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Mark Kolke talks with interesting Calgarians - to catch a glimpse of what drives them, what they see in Calgary's future . . .  
 
This week's conversation with Peter Thorpe
 
 
Last week's piece - recalling conversations with the late Harold Milavsky
 
 
Archived conversations 

SHAKERS AND MOVERS

 

+ Connie Dupont to Chair, Board of Governors @ University Of Calgary
+ Bryan Gould, Pres. @ Athabasca Oil Corporation, left the company after 5 months
+ David Lucke to CFO @ Aurora Oil & Gas Limited
+ Dr. Sherry Cooper to Chief Economic Advisor @ MDC Partners Inc.
+ Evan Price to Pres. & CEO @ CO2 Solutions Inc.
+ Ian Kerr to Gen. Mgr., Midland Operations @ Ridgeline Energy Services Inc.
+ Jack Schanck, Pres & CEO @ Sonde Resources Corp., retiring
+ Malcolm Adams to Sr, VP Technical @ Annapolis Capital
+ Peter Voser, CEO @ Royal Dutch Shell PLC to retire early 2014
+ Phil Mulacek, CEO @ Interoil, retired
+ Robert Kelly to CEO @ Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp.
+ Stephen Poloz to Governor @ Bank of Canada
+ Tim Boston to VP Gov. Relations @ ENMAX Corporation
+ Tom Fransham to VP HSEQ @ IMV Projects  

[send us your firm’s appointment notices to: kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

FINANCINGS - proposed & closed

 

+ CNOOC Ltd. is on the market to raise $4 billion in new debt issues
+ Marksmen Resources Ltd. closed $307,765 equity financing
+ Plazacorp Retail Properties Ltd. closed $4 million in unsecured debt
+ Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust closed $184.1 million equity financing
+ RMP Energy Inc. secured $30 million credit facility
+ Second Waver Petroleum Ltd. is on the market to raise $17,500,000 in convertible debt
+ Storm Resources Ltd. closed $29,290,400 equity financing
+ Timbercreek U.S. Multi-Residential Opportunity Fund #1 is on the market to raise $50 million in new equity

 SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

 

+ May 7; Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto
+ May 7; Keyera Corp., Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary
+ May 7; Husky Energy, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary
+ May 8; Enbridge Inc., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary
+ May 8; Gibson Energy Inc., Annual and Special Meeting, Calgary
+ May 8; Intact Financial Corporation, Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto
+ May 8; Lundin Petroleum AB, Annual General Meeting, Stockholm
+ May 8; Paramount Resources Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary
+ May 9; Crombie REIT, Annual General Meeting, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
+ May 9; Industrial Alliance Insurance, Annual General Meeting, Quebec City
+ May 10; Enerplus Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Calgary
+ May 10; Georox Resources Inc., Shareholders Meeting, Calgary
+ May 10; Pembina Pipeline Corpration, Annual and Special Meeting, Calgary
+ May 15; Cominar REIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, Quebec City
+ May 16; ShawCor Ltd., Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto
+ May 22; First Capital Realty Inc.; Annual Shareholders Meeting, Toronto
+ May 22; Yangarra Resources Ltd., Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Calgary
+ May 23; Fiera Capital Corporation, Annual General and Special Meeting of Shareholders, Montreal
+ May 30; Xceed Mortgage Corporation, Annual & Special Meeting of Shareholders, Toronto
+ June 4; Kingsway Financial Services Inc., Annual and Special Shareholders Meeting, Toronto
+ June 4; Questor Technology Inc., Annual General Meeting, Calgary
+ June 6; Partners NERIT, Annual Meeting of Unitholders, Toronto
+ June 20; Winstar Resources Ltd., General Annual Meeting, Calgary
+ June 25; TriOil Resources Ltd., Annual General and Special Meeting, Calgary
+ June 27; TriOil Resources Ltd.. Annual General and Special Meeting, Calgary
+ Aug. 12; Genesis Land Development Corp., Annual General Meeting, Calgary
 
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 KUDOS

 

+ to Alan Norris, Pres. & CEO @ Brookfield Residential Properties Inc., named Business Leader of the Year by Haskayne School at U of C

 

+ to the late Doc Seaman and the Seaman family; Doc Seaman estate donated $117 million to the Calgary Foundation. Largest donation of this kind in Canadian history!

