‘never scenario’ – the inter-basin transfer of water; drought fears are on the agenda, license holders and irrigation districts are understandibly worried

+ Government of Alberta response to Federal Government Emissions Caps being opposed formally by Alberta – as Ottawa objectives for 2035 are seen as too aggressive for Alberta’s cooperation … as their consultations with Canadians continues

+ Government of Canada extended it’s restriction against foreign ownership of housing – which will now be extended to the beginning of 2027; the ban on foreign nationals and commercial enterprises buying residential property in Canada (there are some exceptions for international students, refugee claimants and temporary workers

+ Hemisphere Energy Corporation announced its 2024CapExBudget it $21.0 million

+ Highfield Land Management proposal for the Ascencion - 800 home mixed use community on 275 acres in the Bearspaw area application denied by Rocky View County Council

+ Indigo Books & Music Inc. looking to be taken private; founder and CEO Heather Reisman’s husband, Gerald Schwartz’s companies Trilogy Retail Holdings and Trilogy Investments L.P. have made an unsoliticed privatization proposal … tik tok

+ Lycos Energy Inc. announced its 2024CapExBudget is $61.0 million

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+ Obsidian Energy Ltd. announced its 2024CapExBudget is $345.0 million

+ PwC Canada acquired Equitable Value Inc.

+ Questerre Energy Corporation to benefit from Quebec stay on impacts of Bill 21 … tik tok

+ Razor Energy Corp. filed a Notice of Intention to make a Proposal to creditors; Peters & Co. engaged to  assist with a sale process; FTI is the proposal trustee

+ REITrag – is a curated news publication real estate investment trusts; all Canadian REITs and adding American and European listings; available by subscription; sign-up form

+ rig activity in Canada, courtesy of BOE Report

+ rig counts/utilization (active/working) – US: down 2 to 619 this week; Canada: up 2 to 232 this week

+ SECURE ENERGY Services Inc. closed its $1.075 billion sale for former Tervita Corp. assets to Waste Connections Inc. sub. R360 Environmental Solutions Canada Inc.

+ West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd completed the sale of its Hinton pulp mill to Mondi Group plc; terms not disclosed

+ WeWork withholding rents from landlords unwilling to renegotiate in support of it’s U.S. bankruptcy proceedings




THIS WEEK IN FINANCINGS 
- proposed & closed

+ Aptose Biosciencese Inc. closed a $9.7 million equity raise

+ Aptose Biosciencese Inc. closed a $4.0 million equity raise by private placement

+ BlackBerry Limited is on the market to raise $175.0 million in convertible sr. debt

+ FPX Nickel Corp. secured a $14.4 million equity raise by private placement

+ GardaWorld Security Corporation secured US$200.0 million debt financing

+ GR Silver Mining Ltd. is on the market to raise $1.5 million in equity by private placement

+ IWS Real Estate Growth Fund is on the market to raise $300.0 million in equity

+ NOVA Chemicals Corporation is on the market to raise $650.0 million in sr. unsecured debt

+ Profound Medical Corp. is on the market to raise US$2.937 million in equity by private placement




 RISK 

+Alberta insurance losses for 2023 pegged at $330.0 million ; BC’s 2023 wildfires insured losses of $720.0 million – costliest ever

+ Aon Plc report on heels of 2023 billion-dollar scale disasters, published its 2024 Climate and Catastrophe Insight Report – National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft Feb. 8/24

+ auto thefts escalating to crisis level

+ severe weather in 2023 caused $3.1 billion in insured losses in Canada

+ wealthy people – survey discusses their approach to insuring risk – what they insure and why; 2023 report from Chubb




 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

+ Feb. 20; Kane Biotech Inc., Special Meeting of Shareholders, Winnipeg

+ Feb. 27; Alberta Beef Producers, Annual General Meeting, Calgary

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




 CONSTRUCTION NEWS + BUILDING INNOVATIONS 

+ City of Calgary completed its acquisition of Eau Claire townhouses to be taken down to make way for Green Line LTD




 OFFICE REAL ESTATE NEWS 

+ Cadillac Fairview reported to be selling two towers; Encor Place and 635-8 Ave. SW

+ Canadian Natural Resources Limited agreed to acquire the Shell Centre (640,000 sq. ft. property at 400-4th Avenue SW from Cadillac Fairview; terms not disclosed; CNRL also reported to be leasing 276,000 sq. ft. in 400-3rd Avenue SW. - CNRL will vacate 650,000 sq. ft. currently occupied in Bankers Hall and TD Square – occupancy in their new digs is anticipated in 2025-2026

+ WeWork withholding rents from landlords unwilling to renegotiate in support of it’s U.S. bankruptcy proceedings


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