NEWS TODAY 
 April 30 / 2013 

 

+ Athabasca Oil Corporation formed executive operations and development committee to refine company’s performance plan, restructuring etc.
+ Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency calling for public comments on the proposed Prince Rupert LGN Project
+ current energy prices: live link to Bloomberg.com commodities data
+ Crestwood Midstream Partners LP agreed to acquire Inergy LP; combined enterprise value of $7 billion
+ Enbridge successfully concluded its open season process for the Southern Lights Pipeline
+ Second Wave Petroleum Inc. studying a financing and going-private transaction
+ Target opens its first 3 stores in Calgary today; Market Mall, Chinook Centre and Forest Lawn Shopping Centre

 NEWS REVIEW 
 Apr. 22 - 29

 

+ Advantage Oil & Gas Ltd. closed its disposition of non-core assets to Questfire Energy Corp.
+ ATB Financial – Daily Economic Comment
+ BURNCO Rock Products Ltd. agreed to acquired Taylor Concrete Group of Saskatoon
+ Edgefront Realty Corp. to convert to a REIT
+ Gibson Energy Inc. to build 500,000 additional crude oil storage capacity at its Hardisty Terminal
+ Oando Energy Resources Inc. closed its Qua Ibo acquisition
+ TransCanada Corporation secured long-term shipper agreements to build, own and operate the 200 km. Heartland Pipeline and TC Terminals project; $900 million project will come on stream mid-2015, to store 1.9 million barrels of crude, transport up to 900,000 barrels/day
+ Trimac Transportation announced it is moving its corporate offices out of the downtown core, to the NE
+ Whitecap Resources Inc. completed its acquisition to Invicta Energy Corp.

 INFRASTRUCTURE / P3 / GREEN


 

+ SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announced a new strategic plan, focused strongly on pursuit of P3 infrastructure investments

 

+ The Global Transportation Hub struck a sale deal with Morguard Investments Limited to develop transportation and distribution facilities in Regina; initial transaction involves 50 acres.

 

+ Calgary to get 9 new schools; Redford Government announcement light on details in terms of how much capital will be expended and which years – recent announcement for south and north portions of the province and Edmonton suggest to this observer that figuring out which tranche of 7, 9 and 13 schools will actually get built, or when; announcements suggest P3 will be ‘some part’ of the equation . . .


 SAVE THE DATE / upcoming events

 


+ May 9; Edmonton Real Estaet Forum, Edmonton Convention Centre info/register
+ May 14-16; Canadian Advanced Manufacturing Expo, Toronto Congresss Centre, info/register
+ May 16; IFMA Calgary Chapter Luncheon/Five Levels of Leadership, Fairmont Palliser, Calgary info/register
+ May 29; PwC 4th Annual Energy Visions Business Forum, Westin Hotel, Calgary
+ May 29; Calgary Real Estate Leasing Conference, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary info/register
+ May 29-31; Pathways 2 Sustainability Conference, Telus Spark Centre, Calgary info/register
+ May 30; Homburg Invest Inc, CCAA creditors meeting, Montreal
+ June 17-18; Supply Chain Contracts for Energy Conference; Marriott Downtown, Calgary info/register 
 
[send us your event notices to:  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

 SAVE THE DATE /
charity golf tournaments

 

+ June 13; 20th Annual IFMA OPEN, Lynx Ridge Golf Club, info/register
+ July 11; COAST Hotels 11th Annual Golf Classic, Westwood Plateau, G & CC, Coquitlam info/register
+ Aug. 15; Ordinary Joe’s Country Golf Tournament, Sirocco Golf Club, info/registration
+ Aug. 26; Women’s Celebrity Golf Invitational, Pinebrook Golf and Country Club, info/registration
 
[send us your charity golf tournament information to:  kolke@facilitycalgary.com ]

INTERESTING REAL ESTATE NEWS OTHER PLACES

 

+ NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT agreed to acquire 3 government anchored off buildings in Winnipeg

 

+ FAM REIT closed its $43 million acquisition of 4211 Yonge Street in Toronto; 170,000 sq. ft. office building

 

+ Pure Multi-Family REIT LP agreed to acquire 216 unit multi-family project in Houston, US$23 million
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